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Pennsylvania parents’ group urges tougher DUI penalties

Posted on: March 1, 2016. Category: Drunk Driving Accidents

Pennsylvania lawmakers joined with parents of young people killed in drunk driving accidents recently for a heart-rending press conference. The event’s purpose was to argue in support of a pair of bills in the state Senate that would increase penalties for certain DUI offenses. The advocate group, Parents Against Impaired Driving, displayed post-sized photographs of …

Report: pedestrian deaths in U.S. jumped 10 percent last year

Posted on: March 1, 2016. Category: Motor Vehicle Accidents

If travel is a form of freedom, the ability to walk or use a wheelchair to get your destination is the ultimate way we express freedom. Anyone who is physically capable can be a pedestrian, regardless of income or status. But with that freedom comes potential danger. Even law-abiding and careful pedestrians are vulnerable to …

Signs of Nursing Home Abuse and Neglect

Posted on: March 1, 2016. Category: Personal Injury

Roughly two million Americans reside in nursing homes or long-term care facilities and sadly, many receive poor care. Nursing home abuse and neglect is something that many elderly or disabled individuals are faced with each day. It is important to understand what nursing home abuse and neglect is and what you can look out for …

The challenges of diagnosing, treating a brain injury

Posted on: March 1, 2016. Category: Serious Injuries

If you have not yet grasped the scope of the effects of brain trauma in this country, consider this: every year, about one in 125 men visit the emergency room for a traumatic brain injury. With a similar ratio of women suffering TBIs annually, that translates to millions of brain injuries in the U.S. every …