![]() WILKES- BARRE – A woman claim ed her vehiclehydroplaned due to heavy rain, caus- ingherto cra shintoan AT M boot h,narro wly missing striking a man Tuesday afternoon. Thatneglig enceleft Lask ow- ski perm anen tly disab ledand un- able to work, they claim. The Carbond ale couple is seek- ing economic and compensatory dama ges for the allege dly im- prop er tre atme nt Stan ley Las- kowskireceivedafter he returne d from Iraq suffering from severe post traumatic stress disorder, a ment al cond ition that res ults from experiencing serious trau- ma. Di st ri ct Ju dg e Ja me s Munley to award them following the conclusion Tuesday of a non- jury medical malpractice trial against the Department of Veter- ans Affairs Medical Cente r in Plains Township. That’ s the am ou nt La s- kowski, 34, and his wif e, Mar i- sol, have ask ed U. ![]() Why, then, just six months af- ter he was discharged from the military, did he bu r gl ar iz e a pha rma cy and stea l pre scrip - tion painkillers? It’s a $5 mil- lio n que sti on, the answe r to which could have significant ramifications for the Depa rt- ment of Ve ter- ans Aff air s na- tionwide, attor- ne ys fo r La s- kowski and the government agree. ![]() Stan- ley Lask owsk i wasa “ste llar”Ma- rin e whoserv edhis cou nt ry wit h valor during Operation Iraqi Freedom. gover nment readily acknowledges former Sgt. The Republican-penned ID law passed over the objections of Democrats and ig. A Commonwealth Court official said Tuesday afternoon that no judge had been assigned yet to the task. “We believe, as we have all along, that any legal voter who wants to get an ID is able to do so,” spokesman Ron Ruman said. “In addition, there is a practical problem with getting the ID to people in the short time available.” A spokesman for the Pennsylvania De- partme nt of State, which over sees voting and elections, said the agency will pro- vide whatever information a judge may seek. “It ’ s cer tain lya ver y posi tiv e ste p inthe righ t dir ect ionin tha t thecourtreco gni z- es that the state does not make adequate provision for people to get the ID that they would need to vote,” Gersch said. But the Supreme Court’s directions to the lower court set a much tougher stan- dard than the one Judge Robert Simpson used when he rejected the plaintiffs’ re- quest to halt the law, said David Gersch, the challengers’ lead lawyer. If the judge finds there will be no voter disenfranchisement and that IDs are eas- ily obtained, then the 6-month-old law can stand, the Supreme Court said. The high court aske d for an opinion by Oct. The 4-2 decis ion by the state Supreme Court sends the case back to the lower Commo nwea lth Court,wherea judgeini- tially ruled in August that the divisive law could go forwa rd. HARRIS BURG- Penn sylvan ia’ s high- est court on Tuesday told a lower court tha t itshouldstopa tou ghnew vot erpho- to ide ntif icat ionlaw fro m tak ingeffectin this year’s presiden tial election if the judge concludes voters cannot easi ly get ID cards or thinks they will be disenfran- chised.
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