Matthew Dougherty’s family said in a wrongful-death lawsuit that staff at the hospital did not properly treat his mental illness and should not have called police. by Vinny Vella Published March 17, 2025, 3:33 p.m. ET The last time Jenni Broadwell saw Matthew Dougherty, her longtime boyfriend, they shared dinner in his room at Phoenixville Hospital, where … Read more
By Peter Senzamici Published March 3, 2025, 7:48 p.m. ET A fatal plane crash on Long Island that left a mother dead and her daughter gravely injured was “entirely preventable” following a federal crash report citing an electrical short as the likely culprit, an explosive new lawsuit claims. Despite smoke in the flight school plane’s cockpit … Read more
Michael Spooner died at the scene of the crash at South Front Street and Washington Avenue. by Ximena Conde Published Jan. 13, 2025, 5:22 a.m. ET Among the first things Kayla Spooner, 29, remembers seeing after she was hit by a Route 64 SEPTA bus were the bright yellow-gold contours of her husband’s Green Bay … Read more
by Ryan W. Briggs and Samantha Melamed Published Dec. 2, 2024, 5:00 a.m. ET By the night Essie Campbell rushed her daughter Jah’nae to the hospital — the 12-year-old gasping for air — Campbell had tried everything she could think of to get help. For at least two years she lodged complaints and put in … Read more
A small plane that crashed just south of Republic Airport in March of 2023, leading to the deaths of the pilot and one of two passengers, was brought down by an in-flight electrical fire caused by a compromised oil pressure line fitting, according to a report from the National Transportation Safety Board. The report, which … Read more
When the surgeon arrived in the waiting room at Forbes Hospital in Monroeville on Jan. 13, Audrey Lindsey’s family immediately felt relief. The doctor explained that her routine back surgery had gone great. He sent Lindsey’s long-time partner and daughter upstairs to wait for her to come out from anesthesia. Their relief would be short-lived. … Read more
Source: The Legal Intelligencer What You Need to Know Temple University Hospital has agreed to pay a $30.3 million judgment against it in a medical malpractice case. In doing so, the hospital is backing down from its efforts to advance a rarely used argument for remittitur. The judge on the case had soundly rejected Temple’s … Read more
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — The bouncer charged with third-degree murder in connection with punching a man outside of a Center City bar is not the only employee of the security company to face serious criminal charges related to his actions while on the job. CBS Philadelphia has learned police have charged a second bouncer at … Read more
POTTSTOWN, Pa. (CBS) – Now for an Eyewitness News exclusive. Only CBS3 was there in Montgomery County Monday as crews recovered a propane tank from the site of a Pottstown home explosion. Five people, including four children, were killed back in May. On Monday, several families who were forced out of their homes are now … Read more
Officials with the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission say the investigation might take a year or more to finish. by Rodrigo Torrejón Published Jun 3, 2022 More than a week after a Pottstown houseexplosion killed four children and an adult, there are no answers on the cause of the blast and little information on next steps for … Read more
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