Archive for 'Legal News and Product Recalls' Category
Nov 12, 2014

In a fact sheet published on October 27, 2014, the Center for Justice and Democracy announced that the findings from three new studies make it indisputable that damage caps–a popular part of tort reform–are actually hurting healthcare. This decline in healthcare was observed in three distinct areas. First, the reports found that there were actually […]

Oct 23, 2014

Allstate Insurance Company recently released its 10th annual “America’s Best Drivers Report.” Among America’s smaller cities, Pittsburgh ranked dead last in terms of car crash frequency. A “smaller city” was determined to have a population of 250,000-499,999 people. According to the report, the average driver in Pittsburgh will experience a crash every 6.6 years and […]

Oct 21, 2014

The ongoing Ebola scare in the United States has led to calls for broad travel bans, the appointment of an “Ebola Czar” from President Obama’s administration, and a general feeling that our government at all levels should be doing everything in their collective power to stop a virus that has infected a few Americans. Perhaps […]

Oct 7, 2014

This past Friday, state commerce officials opened bids to allow natural gas drilling just one mile underneath the northern section of the Ohio River. The bids allow companies to use hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, to stimulate the wells, posing a significant risk to the Ohio Valley’s primary water supply. Not only that, but there is a […]

Oct 1, 2014

 BORDAS & BORDAS EXPANDS TO PITTSBURGH Smith, Pasciak Join Legal Team Wheeling—Bordas & Bordas Attorneys, PLLC has announced that beginning this month the firm will offer legal services in Pittsburgh. Furthermore, the firm has added two new attorneys to their staff. The western Pennsylvania office will be the fourth location for the Plaintiff’s firm and […]

Sep 26, 2014

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: INJUCTION GRANTED ON BEHALF OF EJECTED CAMERON FOOTBALL PLAYER Moundsville—Bordas & Bordas has successfully been granted a temporary injunction on behalf of Cameron Football player Dalton Wood who was ejected from a game last Friday for allegedly kicking another player.    The injunction, issued by Marshall County Circuit Court Judge David Hummel, […]

Sep 12, 2014

The last few days have been dominated by discussion of the NFL and former Baltimore Raven Ray Rice’s domestic assault on his fiancée in an Atlantic City elevator. A month ago, when Rice received a two-game suspension for his actions, Geoff Brown thought the NFL could do better. A few others also felt the suspension […]

Sep 11, 2014

September 11, 2001 is a day that changed the world forever. More than 3,000 people died that day in the greatest terror attack in our nation’s history. If you were old enough to remember when you learned the news, it would forever be etched into your soul. Today, members of the Bordas Law family reflect […]

Sep 8, 2014

Anyone who follows our firm’s blogs on a fairly regular basis will probably recall that in my “free time” I have worked as a college and high-school basketball official. Toward the end of the 2013-14 basketball season, I wrote an article talking about some of the most misunderstood rules in the game. As it turns out, […]

Sep 2, 2014

A few of us around the Bordas & Bordas office have been waiting all summer for the return of one of our favorite guilty pleasures – Doctor Who. For those unfamiliar, Doctor Who is a British science-fiction TV show that first aired in 1963. It follows the adventures of an alien who goes only by […]