The Erie Times News reports that Hamot hospital has already treated more Erie motorcycle injuries this year than it did all of last year and is on pace to treat a record number of motorcycle injuries this year. The article suggests that motorcycle riders need to be more careful. We don’t disagree but we’d note that many of these accidents…
Read More Yup, we’ve loaded our video on YouTube. Just in case you didn’t get enough of it here on our site. All kidding aside, Purchase, George & Murphey, P.C., P.C. has it’s own YouTube channel and it is our plan to add more content rich video about Pennsylvania personal injury subjects to our YouTube channel so please look for more coming…
Read More I read today an article in the Harrisburg Patriot News that relayed some fairly outrageous examples of doctors behaving badly and in ways that are potentially harmful to patients. Unfortunately, these stories are not at all surprising to me nor are they particularly unusual. Tales of doctors acting out of anger, ego or impatience at the expense of patient safety…
Read More Two Erie people were killed in two separate traffic accidents in the Erie area on July 16. At about 5pm Cheryl Sisk, 60, of Conneaut Township was killed when the minivan she was driving north on Interstate 79 in Summit Township left the roadway just north of Interstate 90 and hit a tree. Her passenger, Ryan Schmitt, of Conneaut Lake,…
Read More The Erie Times News has reported more specific information on the tragic motorcycle accident that occurred in Harborcreek Township this past weekend. Renee M. Lorei, 47, of Erie, was operating a 2005 blue Honda Shadow when it was struck by a white Buick LeSabre at 9:07 p.m., at the intersection of Route 5 and Fair Avenue. John M. Wojciki, 48,…
Read More An old high school friend called me this morning and said he was in town. I suggested we ought to get together for drinks and so we met at Molly Brannigan’s. I’d forgotten that Erie’s motorcycle rally “Roar on the Shore” was just about to get underway. We ended up sitting at a sidewalk table and watching the motorcycles and…
Read More The Erie Times News reports that animal bites are up 50 percent this summer. It reminds us to publicize some of the resources we have available on our site, including articles on how to avoid being the victim of a dog bite; what to do if you’ve been bitten; and how to keep your dog from biting. Here are links…
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