Cop saves man crushed by fallen pine tree
Radnor crime scene details a rescue as Richard Dorkoski and eight bystanders freed Labowitz, 27, from beneath an 800-pound pine after a tree fell as he cut it. Dorkoski, a 36 year old township officer, described rapid cuts and teamwork to lift the weight, fearing the chain saw might fail.
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Cop
Harry Maitland
Daily Times
Radnor
Richard Dorkoski
Bryn Mawr Avenue
Dorkoski
Labowitz
Schwenksville
Montgomery County
Chester County
TI Quick
Borkoski
Dale Clayton
Kevin Murphy
Ambulew
Case goes to trial over jail death of 18 year old Rusty Ammlung
After nearly 14 years a jury hears claims that Chester police officers and jail staff acted with gross negligence leading to the death of Rusty Ammlung, found unconscious in a Chester jail cell after an arrest for drunkenness. Plaintiffs seek punitive and compensatory damages.
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Daily Times
Chester
Russell Ammlung
Russell
Ammlung
Lawrence Platt
Joseph Fried
Brown
Roy Dixon
Paul Morgan
John Weir
Rusty
Platt
St. James High School
McDonald
Friel and Brown
Morgan
Weir
Dixon
Renee Ee Eee
Alice Bowman
Sie Ieeeee
Reamey Street
Ammlung case marks landmark ruling on immunity limits
Media courthouse reports the Ammlung case, a historic fight over state immunity for negligence. Rusty Ammlung’s parents pursued damages through multiple courts from 1972 to 1976, culminating in a 1976 state Supreme Court decision that narrowed immunity.
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Russell
Rusty
Ammlung
Robert McDonald
State Supreme Court
Delaware County
Joseph deFaria
Ammlungs
Chester
Former Flyers coach Quinn to take oath at county naturalization
Pat Quinn of Newtown Township will join 49 Delaware County residents becoming US citizens tonight. Judge Frank T. Hazel will preside at 8 p.m. in the new Judge John V. Diggins Ceremonial Courtroom as citizens from 24 countries including Canada, Quinn's birthplace, are sworn in.
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McDonald
Platt
Brown
Alfred Gollatz
Rusty
Ammlung
Crozier Hospital
William Ryan
Kenneth Michael
Sun Valley High School
Flyers
Pat Quimm
Newtown Township
Delaware County
United States
Frank T. Hazel
John V. Diggins
Canada
Quinn
Borough budget proposes tax rise and hearings in Brookhaven
Brookhaven lawmakers consider a preliminary 1984 budget of 747,971 projecting a 4.3 mill tax rise from 36.4 to 40.7 mills. An average home with 3,000 assessment would pay 122 in borough real estate taxes. Public review is set for December 19 at 7 p.m. in the municipal building.
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Brookhaven
Sawicki
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Joe Hart
U.S. District Court
State Superior Court
Supreme Court
Delaware
Quinn Takes Oath
Upper Darby
Thomas Jones
Harwood Avenue
Accagenet Capename
Michael Ballezzi
Jones
Ballezzi
Wilson Drive
Donald Beeste
Haverford
Patrick Roberth
Wayne Avenuue
Roberth
Park and Lamsdowse
Chester Heights — Borough
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