A steel floor beam collapsed as construction workers were pouring concrete on top of it at a Cincinnati work site last month, leaving some 13 workers injured, according to a story on Cincinnati.com. These kinds of construction accidents happen all the time, often causing serious, life-changing injuries for workers and their families. Construction is a…

Nursing homes are supposed to be places that take care of frail, elderly people and make them comfortable and keep them safe. Unfortunately, that’s not always what happens in the real world. A Kentucky jury last week awarded an $8 million verdict to an elderly woman after she suffered broken legs while being moved onto…

In one horrific moment, a family with triplet 11-year-old daughters had its whole world turned upside down this week when the school bus the girls were riding in was struck by a dump truck in an intersection in Chesterfield, N.J., just south of Trenton. One of the girls died at the scene following the crash…

It’s been a relatively mild winter across the Philadelphia region this season, but this weekend’s forecast for a light snowfall is a great reminder to remain vigilant about keeping your sidewalks clear of snow and ice for pedestrians. Just a couple inches of snow was expected here, according to a story in The Philadelphia Inquirer,…

Blinded by smoke from a large brush fire combined with fog in the early-morning darkness, the drivers of at least a dozen cars, six tractor-trailers and a motorhome crashed in a chain-reaction collision on Interstate 75 near Gainesville, Fla., late last month, killing 11 victims. Now the questions begin – did the Florida Highway Patrol,…

We drive our cars, SUVs, motorcycles and trucks miles and miles every day and nary think about that would happen if we were involved in a vehicle accident from a fender-bender to a serious crash. But accidents do happen and it’s not a bad idea occasionally to review what you should do if you become…