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Lawsuit alleges eastern Pa. man harbored dangerous wolf-dog hybrid
Patrick Varine | Thursday, September 6, 2018 5:06 p.m. The family of a Scranton toddler who was attacked by a dog this past May is suing the dog’s owner, accusing him of harboring an exotic wolf-dog hybrid he knew to be dangerous. Katelyn Davis’ 2-year-old son, who is not identified by name in the lawsuit, [...]
Lawsuit: 9-year-old boy was abused at now-closed youth home
ZELIENOPLE. Pa. — A new lawsuit has been filed against a now-shuttered Butler County youth home with a troubled history after allegations that a young child was sexually abused there. Glade Run Lutheran Services closed in 2015 amid several abuse claims that were reported to the state's Department of Human Services. A lawsuit was settled [...]
New lawsuit filed against Glade Run Lutheran claims another boy was sexually assaulted
Michael DiVittorio | Thursday, January 10, 2019 6:32 p.m. The parent organization that ran a since-closed Zelienople youth home and recently settled a lawsuit filed on behalf of a teenage sexual assault victim faces a new lawsuit of a similar nature. Attorney Michael Pisanchyn Jr. of the Pittsburgh-based Pisanchyn Law Firm filed the suit this [...]
Pisanchyn Law Firm Obtains Settlement for Sexual Abuse Victim
The Pisanchyn Law Firm has reached settlement for its sexual abuse suit with Glade Run, a nonprofit that provides youth services. The confidential settlement will enable the family of the young victim, who suffered abuse at Glade Run’s Zelienople youth service program, to adequately care for his needs for the rest of his life. The [...]
Glade Run faces new lawsuit
Eric Jankiewicz Eagle Staff Writer | January 11, 2019 Only days after settling a lawsuit alleging sexual abuse, a Zelienople youth service program is being sued again over similar accusations, including claims that the program's lax supervision led to sexual assaults in 2014. “A brief review of the facts, as stated in [the victims] complaint, [...]
Glade Run center facing another lawsuit
ZELIENOPLE — Another lawsuit alleging sexual assault has been filed against the former Glade Run Lutheran Services youth home. The Pisanchyn Law Firm filed the complaint Monday in Butler County Court on behalf of a now-19-year-old boy, who was 13 at the time of the alleged incidents. The same firm filed two separate lawsuits last [...]
Dog attack on toddler prompts negligence lawsuit
The family of a 2-year-old boy severely injured when a dog bit him at Hollenback Park earlier this year filed suit against the dog owner Thursday, accusing him of negligence in the attack that occurred while the dog was in a fenced dog area.
Articles: Dog attack on toddler prompts negligence lawsuit
The Pisanchyn Law Firm filed suit earlier today. See some of the media that have been published all the way to Pittsburgh. We’re hoping this will make the community safer and bring attention to this issue. Can click on the three different articles below: Times Leader Trib Live Citizen’s Voice
PLF’s $6.5 M Recovery Featured in PA Jury Verdict Review
Pisanchyn Law Firm’s recent $6.5 million recovery for the untimely death of 22-year old Wesley Sherwood due to a defective rock crusher is featured in Pennsylvania Jury Verdict Review & Analysis. Click the images below to read the full story.
$6.5M settlement for family of man killed by rock crusher
Article by the Times Leader – Click here to view By Patrick Kernan – pkernan@timesleader.com | October 13th, 2017 10:04 pm Wesley SherwoodLANESBORO — Wesley Sherwood’s family has agreed to a $6.5 million settlement with two companies after he was killed by falling into a rock crusher in 2011. Sherwood’s estate was represented by the [...]
Jury Awards Woman more than $311K for DUI Crash
This last Thursday a jury in Lackawanna County, sent a message to a Defendant awarding over quarter of a million dollars for his “outrageous conduct.” Specifically the jury awarded $311,498.45 with the largest portion $200,000 toward punitive damages. It took the Pisanchyn Law Firm through Attorney Douglas Yazinski and Bradley Moyer just one day to [...]
Late doctor’s family sues Wilkes Barre General
The Citizen’s Voice Staff writer @cvjimhalpin The family of a Pittston doctor who hanged himself shortly after being discharged from Wilkes-Barre General Hospital has sued the hospital alleging doctors there failed to act when he expressed suicidal thoughts during a psychiatric assessment. Dr. Steven Allan Azaravich, 33, of Pittston, was found dead July 22, 2015, [...]
Federal Suit Filed on Behalf of Sexual Assault Victims
The Pisanchyn Law Firm has filed a Federal Lawsuit against Butler County, its prison and their food service provider on behalf of two inmates who were sexually assaulted while serving time for low-level offenses. Attorney Michael Pisanchyn, Jr., says that the main concern of the suit is preventing future sexual assaults at the facility. “It [...]
Child Facility to Close
State won’t renew Glade Run license Child facility to close- One of Glad Run Lutheran Services’ residential buildings will soon no longer be in service following incidents of staff negligence. The Department of Human Services issues a non-renewal notice last week to the child residential facility operated by Glade Run at 70 Beaver Road. “If [...]
State Revokes Glade Run Residential Care Facility’s Operations License
By Andy Sheehan | November 14, 2016 at 7:16 pm ZELIENOPLE (KDKA) — State investigators say lax oversight at a Butler County residential treatment facility for children with autism and other developmental disabilities continues to jeopardize the safety of those who live there. On Monday, the state Department of Human Services once again revoked Glade [...]
Judge Gives Green Light
Pisanchyn Law Firm’s recent allowance to pursue a civil suit against a Susquehanna County gun store employee was featured in the Legal Intelligencer, Philadelphia Attorney’s Premier News Source. A gun shop and its owner, whose son—an employee at the store—shot and killed a man, can be held civilly liable for the fatal shooting, a Pennsylvania [...]
Court allows lawsuit against gun shop owner to proceed
BY TERRIE MORGAN-BESECKER / Published: July 19, 2016 The father of a man who was fatally shot outside a Susquehanna County home can proceed with a lawsuit against the gun shop owned by the killer’s father, a Lackawanna County judge ruled Monday. Judge Terrence Nealon said George Rogers presented sufficient evidence to support his claims [...]
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.
Family settles fatal motorcycle accident suit for $1.5 million
By Terrie Morgan-Besecker / The Times-Tribune (TNS) Posted Apr 6, 2016 at 2:30 PM Updated Apr 6, 2016 at 2:30 PM 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 [...]
$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 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
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 [...]
Two clients were sexually assaulted by prison employee while incarcerated
BUTLER, Pa. —An attorney filed a motion Friday to get his two clients out of the Butler County Prison where he claims they were sexually assaulted by an employee. “I have a feeling that they are going to have problems long-term from being assaulted in a place where they were helpless, vulnerable and had to [...]
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 [...]
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