A suburban Philadelphia man has decided to drop his legal battle against a Canadian couple he claimed had schemed to buy, and then burn down, his historic 19-bedroom mansion in an insurance fraud plot. The Philadelphia Inquirer reports Thursday both …
Firefighters say a massive blaze at an automobile salvage yard in western Pennsylvania consumed more than 300 cars and brought nearby train traffic to a halt. The (Washington) Observer-Reporter says seven fire departments were called to Pitt-Mon Auto Salvage in …
A state police fire marshal was investigating a fire that heavily damaged a vacant, family-owned glass plant in southeastern Pennsylvania. Authorities say about 100 firefighters battled the blaze at the Penn Glass Inc. plant just south of Lancaster. The fire …
Newly released court documents show gas drilling company Range Resources and other defendants paid $750,000 to settle claims that the activity ruined a western Pennsylvania family’s property. Stephanie and Chris Hallowich had sued the companies claiming drilling and other activity …
Each day, 300 million gallons of polluted mine water enters Pennsylvania streams and rivers, turning many of them into dead zones unable to support aquatic life. At the same time, drilling companies use up to 5 million gallons of fresh …
The family of a Pennsylvania Superior Court judge who died after a fall at an engagement party says an attorney and a catering company were negligent in his death. A lawsuit filed by the wife and children of Robert Daniels …
Police say eight people have been arrested in what authorities say was a monthlong spree of copper thefts at 13 electric substations in the Philadelphia area last year. The Bucks County Courier Times reports police believe the suspects were part …
Federal workplace safety officials are recommending $41,000 in fines for a western Pennsylvania company where a mechanic was killed when he was pinned by a paving roller. Officials at Export Fuel Co., about 20 miles east of Pittsburgh, did not …
Authorities say a worker at a sugar processing plant in suburban Philadelphia died after falling into a large vat. Police in Bucks County said they were called to the CSC Sugar Plant in Falls Township on Monday afternoon after a …
The U.S. District Court in Pennsylvania ruled last week that multiple claims that arose from allegedly defective drywall that the insured entity imported in one single shipment from China should be considered a “single occurrence” for the insurance coverage. The …