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February 18, 2011 – The Pennsylvania legislature can’t do enough to line the pockets of big insurance companies at the expense of average citizens. The latest? House Bill 495 aims to prevent Pennsylvania medical malpractice juries from knowing when a doctor or hospital admits to wrongdoing. Pennsylvania has made medical malpractice cases against health care providers (and nursing homes and…

There to Help Portland Adventist Medical Center is a large hospital in Portland, Oregon. In many respects, it is not unlike our own regional hospitals Hamot/UPMC and Saint Vincent. It holds itself out as providing essential health care services to the community, including emergency medical services. It is particularly proud of the expertise it provides “when time is critical” and…

February 9, 2011, Meadville, PA — An early Tuesday morning fire in Meadville took the life of a 55-year-old man, left others homeless and destroyed two businesses. William Gerritsen, who lived alone at 899 Market Street, has been identified as the man who was killed in the fire. Seven other residents escaped, reportedly without serious injury, but are now homeless.…

February 7, 2011, ERIE, PA — The Erie Times has reported on an Erie fatal pedestrian accident on West 12th Street early Sunday morning. The Times reports that Trisha Zielinski, 28, was hit in the 900 block of West 12th Street near 1:35 a.m. The driver of the vehicle that struck her left the scene. The accident occurred near the…

February 7, 2011, ERIE, PA — At least one person, and likely one other, was injured in an Erie car accident at 24th and Ash Streets Sunday afternoon. Apparently, a driver backing out of a parking lot near the northeast corner struck a parked vehicle, resulting in the Erie car crash injuries. An occupant from the parked vehicle was taken…

February 7, 2011, Meadville, PA — Details continue to emerge about a fatal Crawford County car accident that occurred Saturday on Route 98 between Middle and Van Horn Roads. See the first blog entry HERE . Police have identified Marcus David Manning, 39, as the man killed in the accident. Mr. Manning was a passenger in a car driven by…

February 7, 2011, ERIE, PA — Yesterday, we posted information about an Erie car accident that occurred Saturday on I-79 when a vehicle crashed through the guard rail near the 32nd Street overpass and rolled onto its roof. More information, including the identities of the people involved, has been released since then. Jeffery Eugene Sweeney, 54, was the driver of…