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The driver who failed to yield is usually liable when a pedestrian is struck in Pittsburgh’s Golden Triangle.

But fault in a downtown crash isn’t always that simple once local driving habits like the “Pittsburgh left” and the neighborhood’s own narrow, one-way street grid enter the picture.

A Scranton bar, restaurant, or commercial property is liable for a slip and fall when it knew, or reasonably should have known, about a dangerous condition and failed to fix it or warn customers in time. This standard applies to the more than 50 restaurants, bars, and cafes all packed into downtown Scranton.

What counts as “reasonable”

Truck accidents often occur on I-78 and Route 22 near Lehigh Valley industrial parks for a simple reason. Route 22 near the JW Industrial Park in Allentown carries some of the heaviest volume of any state route in the region, and the companies operating out of the Lehigh Valley Industrial Park send trucks merging onto it all day at speeds well below the flow of highway traffi...

Downtown Stroudsburg’s crosswalks are becoming an increasing safety concern as foot traffic along Main Street continues to grow. While pedestrian activity has increased over time, much of the corridor’s infrastructure was not designed to accommodate today’s levels of use, prompting the borough to pursue safety improvements.

Pennsylvania law already requires drivers to ...

I-95 truck accidents in Philadelphia often involve multiple vehicles for one main reason. The corridor combines highway-speed traffic with some of the densest interchange spacing on the East Coast, and a single truck losing control at speed rarely stays a single-vehicle event.

When a fully loaded tractor-trailer suddenly stops, jackknifes, or catches fire, the vehicles...