A Chicago car accident along Interstate 80 resulted in one death on Sunday night. The accident occurred about three miles east of the convergence of I-80 and I-355 in the Chicago suburb of Mokena, IL. The Chicago area car crash claimed the life of a 57 year-old University Park man. According to repo ...

By John Christoffersen, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS MIDDLETOWN, Conn. – Authorities launched a criminal investigation Monday into the cause of an explosion that killed five people at a power plant under construction, saying they couldn’t rule out negligence. The powerful explosion blew apa ...

Perhaps the most debilitating of conditions we see in Pennsylvania Workers’ Compensation cases are ones of Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS) [Formerly known as Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy (RSD)]. The hallmark of this condition is severe and constant pain. Since there is no cure for CRPS/RSD, ...

In child welfare matters, every family law system must carefully balance between excessively intervening given parental rights, and not intervening enough to protect children’s interests. This dilemma has most recently arisen in the Brazil, where a 7-year-old girl has been...

A Cirrus SR-20 single engine aircraft collided with a Pawnee tow plane that was pulling a glider. It was reported that the Cirrus ran into the Pawnee's tow line. The Pawnee crashed and the pilot was killed.  The occupants of the Cirrus were also killed.  The glider pilot, however, rec ...

Sam_Shaulson_wrong_on_KingCast_professionalism Citibank claims they lawfully refused to open a bank account for me while they opened one for my Caucasian girlfriend because I became boisterous when they refused to cash Derrick Gillenwater's check. But I didn't, and that's the real reason Citibank r ...

In her Law of the Land blog, Patty Salkin (Albany) reviews a recent Maryland case in "Burden of Proof Remains with Subdivision Applicant Before the Board of Appeals". Frizz-King Enterprises ... initiated the process to build a subdivision .... Grasslands...

Anyone who has been charged with battery, under California Penal Code section 242, should be prepared to retain an experienced criminal defense law firm to represent him or her in court. An experienced criminal defense attorney will know how to examine all the circumstances surrounding a criminal ba ...

By Chinta Puxley, THE CANADIAN PRESS WINNIPEG – There was no lasting help for a man who twice risked his life last year to save drowning people, his stepdaughter said after a vicious weekend attack left the “Homeless Hero” unrecognizable in hospital. Kristy Assin said Faron Ha ...

The Central Valley Business Times has an update on California legislation to require the registration of placement agents. Placement agents would be subject to strict gift limits, campaign contribution prohibitions, and be prohibited from receiving compensation contingent upon any California public ...