On Valentine’s Day in 2014, a massive residential fire was reported in Minneapolis at the 2800 Colfax Avenue around five in the morning. Responding fire officials were directed towards a three-story duplex unit, which according to later reports, was the location where Troy Lewis and his seven children had made…Read More
In the aftermath of an investigation begun nearly seven months ago, OSHA has fined Timet Corp. of Morgantown, West Virginia $42,000 dollars in light of a September 25th inspection of a former workplace accident site at the company, which remained unfixed despite causing the death of Jacob Lopez, age 27…Read More
CW Woods Contracting Services Inc., a business with 27 years of construction industry dealings in the state of Alabama and elsewhere, has been awarded over $3.5 million in claim against the city of Birmingham for construction project related litigation stemming from proposed work in 2013. The specific project in question…Read More
A single car accident in Chester County along the Pennsylvania Turnpike has resulted in the deaths of one passenger, as well as injuries to sixth others. The accident, which happened in the early afternoon on Sunday, resulted in the death of Vitalya Sepot, 19 years old and an active member…Read More
A roof collapse during a strip demolition project in Ocean County, New Jersey has left one individual dead. The site of the building collapse, which caused the death of Raymond Crosby, was the former scene of the Berkeley Township Shopping Center situated near State Route 9. Though the causes of…Read More
A fatal house fire has led to the death of a James Posten, an 86-year old man from Meadow Bluff. According to fire officials in Greenbrier County, the blaze commenced in the early morning hours last Monday in the mobile home owned by Mr. Posten on Beetle Bug Boulevard. While…Read More
Three companies have been had fines levied against them by the North Carolina Department of Labor in conjunction with scaffolding collapse of a construction project in Raleigh, North Carolina. The scaffolding collapse, which was originally in place as part of an ongoing downtown Raleigh construction project concerning a high-rise building,…Read More
Physician Dr. Michael Chang was found liable for $5 million in damages in light of a medical malpractice suit stemming from his failure to properly diagnose and treat a pediatric patient for Kawasaki disease, resulting in the patient’s death. The parents of the child, Nao Vang and Lo Vangseng, filed…Read More
The case of Kenneth Hurff and Elizabeth Hurff v. Melvin Craft awaits a verdict from Judge Robert E. Richardson. The Hurff family, of Pocahontas County, are suing Craft for an alleged faulty roof installation, claiming that the representative from Melvin Craft Construction of Lewisburg failed to administer a crucial step…Read More
The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the district court for Huntsville, Alabama blundered when the magistrate judge decided to allow personnel from Sparkman Middle School the authority to adjudicate on the alleged violation of Title IX laws in the Alabama school. 14-year-old student, alias Jane Doe, alleges by…Read More
