Latest Pennsylvania Headlines
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Arson in Southeast Pennsylvania Reignites Fears
Mar 16 2009 // Authorities say there has been another arson in the suburban Philadelphia city of Coatesville. The 1:30 a.m. blaze struck two homes on East Valley Road in the city, and firefighters say they were badly damaged. John...
Retired Pennsylvania Judge Appeals Fraud Conviction
Mar 16 2009 // A retired Pennsylvania Superior Court judge is appealing his conviction on charges of falsely collecting $440,000 from insurance companies. Michael Joyce was sentenced Tuesday to three years and 10 months in federal...
Retired Pennsylvania Judge Gets 46 Months in Jail for Fraud
Mar 12 2009 // A retired Pennsylvania Superior Court judge was sentenced to three years, 10 months in prison Tuesday for falsely collecting $440,000 from insurance companies after being injured in a slow-speed fender bender. Michael...
Pennsylvania Court Scolds Firm Paying Advances on Settlements
Mar 11 2009 // A federal appeals court, ruling in a case linked to the 1985 MOVE bombing in Philadelphia, blasted a Texas company that offers lump-sum advances to plaintiffs who settle lawsuits. The settlement stemmed from a lawsuit...
Pennsylvania Barn Fire Kills 10,000 Turkeys
Mar 10 2009 // A fire has killed 10,000 turkeys inside a central Pennsylvania barn. John Zechman of the Beaver Springs Fire Company says the 300-foot-long barn was engulfed in flames when firefighters arrived overnight Friday. He says...
Ex-Pennsylvania Mayor Loses Bid to Have Legal Costs Paid
Mar 9 2009 // A divided Pennsylvania state appeals court says the city of Erie and its insurance carriers aren’t obligated to pay the legal bills of the city’s former mayor. Commonwealth Court said the city and insurers...
Two Suspects Arrested in Southeast Pennsylvania Arsons
Feb 24 2009 // Authorities hunting for arsonists behind a string of fires in a small, Southeastern Pennsylvania steel town made two arrests within hours of each other. Roger Leon Barlow Jr., 19, and Mark Gilliam, 20, were arrested...
One Quarter of Oklahoma Bridges Structurally Deficient
Feb 24 2009 // In 2004, a football-sized piece of concrete fell from a bridge and crashed through Yvonna Osborn’s windshield while she was driving home on Interstate 35 in Oklahoma. The 52-year-old Irving, Texas, mother of two died...
Pennsylvania Woman Who Sang about Fire Charged with 7 Arsons
Feb 13 2009 // Police in a Philadelphia suburb say a 19-year-old woman accused of arson was caught on a surveillance camera singing, “The fire department is going to be mad at me.” Police say Amanda Gessner touched off 7...
Twenty-Third Arson of 2009 Declared in Southeast Pennsylvania
Feb 10 2009 // Investigators have declared a 23rd arson in a part of southeastern Pennsylvania that has been plagued by suspicious fires this year. The latest blaze happened in a trailer home just outside Coatesville late Friday night....
Cops Check 4 More Fires in Arson-Plagued Pennsylvania Area
Feb 2 2009 // Authorities said four arson fires reported Saturday “share a commonality” with other intentionally set blazes that have plagued this area outside Philadelphia, but they would not say if they were connected. The...
Latest Pennsylvania Fire Claims 15 Houses; Arson Suspected
Jan 27 2009 // The latest in a string of suspicious fires in this suburban Philadelphia city tore through a block of row houses, heavily damaging 15 homes, displacing dozens of people and prompting local officials to declare a state of...
Retired Pennsylvania Judge Wants Fraud Conviction Dismissed
Jan 26 2009 // A retired Pennsylvania Superior Court judge wants a federal judge to reverse his conviction or entirely dismiss insurance fraud charges stemming from $440,000 he collected in an August 2001 traffic accident. Attorneys for...
Business Moves
Jan 25 2009 // Victoria, Cranbrook Victoria Insurance Co., a subsidiary of Michigan-based USF Insurance Co., has changed its name to Cranbrook Insurance Co. Cranbrook is incorporated in Texas with its headquarters in Farmington Hills,...
Pennsylvania Explosion Caused by Pipe-Stripping Thieves
Jan 13 2009 // Gas company officials say an explosion in a vacant duplex in western Pennsylvania was caused by a leak that resulted from thieves stripping copper piping in the house. Officials with Equitable Gas say the explosion in...
Pennsylvania Hospitals, Docs Sue over Malpractice Fund
Jan 11 2009 // Pennsylvania hospitals and doctors are suing the state to obtain hundreds of millions in unspent dollars they say should be devoted to a state fund that helps doctors pay for medical malpractice insurance. Industry...
Rates Fall for Mine Subsidence Insurance in Pennsylvania
Dec 31 2008 // Staring tomorrow, homeowners and commercial building owners in Pennsylvania can take advantage of substantially lower rates for mine subsidence insurance, making it more affordable to protect against catastrophic damage...
Former Pennsylvania Chiropractor to Serve 4 Years for Fraud
Dec 22 2008 // A former chiropractor behind a $12.1 million health insurance fraud that federal prosecutors called the largest in western Pennsylvania history was sentenced to repay the money and spend four years in federal...
Pennsylvania Hospitals, Docs Sue over Malpractice Fund
Dec 15 2008 // Pennsylvania hospitals and doctors are suing the state to obtain hundreds of millions in unspent dollars they say should be devoted to a state fund that helps doctors pay for medical malpractice insurance. Industry...
Pennsylvania Mother Sues Crocs over Son’s Escalator Injury
Dec 8 2008 // A Pennsylvania woman is suing Crocs Inc. after her 6-year-old son’s foam clog got stuck in an escalator at the National Aquarium in Baltimore in April, injuring his toe. Kerry Burdick of Eagleville, Pa., claims...
