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Bridges to Prosperity (formerly Jeannette Circles) will be starting a Getting Ahead Class on Thursday April 24th. We are looking for motivated individuals who are interested in changing their life and financial circumstances. Getting Ahead is a 17 week class where participants investigate barriers to poverty in their community, learn the hidden rules of ECONOMIC class and culture, investigate ways to build…
DetailsAttorney Tereasa Rerko was recently selected to be the Keynote Speaker at an event at her Alma Mater, California University of Pennsylvania. The event was the annual Mock Networking Reception and Etiquette Dinner. This event is sponsored by Cal U Career Services, www.calu.edu/careers as well as the University’s Student Association Inc., Student Activities & Leadership,…
DetailsQR is pleased to announce that our appeal to the Board of Veterans Appeals for an Army veteran with service in Vietnam resulted in a reversal of the initial Ratings Determination by the Department of Veterans Affairs (Pittsburgh Regional Office) and a full grant of service connection for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). The Veteran applied on…
DetailsQuatrinini Rafferty represented a male in his late 20’s who injured his right shoulder at work. The injury occurred as he was attempting to dislodge an air bag from the steering wheel of a large truck. Although the Employer, a trucking company, acknowledged his injury, they fired our client while he was working a modified…
DetailsOur hearts go out to 3 West Virginia teens who were recently killed in a collision with a fire truck. Kristyn Butcher, Kaylin Rice, and John Emmett Snow, III, attempted to pass a vehicle in the opposite direction as a fire truck traveling to an accident scene when it struck their vehicle resulting in a…
DetailsQR attorney Vince Quatrini was the lead presenter for injured workers at the UPMC presentation, “Achieving Excellence in Workers’ Compensation: Strategies from Medical and Legal Professionals,” alongside Workers’ Compensation Judge David B. Torrey, Valerie S. Faeth, defense attorney for Cohen & Grigsby, and a host of UPMC physicians. Mr. Quatrini provided the injured worker perspective on…
DetailsGreat to see QR attorney David S. DeRose featured in the Fall 2013 edition of the The Pittsburgh Foundation’s FORUM newsletter. http://pittsburghfoundation.org/sites/default/files/FORUM%20Fall%202013.pdf (page 16)
DetailsAre you exposed to bat droppings and bird manure in your workplace? If so, you may be a at risk for a diagnosis of Histoplasmosis. Recently, I handled a case involving this disease. Histoplasmosis is an infectious disease caused by inhaling the spores of a fungus called H. capsulatum. Histoplasmosis is not contagious; it cannot be transmitted from…
DetailsBelow are links to a three-part series on back pain and its treatment from the Pittsburgh Post Gazette: http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/news/health/my-aching-back-only-seek-surgery-for-the-back-when-necessary-703565/ http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/news/health/ways-to-have-a-healthier-back-703518/ http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/news/health/my-aching-back-low-back-problems-are-common-neurological-disorder-701704/
DetailsAmericans are living longer than ever. One result is that there are now nearly 1.6 million nursing home residents in the United States. In Pennsylvania alone, there are approximately 80,000 people living in nursing homes. If your loved one is admitted to a nursing home, personal care home or assisted living facility and you have…
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