A single-vehicle crash along the Pennsylvania Turnpike earlier this month caused several injuries and two deaths. Nearly two dozen people were aboard a bus carrying the Seton Hill University lacrosse team at the time of the commercial vehicle collision. Investigators remain unsure of the cause.
Lacrosse team bus crash on Pennsylvania Turnpike kills 2
Plans disappear before Pennsylvania wrongful death filing
Negligence can occur unintentionally or on purpose. Many Erie County residents associate negligence with careless drivers and medical malpractice. In fact, a wrongful death can occur anywhere, even in the home of a friend.
State trooper agrees to plea in Erie County DUI homicide trial
An Erie County court accepted a defendant's plea of no contest, dispelling the need for a state trooper's DUI homicide trial. The plea relates to a car accident near Union City in Feb. 2012 in which a young Edinboro man died.
Pennsylvania wrongful death award tops $100 million
An Allegheny County woman died in 2009 when she was electrocuted in her yard. The 39-year-old mother was struck by a downed power line, which a wrongful death claim said was improperly maintained by West Penn Power Co. Relatives watched helplessly as the victim suffered repeated 7,200-volt electric shocks.
