It was announced yesterday that Cardinal Donald Wuerl, the Roman Catholic archbishop of Washington, will ask Pope Francis to accept his resignation in light of the ongoing Catholic Church sex abuse scandal. Shortly after becoming Bishop of Pittsburgh in 1988,Wuerl created support programs for surviv
It has been over a year since a 26-year-old Springfield, Missouri woman won a $28 million medical malpractice lawsuit, however, she has yet to receive any compensation because the defendant has appealed the verdict. In the fall of 2012, the young woman began experiencing anxiety…
The Pennsylvania grand jury released a report last Tuesday detailing decades worth of sexual misconduct in six of its eight Roman Catholic dioceses. Despite the 900-pages worth of report, so much was not included with the absence of unrecorded cases, redactions, and information too lengthy or comple
We keep hearing promises that sexual abuse by church and scout leaders will no longer be swept under the rug. We have read about powerful businessmen, politicians, and famous actors who have lost their career amid allegations of sexual misconduct. Yet, the medical field seems…
To help equip children for success this school year, as well as relieve some financial stress for their parents, Lawsuit Financial is collecting donations of backpacks and school supplies. All donations must be new, unused, and in their original packaging. Donations will go to the…
An African American man was fatally shot in the parking lot of a Florida convenient store after an argument broke out over a handicapped parking spot. Surveillance video showed the alleged altercation. According to reports, a woman pulled into the handicapped parking spot. Her boyfriend…
Two crew members and 29 passengers were aboard the Ride the Duck boat on Table Rock Lake in Branson, Missouri. The boat capsized and sank, taking the lives of one crew member and 16 passengers. The July 19th incident happened as an approaching thunderstorm brought…
On an 86-degree day, it only takes about 10 minutes for the inside of a car to reach a dangerous 105 degrees, according to a report from the nonprofit National Safety Council. Vehicular heatstroke and hyperthermia are the devastating effects of a child being left…
Ohio State University announced in April that it was investigating accusations against Dr. Richard Strauss, who treated athletes and students as a team doctor in the athletics program and a physician at the student health services center between 1978 and 1996. In the wake of the…
This famous inscription is on the Statue of Liberty, the site where many immigrants arrived in America in the early 20th century. “Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the…
A viral video shows a 2-year-old boy climbing the outside of a locked pool ladder by wedging his little feet into the gate’s open slats. The Massachusetts family was in their backyard when the child began to climb the locked gate covering the steps to their…
July 4th means fun, friends, family, and fireworks! But it’s important to practice safety when dealing with fireworks. Despite the dangers, few people understand the associated risks of fireworks – devastating burns, lost eyes, and other injuries, even death. There were 13,000 fireworks-related, eme
