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DLP has once again been contacted to investigate a major truck accident in Northeast Pennsylvania.  Investigators have been retained to preserve the evidence and round up the facts.  DLP continues to serve many clients injured in Pennsylvania tractor trailer/truck accidents throughout Northeast and Central Pennsylvania.

Dougherty Leventhal & Price LLP,  DLP, continue to investigate and handle serious truck accident cases in Pennsylvania.  Clients represented include local law enforcement members, individuals struck by gas drilling related trucks and other vehicles and victims of serious truck accident cases.  The twelve lawyers at DLP have handled many seven figure Pennsylvania truck accident cases, the most recent a  $1.75 million settlement in Lackawanna County handled by Attorneys Brian Walsh, Jim Wetter and Patrick Dougherty

Attorneys Joseph Price and Paul Oven continue to investigate a two truck accident in Bradford County resulting in the death of one truck driver.  DLP handles truck accident cases throughout Pennsylvania and surrounding states.  The lawyers at DLP have handled many truck accident cases resulting in seven figure results for its clients.

Dougherty Leventhal & Price LLP, “DLP” continues to represent individuals injured in truck accidents in Northeastern and Northcentral Pennsylvania. Recently DLP was retained by the driver of a school bus in Bradford County  which was hit by a gas industry truck which went through a stop sign causing the school bus to roll over.  The lawsuit is ongoing. The twelve attorneys at DLP are available to represent  people injured in drill rig accidents, truck accidents and automobile accidents throughout Pennsylvania.

A panel offers an update on legislation, which turns out to center on money.

By Rory Sweeney rsweeney@timesleader.com
Staff Writer

BENTON – With interest increasing in drilling for natural gas in the Marcellus Shale, there’s a whole swirl of legislation related to it being considered in Harrisburg, but much of it comes down to money.

“A lot of what goes on in Harrisburg is who’s gonna pay to make the pie and who’s going to get a piece,” said state Rep. Garth Everett, R-Lycoming. “The fight is how we’re going to divide up the pie. … We want to see the Commonwealth get its fair share, but we also don’t want to … go New York on them and drive them away.”

Everett was among two other representatives – Karen Boback, R-Harveys Lake, and David Millard, R-Columbia – who spoke on Thursday evening at a meeting of the Columbia County Landowners Coalition.

A state Department of Environmental Protection official and a Penn State University educator were also on the panel.

Everett described the intention and status of nearly 20 bills throughout the legislature, noting that they fit into four categories: taxation and where the money goes, water protection, access to information and surface-owner rights.

While some likely won’t ever see a vote, Everett said a few will probably pass this session, including a bill that would require companies to release well production information within six months instead of the current five years.

He said a tax on the gas extraction also seems likely “at some point.”

For the most part, the industry received a pass at the meeting, with most comments favorable. One woman suggested companies might underreport the amount of gas they take out and questioned what’s being done to help landowners keep them honest.

Dave Messersmith of Penn State suggested that an addendum to each lease should be the opportunity for an annual audit of the company’s logs.

Robert Yowell, the director of the DEP’s north-central regional office, said the rush to drill in the shale happened so quickly that DEP is still trying to catch up with regulations. Likewise, he said, companies are still becoming acquainted with differences here from where they’re used to drilling.

“When they first came to town, I don’t think they realized how widely our streams fluctuated,” he said.

He added some public perceptions need to be changed – such as the belief that people aren’t naturally exposed to radiation all the time – and that he felt confident that “this can be done safely.”

In response to contamination issues in Dimock Township in Susquehanna County, DEP is upgrading and standardizing its requirements for well casings, Everett said. He added that it’s being suggested the contamination in might have been caused by “odd geology.”

“Every time humans do anything, there’s an impact on the land,” he said. “We just need to balance this right so that we end up with something we’re happy with when we’re done.”

Rory Sweeney, a Times Leader staff writer, may be reached at 970-7418.

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Recent reports indicate that the gas industry estimates drilling approximately 1750 new gas wells in Pennsylvania in 2010. The cost of investment is expected to be seven (7) billion dollars according to industry sources. Many new jobs will be created along with ongoing environmental concerns.

Dougherty Leventhal and Price LLP represents workers and citizens injured or killed as a result of gas drilling related activities. DLP is a 12 member law firm serving Northeast and Central Pennsylvania for the past thirty years.

As a result of the recent Pennsylvania state budget compromise, the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources recently received bids for the leasing of state lands by gas drilling companies. The leases were for up to 32,000 acres of land in Cameron, Potter, Tioga, Clinton and Clearfield counties. The land is located in State Forests including Sproul, Elk, Tioga and Susquehannock.

According to the DCNR the leases will generate at least $125 million in additional revenues for the State coffers. The leases will also help create jobs. State environmental groups have raised serious concerns over the leases, but DCNR is confident that a balance has been struck addressing all issues.

Dougherty Leventhal and Price LLP represents individual injured as a result of gas drilling related injuries in Pennsylvania. Contact one of DLP’s twelve (12) Pennsylvania personal injury attorneys if you have any questions regarding injuries suffered as a result of companies or individuals related to the Pennsylvania natural gas drilling industry.

In an effort to better serve workers and individuals injured as a result of gas drilling and related activities, DLP is pleased to announce that personal injury Attorneys Tom Cummings and Joseph Price will attend a seminar on gas drilling litigation and related issues to be conducted at the University of Texas. Attorney Cummings handles major workers compensation cases throughout Northeastern Pennsylvania and is skilled at advising out of state residents on their rights if injured while working in Pennsylvania. Attorney Price handles major personal injury litigation and has tried cases against large corporate defendants.
It is believed that Attorney Cummings and Attorney Price are the first lawyers form Northeastern Pennsylvania to receive specialized traning in the handling of drilling accidents. Both Attorney Cummings and Attorney Price have been named Pennsylvania Super Lawyers by Philadelphia Magazine.