Originally Published December 28, 1995; Section: OBITUARY; Edition: SOONER; Page: A-13 Sharon Voas, Post-Gazette Staff Writer Twenty years ago, Karen Tirimacco faced a bright future. The honors student at Duquesne University was about to graduate and be married and planned...
Read MoreOriginally Published Sunday, January 21, 2001 Excerpt from an article By Christopher Snowbeck, Post-Gazette Staff Writer The insurance companies blame the higher premiums on what they call overly sympathetic juries hearing medical malpractice cases in Philadelphia. Misplaced Blame? But Jerry...
Read MoreThe Pennsylvania Motor Vehicle Financial Responsibility Law (PaMVFRL) defines an individual’s rights when injured in a car accident. Because no one plans on being injured in an auto accident, before purchasing automobile insurance, you should know how the law affects...
Read MoreMerck & Co., Inc. and GlaxoSmithKline are developing the vaccine now approved by the Food and Drug Administration so that the vaccine can be widely distributed as a prophylaxis for protection against Human Papilloma Virus. At least two types of...
Read MoreMayhue v. Pazmino $4 Million Verdict Pennsylvania Law Weekly Verdicts : Settlements April 3, 2006 Date of Verdict: February 15, 2006 Court and Case No.: C.P.Blair, No. 2002-GN-5207 Judge: Hiram A. Carpenter, III Type of Action: Medical malpractice. Injuries: Brain...
Read MoreAttorneys say Tyrone Hospital trying 'to threaten and terrify a community.' HOLLIDAYSBURG - Lawyers for a 10-year-old boy suffering from cerebral palsy say a civil court verdict of more than $4 million in Blair County three weeks ago is not...
Read MoreThis case was tried by firm founder Jerry Meyers (retired from the firm on June 30, 2021) & Paul Giuffre of Meyers Kenrick Giuffre & Evans, now Lupetin & Unatin. Originally Published February 18, 2006 By Sam J. Zema, Tyronepa.Com...
Read More(Read Part 1 Here) Any attorney contemplating a birth-injury case must anticipate the defenses, both legitimate and illegitimate, that can be raised in such claims. Indeed, an intelligent decision to undertake a birth-injury claim cannot be made without an examination...
Read MoreIt is safest to establish early on that the nature and timing of the injury in the given case is consistent with the injury having occurred at or about the time of birth. If, for example, an infant is born...
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