Over Memorial Day weekend, I participated in the 2018 Ogden 5K. My daughter-in-law works for the Health Plan, and since they and Bordas and Bordas sponsored this year, we thought it would be fun to participate together. We decided to take my youngest two grandchildren and took turns pushing them in a double stroller, so […]

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Kudos to the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust as they brought yet another wonderful Broadway show to the tri-state area with Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella. As a kid, I loved the Disney version of the fairy tale so much that, before I could read, I memorized the story, word-for-word, that was read to me every night before […]

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A Los Angeles jury delivered a $25.7 million verdict against Johnson & Johnson last week in a lawsuit brought by a 68-year-old woman and long-time user of J&J’s talcum baby powder. The jury ordered J&J and its talc suppliers to pay $21.7 million compensatory damages, and $4 million in punitive damages. J&J was assigned 67 percent […]

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Putting your best foot forward, after all, that’s what feet are made for, right? Many of us spend a lot of time sedentary at our desks throughout the day so, you need to counteract that time your body thinks it is idle and get up and get moving. Just walk. This is a great workout […]

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As we have seen, torts are meant as a legal remedy for private wrongs. Negligence is the tort we encounter most often in our daily lives. We also took a look at product liability, premises liability, and intentional torts. This week we take a look at strict liability. Typically, tort law won’t provide a remedy unless the […]

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For my mom, Mother’s Day should have been known as Saint Mother’s Day. From the outside, my mother came across as a soft spoken woman, who didn’t have a malicious bone in her body. She faithfully attended catholic church every Sunday and a number of days a week. She lived by the many principles of […]

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Variety can be one of the things that keeps you motivated in a fitness program, but it can be difficult to achieve. While many gyms offer some group fitness classes, these classes can tend to become repetitive, and if you don’t like a particular type of class that is offered or become bored of it, […]

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The Pennsylvania Superior Court recently issued a decision that is of great importance to those attorneys practicing in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. Specifically, the court refused to apply the “palpable-error” deference standard announced in McHugh v. Procter & Gamble, 776 A.2d 266 (Pa. Super. 2001) to the jury selection process in Allegheny County. In the case of […]

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The weather is getting warmer and one of my favorite beverages to enjoy while basking in the warm sun is Sun Tea. It’s called Sun Tea because all you need are a few ingredients and the sun to make it. It’s easy to make and the flavor is powerful. On mornings I know the weather […]

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As we all know, car accidents happen on a daily basis due to a variety of reasons, but most commonly that reason being human error. However, with the rise of technology has come the self-driving car. This product, although still in the testing phase, has claimed to be the new-coming of a better means of […]

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