It was to be a routine tonsillectomy, just like most of the more than half-million such procedures done each year in the United States. But something went very wrong following 17-year-old Mariah Edwards’ surgery on March 20, 2012 at the Abington Surgery Center in Montgomery County, according to a recent story in The Legal Intelligencer.…

A truck driver who was seriously injured when a large piece from an overhead warehouse door struck him in the head while he waited for the door to be opened has reached a $2.9 million damage settlement in the case. The truck driver, Carlos Ramos, a produce delivery truck driver working for J.L. Cruz Transportation,…

As the powerful Storm Nemo, which is being called a blizzard as it approaches New England, heads through Philadelphia and the Delaware Valley this weekend, it’s not expected to bring us the same high winds and heavy snows that are forecast for New York City, Boston and further north. But whatever snow, ice, slush and…

Every day in America, about two construction workers are killed in their workplaces as they build structures, operate powerful and dangerous equipment and perform many other jobs in their work sites. It happens all the time. On Jan. 28, one worker was killed in Frisco, Texas, when a trench collapsed while he was working in…

A 12-year-old Ohio girl was killed tragically on Jan. 21 as she stood on a highway median strip following an 87-vehicle pileup caused by icy roads and poor visibility due to a snow squall that enveloped an area of westbound Interstate 275 in Cincinnati, Ohio. “Hamilton County sheriff’s deputies said the trouble started when vehicles…

Snow, sleet, ice, slippery roads, blinding snowfall, hazardous conditions all are possible on area roads now that it’s January and the winter driving season is upon us here in eastern Pennsylvania. Yes, old man winter is back. And with that, we here at MyPhillyLawyer prepared this handy guide to remind all of us about the…