Blog Posts in December, 2013

• Posted By Frank Walker Law 31-Dec-2013

  Volunteer Fire Chief Responds To House Fire Call Drunk

  First responders are the last people anyone would expect to find publicly intoxicated, especially when it comes to performing their jobs. But that is exactly how one volunteer fire chief was found to be when he arrived to the scene of a recent fire ...

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• Posted By Frank Walker Law 30-Dec-2013

  Northeastern Taverns Ordered To Pay more than $6M to Drunk Driver

  A Northeastern Pennsylvania man who became a paraplegic after driving while intoxicated and crashing into a tree has been awarded $6.6 million. The settlement involves two East Stroudsburg bars – Pub and Sticks N Stones Bar & Grill – ...

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• Posted By Frank Walker Law 27-Dec-2013

  Victims Of Deadly 2009 Pittsburgh DUI Car Crash awarded $28M

  A 2009 car crash that occurred in Lincoln Place in Pittsburgh and cost two people their lives has resulted in a $28 million compensatory award for certain of the affected parties. On September 26 th of that year Jessica Trail and William Grice of ...

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• Posted By Frank Walker Law 24-Dec-2013

  Pittsburgh Police Department Charges One Of Its Own With DUI

  Vernon Gibson, a 38-year-old Pittsburgh police officer allegedly arrived to work last Friday night heavily under the influence of alcohol. The Pittsburgh police department has taken action by filing DUI charges against Gibson after he arrived at the ...

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• Posted By Frank Walker Law 21-Dec-2013

  Human Rights Report

  A new report from Human Right Watch is confirming a situation that thousands of defense attorneys and defendants all over the U.S. have known for years: prosecutors wield far too much power in the United States' criminal justice system. As a ...

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