A lawsuit has been filed against the Wake County school system in North Carolina regarding a child hit by a teen driver near a school bus stop. Sixth grader Michael Burgess suffered multiple injuries trying to cross the road to his school bus stop in September 2014 when the driver of a vehicle failed to […]

Eighty-four year old William Burton Phillips, Sr. was recently killed in a Pennsylvania house fire. Phillips’ wife survived, but had to be hospitalized for her injuries. Investigators are now trying to determine what caused the fire. Fire emergency was called to the Phillips Peters Township home just before 11 pm on the night in question […]

A recent tractor trailer rollover in Harrison County left I-79 in Bridgeport reduced to a single lane for hours. The accident occurred when the driver lost control of the truck and it rolled onto its side. The accident occurred near mile marker 121 and involved a truck hauling sand. Two area fire departments – the […]

Abuse and neglect of nursing home victims happens more than anyone wants to admit. Statistics show at least one in three nursing home residents are harmed during their time in a facility and in most cases, the harm is entirely preventable. When abuse or neglect occurs, nursing home residents and their families have a right […]

A voluntary training initiative was recently launched by federal mine safety officials after several recent fatal coal mining incidents. Four of the incidents occurred in West Virginia. The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) assured mining officials that the training isn’t “… intended as an enforcement effort” and is not an inspection. According to Tim […]

The ride-hail company Uber recently fired 20 employees after the company came under fire for sexual harassment, which was part of an ongoing investigation into a “climate and culture” of mistreatment of employees, contractors, and customers. Announcement of the terminations, some of which included senior executives and affected mostly employees at the company’s San Francisco […]

Dr. Eric Haufrect, MD, a doctor from Houston Methodist Hospital, recently filed a lawsuit claiming his demotion from vice chairman of Methodist’s obstetrics and gynecology department was due to his having raised concerns about the legality of recording telephone conversations on hospital lines. Haufrect alerted hospital administrators to the recording after a nurse told him […]

Carmen Alvarez, a Chipotle employee in the company’s management training program, has filed a class action lawsuit in the US District Court in New Jersey after alleging the company failed to pay her appropriate overtime compensation under the most recent Labor Department rules. The rule  ;; requires employers to pay overtime to any employee earning […]

The Florida State Supreme Court recently ruled a law that limited pain and suffering damages is unconstitutional. The ruling rejects a change made under then-governor Jeb Bush in 2003 that put a cap on pain and suffering damage awards in cases of medical malpractice. The ruling divided the state Supreme Court Justices with four justices […]

Interstate 81 northbound between exits 45 and 49 in South Middleton Township in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania had to be closed recently due to a deadly accident involving a motorcyclist and a tractor trailer. Police shut down the stretch of highway during rush hour to allow Cumberland County Emergency services to tend to the injured party. […]