Berks County, PA – Debbie Mason wants to know why her 24-year-old daughter died of cancer. And she’s pushing to find answers. Mason filed a wrongful death lawsuit Monday in Berks County Court against three companies, claiming toxic emissions and environmental contamination from their facilities in Muhlenberg Township led to her daughter Larrie Thomas dying [...]

by Jan Hefler, Inquirer Staff Writer At the Gloucester County Jail, Michael DiFelice requested a cell that would keep him away from more hardened criminals. The real estate appraiser, who was serving time for driving with his license suspended, got his wish. The price was a mattress on the floor, in a cell shared with [...]

In a case handled by Trish Giordano, the Honorable Verna Leath of the Essex County, NJ, Superior Court awarded $350,000.00 to a child injured as a result of his exposure to lead paint. The exposure occurred at an apartment in Newark where the child lived from birth through the age of 3. The Newark Department [...]

Partners Derek Layser and Aaron Freiwald were selected as Pennsylvania Super Lawyers. This is the third year in a row Derek has been selected for this distinction. The Super Lawyers designation is meant to identify the top five percent of lawyers in the state after a ballot survey of peers and a selection process conducted [...]

by Ben Finley, phillyBurbs.com A Bristol Township man is suing two emergency workers and their township rescue squad for negligence, claiming in a civil suit that the men allegedly dropped him on his head several times while carrying him on a stretcher. Edward Hunt, a 47-year-old former handyman and construction worker who lives on Spruce [...]

by Rich Roberts, American Police Beat Law enforcement and corrections officers are well aware of the obvious dangers involved in arresting, transporting, and incarcerating the bad guys. Sometimes we have to use force in restraining a subject. While the risk of injury is always present, there is a more insidious risk -infection from highly communicable [...]

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