Heading A Soccer Ball Linked To Traumatic Brain Injury
New research is showing that soccer players who head the ball too often may be susceptible to traumatic brain injuries.
Personal Injury
Gov. Corbett Signs New Law Protecting Student Athletes From Traumatic Brain Injury
In an effort to better help, support, and protect student-athletes who have suffered concussions, Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbett, signed a piece of legislation called the Safety in Youth Sports Act. NBC-Philadelphia reported that the bill was signed into law earlier today.
Captain Involved In Philadelphia Boating Accident Sentenced
The tugboat pilot who was responsible for steering a barge that plowed through a stalled duck boat and killed two Hungarian foreign exchange students on the Delaware River this past July, was sentenced today to 366 days in prison for his part in the accident.
Philadelphia Woman Killed When Her Five Dogs Attack
The PPD and PSPCA are working together to determine how a 50-year-old woman died from an attack by five dogs Tuesday night.
Duck Boat Tours Suspended on Anniversary of Fatal Crash
Philadelphia duck boat tours will not be in operation on Thursday, July 7th, in memoriam of the one-year anniversary of a fatal crash on the Delaware River.
HBO’s Latest Award Winning Documentary, “Hot Coffee,” Set to Debut Monday, June 27 @ 9PM ET.
Seinfeld mocked it. Letterman ranked it in his top ten list. And more than fifteen years later, its infamy continues. Everyone knows the McDonald’s coffee case. It has been routinely cited as an example of how citizens have taken advantage of America’s legal system, but is that a fair rendition of the facts? Hot Coffee reveals what really happened to Stella Liebeck, the Albuquerque woman who spilled coffee on herself and sued McDonald’s, while exploring how and why the case garnered so much media attention, who funded the effort and to what end. After seeing this film, you will decide who really profited from spilling hot coffee.
“Eye-opening indictment of the way big business spins the media.” —Variety
“Stunning debut … Sends audiences out of the theater thinking in a brand new way.” —Washington Post
“Entertaining, informative … vivdly illuminating.”
—Hollywood Reporter
Vote NO on the Fair Share Act
Folks, I usually don’t push a political agenda, but this one is well worth your attention. Please read. Please contact your state senator and ask him to vote NO on the Fair Share Act. The Pennsylvania General Assembly is considering passing this law, which would block your rights to recover compensation if someone injures you … Read more
Pennsylvania House poised to amend lawsuit liability law
Folks, I normally wouldn’t post something of a political nature, but I felt this was important to bring to your attention.The AP (4/7) reported, “People who are awarded civil judgments against multiple parties would no longer be able to collect all of it from any single defendant under a bill that Republicans in the … Read more
Paycheck Fairness Act
The AP (10/1) reported, “Lilly Ledbetter, the Alabama woman whose discrimination lawsuit changed federal law, says the persistent wage gap between men and women is a human rights issue. Ledbetter urged lawmakers Thursday to pass an equal pay bill pending in the U.S. Senate after she rallied for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid at a … Read more
NYTimes urges Senate to act on Paycheck Fairness Act
The New York Times (9/20) editorializes that annual earnings data released last Thursday by the Census Bureau show that “full-time women employees still make, on average, only 77 cents for every dollar earned by men,” confirming “a lingering gender gap that depresses women’s pay by thousands of dollars,” which “poses an immediate challenge for … Read more
