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pAs the law firm of Reiff and Bily enters its third decade representing catastrophically injured victims and their families, we are honored to have been selected in 2011 again as Pennsylvania Super Lawyers and to have also been recognized by emArrive/em magazine as the best and brightest and top Northeast attorneys. Reiff and Bily has also been awarded an AV rating by Martindale Hubbell representing the highest po [...]

The Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority provides detailed information on healthcare providers throughout Pennsylvania, including hospitals, rehabilitation centers, and nursing homes. If you or a loved one needs medical care or will be staying in a nursing home, the Patient Safety Authority provides the following tips for choosing the best facility for your needs. The Patient Safety Authority and other regulatory [...]

Frances Miller of Fayette County, PA has filed a lawsuit against Highlands Hospital, claiming she was paralyzed after a bacterial spine infection was misdiagnosed when she visited the hospital’s ER. The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reports that an on-call doctor didn’t discover her infection until more than 24 hours later, which was too late. Tragedies like these are not uncommon. An article in the Journal of the [...]

A nursing home in Oakmont has been punished by the state and given a provisional license after an 89-year-old woman committed suicide by jumping out her third-story window, reports the post-gazette website. Her son is left full of anguish as to what exactly happened to his mother who had been admitted to the facility in July with heart problems, glaucoma, dementia, and depression. State officials downgraded the Pre [...]

The family of the late Latino musician Joaquin Rivera is preparing to sue Aria Health System. According to an article in the Philadelphia Daily News, the state Department of Health released a report detailing numerous staff policy violations that occurred on Nov. 28, the night Rivera had a fatal heart attack in the waiting room of Aria Health’s Frankford campus. Rivera, 63, sat dead for more than 40 minutes and w [...]