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At separate meetings in Newton Township, Lackawanna County Pennsylvania and Dallas Township, Luzerne County Pennsylvania local government officials met and heard testimony by local residents regarding gas drilling operations in their respective communities.  Residents voiced support for the gas industry along with concerns over water, environmental, safety, home values and other issues.  Local officials listened and are considering local regulations of the gas drilling industry.  The twelve lawyers at Dougherty Leventhal , Price LLP–DLP–PENNSYLVANIA TRUCK LAWYERS and PENNSYLVANIA GAS DRILLING RIG INJURY LAWYERS, continue to follow this and other Marcellus Shale Gas drilling issues in Northeastern and Central Pennsylvania.

Gaovernor Tom Corbett has endorsed a natural gas drilling “impact Fee” for gas develepers in the Marcellus Shale Industry in Pennsylvania.  Governor Corbett has opposed “taxes” on gas drillers, but now looks to obtain monies to pay individual Counties and local municipalities for the extra costs spurred by the expanding gas industry throughout the Commonwealth.   Legislation will be introduced shortly in Harrisburg for implementation of the “impact fee”.  The twelve lawyers at Dougherty Leventhal & Price LLP–DLP–PENNSYLVANIA GAS DRILLING INJURY/TRUCK ACCIDENT LAWYERS–continue to monitor this and other Marcellus Shale gas drilling issues.

Pennsylvania Marcellus Shale gas drilling/truck accident lawyers Dougherty Leventhal & Price LLP,  DLP  continue to investigate several serious gas drilling truck accident cases in Susquehanna and Bradford Counties Pennsylvanaia.  The twelve (12 ) attorneys at DLP have handled significant truck accident cases throughout Northeastern and Central Pennsylvania for the past twenty five (25) years.

Reports note that a tanker truck/water truck has crashed on the Northeast Extension of the Pennsylvania Turnpike.  There is at least one fatality and the road is closed to holiday travelers.  the twelve lawyers at Dougherty Leventhal & Price LLP, PENNSYLVANIA TRUCK ACCIDENT LAWYERS, continue to follow this story..

Dougherty Leventhal & Price LLP,  DLP, is proud to announce that partner Cal Leventhal is the only named Super Lawyer* residing in and with principle office located in Wayne County Pennsylvania.  Attorney Leventhal heads the DLP workers compensation department.  He also was the first plaintiff lawyer to obtain a verdict in excess of one (1) million dollars in Wayne County history.  Attorney Leventhat can be contacted at his office in Honesdale, Pennsylvania

*As selected by Philadelphia Magazine

Dougherty Leventhal & Price LLP,  DLP, are Pennsylvania gas drilling rig workers compensation lawyers.  Attorneys Cal Leventhal, Tom Cummings and John Finnerty head the DLP Northeastern Pennsylvania and Central Pennsylvania workers compensation department.  DLP handles injured workers cases in Bradford, Susquehanna, Tioga, Potter, Wyoming, Sullivan and Wayne Counties Pennsylvania.

Dougherty Leventhal & Price LLP, DLP, Pennsylvania Truck Accident Lawyers in Bradford County, through its partners, Joe Price and Paul Oven, are scheduling a site visit to inspect the scene of another gas drilling related truck accident in Bradford County Pennsylvania.  Both Attorneys Price and Oven are handling several truck accident cases in Bradford County Pennsylvania.  Attorneys Price and Oven along with six (6) other members of DLP have been named Super Lawyers by Philadelphia Magazine.

Dougherty Leventhal & Price, LLP,  DLP,  Pennsylvania truck accident lawyers is pleased to acknowledge partner Jim Wetter, chief attorney in the firm handling complex truck accident and product liability cases.  Attorney Wetter is handling many complex cases involving complicated science, physics, engineeering and legal theories.  Attorney Wetter has successfully resolved many seven figure cases involving serious injuries.  Attorney Wetter can be contacted at the firm’s Kingston Office.

Pennsylvania gas drilling remains in a constant state of change and updates.  Reports today indicate that the Marcellus Shale gas field in Pennsylvania holds significantly more natural gas deposits than even recent estimates.  Good news.  However, other reports today note another reported methane gas problem in water wells and possibly a pond in Lenox, Susquehanna County.  The gas drilling company is investigating and no conclusions have been reached.  Bad news for an industry trying to avoid environmental problems, especially water pollution.  Pennsylvania truck accident and drilling rig injury lawyers Dougherty Leventhal & Price  LLP, DLP, continue to monitor these and other Marcellus Shale gas drilling issues in Northeast and Central Pennsylvania.

DLP partner Brian Price, formerly a Peace Corp Volunteer in Guatemala and fluent in the Spanish language continues to represent Latino individuals seriously injured in tractor trailer/truck accident,car accident, work accidents, nursing home accidents and other serious accidents  in Northeastern and Central  Pennsylvania.   Attorney Price is assisted in his representation of the Latino Community by three (3) bilingual Paralegals at DLP.  Attorney Price is representing Latino workers in the gas drilling rig and Marcellus Shale Gas industry throughout Northeastern and Central Pennsylvania.  Attorney Price has received numerous honors from the Latino community for his dedicated service.  Attorney Price is a Board Certified Civil Trial Lawyers.  He is a named Super Lawyer by Philadelphia Magazine.