A Pennsylvania man has been awarded a $997,500 medical malpractice verdict by a Centre County jury after he experienced complications following back surgery in October of 2011. The plaintiff, Timothy Ahern, had back surgery to repair a herniated disc on Oct. 14, 2011, which was followed by an uneventful recuperation for 12 days, according to…

This week on Court Radio, Dean Weitzman and Councilman Derek Green talk about mental health issues and what’s being done to raise awareness.

A $200,000 settlement has been reached between the City of Columbus, Ohio, and an Ohio driver whose car was struck by an ambulance that was being driven by a city firefighter in 2013. The victim, Tyrone Powell, suffered a broken leg and head contusions when the ambulance collided with his car at Mooberry Street and…

This week on Court Radio, Dean Weitzman talks about the upcoming Presidential election and everything politics.

A Northumberland County, Pa., man has been awarded a $625,000 jury verdict after he received inadequate emergency room medical treatment at a hospital in 2012 following complaints of chest pain and breathing problems. The man, Charles Smith, who was 53 when the incident occurred, had gone to ­Geisinger-Shamokin Area Community Hospital in Coal Township, Northumberland…

A truck driver who was injured when a tire tread separated on a gravel truck he was driving in 2010 has been awarded $1.2 million in damages by a state jury in Arkansas following a trial in connection with his product liability lawsuit. The trucker, Elmer Philpot, now 76, was operating the gravel truck in…