Accidents related to workplace safety violations happen every day across America. However, some workplace risks are more subtle and lack adequate attention. Silicosis, a little-known but deadly cause of lung disease, is one such risk that has been overlooked yet impacts thousands of workers. A recent opinion piece in The Atlantic, bylined by former OSHA and Mine Safety and Health Administration officers, offers insider insights into the largely unknown risks to the public.
Locks Law Firm is excited to announce that attorney Francesca A. Iacovangelo has been named to the 2025 Pennsylvania Super Lawyers list, recognizing her as one of the top 5% of lawyers in Pennsylvania. This marks the fifth year in a row that she has been presented with this exclusive honor. A recognition of this stature represents Francesca's dedication, legal expertise, and commitment to fighting for justice.
In Feb-March 2025, the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), a division of the World Health Organization, published a groundbreaking study concluding that exposure to automotive gasoline can cause cancer in humans.
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Technology plays a big role in our everyday lives. It helps us stay organized, communicate better, and make complicated tasks easier. Did you know that personal technology can also make handling legal matters a little less overwhelming? In this article, we'll explore how simple tools like smartphones, tablets, video services, and apps can make it easier to work with your legal team and stay on top of important details.
On January 31, 2025, a tragic incident unfolded in Northeast Philadelphia when a Learjet 55, operating as Med Jets Flight 056, crashed shortly after takeoff from Northeast Philadelphia Airport. The aircraft, en route to Tijuana International Airport with a planned refueling stop in Missouri, was a medevac flight carrying six individuals, including a young patient and her mother. Tragically, all six occupants perished in the crash. The plane struck multiple buildings and vehicles, resulting in fires and explosions that claimed the life of one person on the ground and injured at least 24 others.
Philadelphia, the City of Brotherly Love, has a less affectionate nickname if you ask oil companies and the insurance industry. They’re calling it a “Judicial Hellhole.”
Locks Law Firm is accepting birth defect cases on behalf of children suffering from low birth weight, decreased IQ, and impaired brain development and motor skills due to exposure to the herbicide Dacthal (“DCPA” or “dimethyl tetrachloroterephthalate”).
Paraquat is an herbicide marketed for use in the United States by Syngenta under the brand name Gramoxene. American Farmworkers and those in commercial agricultural settings are most highly affected by exposure to Paraquat. It is highly toxic to humans and animals who are exposed to the chemical. Despite Paraquat being banned in more than 60 countries, including China where Syngenta’s parent company is owned and incorporated, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) still approves the domestic use of Paraquat for licensed workers.
This 4th of July holiday, enjoy the barbecue hot dogs and burgers, potato salad and pasta salad with family and friends but don’t forget about the freedoms that you hold dear. What freedoms do you cherish? Are reproductive rights important to you? How about the environment, the costs of healthcare, or gun control legislation? Well, if you haven’t heard already, the United States Supreme Court, in Loper Bright Enters. v. Raimondo, has just recently ruled that Courts
must exercise their independent judgment in deciding whether an agency has acted within its statutory authority. Deference to the Chevron doctrine prevents courts from exercising the judicial power vested in them by Article III. This decision usurps the power of federal agencies to interpret the laws that they administer. Now, if an environmental law or food and drug administration law is vague or ambiguous, judges without expertise, rather than the federal
government which employs scientists and experts with specialized knowledge, could re-define “clean air” and “clean water.” They could decide that these terms are subject to interpretation. The ramifications for our environment could be devastating. This judicial activism will continue to profoundly affect our freedoms, health, and well-being.
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