Texas Township, PA – Hunter Killed in Portable Propane Heater Explosion

Texas Township, PA (December 20, 2019) – A man from Florida hunting in northeastern Pennsylvania was killed on Saturday, December 14th when his portable propane heater exploded.  This incident delineated Pennsylvania’s third deadly hunting incident inside of a week. Chiefland resident Gregory Scheer, 81, was hunting from a ground blind in Texas Township when the…

Polaris to Pay $27.25 Million Penalty for Failure to Report Defective Recreational Off-Road Vehicles

On April 2nd, Polaris agreed to pay a $27.25 million penalty for failure to report defective recreational off-road vehicles. The penalty was announced by the Consumer Product Safety Commission (“CPSC”), the leading government authority with oversight of product safety. While civil penalties are not uncommon, they are reserved for the most severe of circumstances when a product…