Pittsburgh Personal Injury Law Blog

You and many other people employed in the construction industry are usually hard-working individuals who are prepared to work in potentially dangerous situations. However, just because you understand that worksites might be dangerous, it does not mean that employers can ignore safety risks. Many still do. The result is an astronomically high number of construction deaths.

Implementing necessary safety precautions and measures can cost a construction business a lot of money upfront. Not maintaining regulations set out by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration can be costly too. Fines for noncompliance can be as high as $70,000 for a single incident. When faced with the decision to skimp on safety costs or put up the money to comply with OSHA standards, it is not uncommon for an employer to choose the first option, putting his or her workers at risk.

When you find out that your loved one has been rushed to the emergency room after a fall in a nursing home, you may have many things on your mind. You want to make sure they're okay and that they'll survive. You want to know that those who allowed this to happen are going to make sure it doesn't happen again. You want to know why this happened and why a nurse couldn't be there to help your loved one get from point A to point B safely.

If you later find out that your loved one had asked for assistance, but no one came, then you may be like many people who have rushed to their loved ones' sides after a fall. Call buttons are there for those who need a nurse to help them get to the bathroom or to move around, but when nursing homes are understaffed, help may not come soon enough. Left with no other option, your loved one may have tried to move on their own, resulting in a fall.

It is devastating when people take their own lives. However, sometimes, when that happens, it's not only their fault. Their choice to commit suicide could result in a wrongful death claim in some cases.

Take, for example, this case reported on May 29. A 25-year-old woman had severe anxiety and depression, but she was seeking help. Despite that, nothing seemed to work for her, but she was still living. Her sister said that the woman often said, "I don't want to live, but I also don't want to die." This suggests that suicide might not have been something she was looking into.

Car crashes happen for any number of reasons, with some caused by distractions, others caused by reckless behavior and still others a result of medical emergencies. Regardless of the cause, crashes put the lives of those involved at risk.

A crash in Pennsylvania put two people at risk on May 18 when a Jeep Patriot and Hyundai Sonata collided with one another. The crash happened at approximately 5:00 p.m., at the start of rush hour.