When someone dies due to the negligence of another person, the victim’s family may be able to file a wrongful death lawsuit. Such a lawsuit seeks compensation for the survivors’ loss, such as medical expenses, lost wages, lost companionship, and funeral expenses. However, many surviving…
The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) leveled the maximum fine of $2 million against mobile home park operator for safety violations discovered after a deadly explosion on Valentine’s Day in 2014. Failure to properly inspect and maintain a two-mile natural gas pipeline system resulted in an explosion…
You were in an auto accident; you are fine, but your car is a different story. The auto accident is bad enough, but what happens when fate crashes down again – repairing your vehicle that ends in shoddy work, junkyard parts, and insurance-company influence? Many…
The only way to ensure that food is cooked to the proper temperature, eliminating harmful bacteria, is to use a food thermometer. Contaminated food cannot be easily identified visually, by taste, or smell. According to a study conducted by the RTI International, Tennessee State University…
Someone goes into the hospital to get better and instead comes out with a potentially deadly “superbug” infection. It shouldn’t happen, but it does, and it seems to be on an upward spiral. Nearly 180 patients at UCLA’s Ronald Reagan Medical Center may have been…
Most of us know that when a passenger car collides with a commercial truck, the impact is usually severe and often results in life-long injuries, even death. When the truck driver or the trucking company carries inadequate insurance coverage to pay for the property damage…
Many high school and college students have plans made and are anxiously awaiting the last day of school before a “much needed” break. For high school seniors, it might be breaking away from winter as early as next week; for most college students, it will…
While no pregnancy comes with a guarantee, there are many tests to help identify abnormalities or genetic disorders. What happens when the tests results are wrong, read incorrectly, or information is incorrectly typed into a report? After three miscarriages, doctors finally told “Colleen” she had…
Ventilation fans are being blamed in the January 12 Metro train accident that claimed the life of one woman and hospitalized more than 80 others after an electrical malfunction caused a train to fill with smoke. The accident occurred inside a tunnel near the busy…