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GM agrees to pay at least $1.9 million to family of Dunmore man

GM agrees to pay at least $1.9 million to family of Dunmore man

The settlement, negotiated by attorney Michael Pisanchyn of Scranton, comes from a fund GM set up to compensate victims of the defective switch. Terms of the settlement are confidential, but public documents related to the claims process reveal family members will be paid at least $1 million in damages, plus $300,000 for each dependent. That equates to at least $1.9 million for Mr. McHale’s family.

$1.5 Million Motorcycle Accident Settlement

$1.5 Million Motorcycle Accident Settlement

A recent Pennsylvania Jury Verdict Review & Analysis summarized the Pisanchyn Law Firm’s $1.5 Million Motorcycle Accident recovery. 1,5000,0000 Recovery – Motor Vehicle Negligence – Negligent Lane Change – Motorcycle/Truck Collision – Alleged Wrongful Hiring and Retention of Truck Driver – Wrongful Death at Age 65 Lackawanna County, PA The plaintiff’s decedent was a 65-year-old [...]

Attorney Pisanchyn on KQV News

Attorney Pisanchyn on KQV News

Attorney Pisanchyn talks with KQV News about the need to get his clients, who have been sexually assaulted while in Butler County Jail, out of the facility. An arrest warrant has been issued and charges have been filed in relation to this case against Luis Quinones, a Trinity Services Group employee, who worked in the [...]

Hearing for Inmates Who Were Sexually Assaulted

Hearing for Inmates Who Were Sexually Assaulted

Inmates in sex assault case get hearing to leave prison The two Butler County Prison inmates who claim they were sexually assaulted in the prison will get their day in court. County President Judge Thomas Doerr today scheduled a hearing for a petition by two inmates wanting to be released after reporting a prison food [...]

Inmates accuse worker of making sexual advances

Inmates accuse worker of making sexual advances

BUTLER COUNTY, Pa. — An investigation is underway at the Butler County Prison after inmates claimed a worker made sexual advances on them, the inmates’ attorney told Channel 11 News Friday. Two inmates have come forward, saying they have been subjected to sexual innuendos, advances and contact while serving their time at the prison. Channel [...]

15-year-old sues Zelienople youth treatment facility

15-year-old sues Zelienople youth treatment facility

By Elizabeth Behrman Wednesday, May 11, 2016, 5:45 p.m. The family of a boy who says he was sexually assaulted at a Zelienople youth treatment facility has sued, saying the center’s employees allowed it to happen and responded to his complaints with verbal abuse rather than reporting it to the police. The 15-year-old, who was [...]

Negligence lawsuit filed against Glade Run Lutheran Services

Negligence lawsuit filed against Glade Run Lutheran Services

By Kate Malongowski Calkins Media | Posted: Wednesday, May 11, 2016 6:00 pm ZELIENOPLE — The family of a juvenile who was allegedly sexually assaulted while staying at a Butler County-based mental health treatment facility has filed a civil lawsuit in Allegheny County. According to the 30-page lawsuit filed Wednesday against Glade Run Lutheran Services [...]

Lawsuit alleging abuse, neglect of teen

Lawsuit alleging abuse, neglect of teen

ZELIENOPLE, Pa. — A family is suing Glade Run Lutheran Services, a group home in Zelienople, claiming that a 13-year-old boy was abused and neglected at the facility. Abuse and neglect lawsuit filed against Glade Run Lutheran Services in Zelienople PA Attorneys for the boy and his family spoke Wednesday with Channel 11 News after [...]

Bad Faith Verdict Published

Bad Faith Verdict Published

Car Passenger Alleged Insurer Acted in Bad Faith on UIM Claim The Pisanchyn Law Firm’s recent verdict in a Bad Faith case has been published in Pennsylvania Verdict Search. Insurance companies have a duty to act in good faith to their clients and the Pisanchyn Law Firm will fight to ensure they do on behalf [...]

Fatal Motorcycle Accident Settlement Reached

Fatal Motorcycle Accident Settlement Reached

Family settles fatal motorcycle accident suit for $1.5 million By Terrie Morgan-Besecker The Times-Tribune (TNS) The family of a Scranton man killed when a tractor- trailer struck his motorcycle reached a $1.5 million settlement with the trucking firm. Thomas M. Burke Sr., 65, of Park Drive, Scranton, was riding his 2004 Harley Davidson motorcycle on [...]

$900,000 Settlement for Motor-vehicle Case

$900,000 Settlement for Motor-vehicle Case

The Pisanchyn Law Firm’s recent $900,000 verdict in a truck accident case has been published in Pennsylvania Verdict Search. Truckers and truck companies have a duty to drive their large loads safely without harming others on the road and the Pisanchyn Law Firm will fight to ensure they do on behalf of our clients. Click [...]

Families blame MD for poor care

Families blame MD for poor care

Relatives of a 10-year-old disabled foster child who died at an Anne Arundel County group home last month and the guardian of another resident whose inadequate care there led to a serious illness have filed notice that they intent to sue the state for failing to supervise the facility’s operator.

Super. Ct. rebuffs bid to minimize wrongful death recovery

Super. Ct. rebuffs bid to minimize wrongful death recovery

Decedent’s mother, who is mentally disabled, was unable to testify eloquently at trial about the effect of losing her daughter. Her disability also limited the amount of contact she had been able to have with her daughter. Defendants argued that her testimony was insufficient to support the amount the jury awarded under the Wrongful Death Act and the trial court agreed, granting a new trial.

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