With the birth of her son imminent after several hours of labor at her home, a Waverly, Maryland, woman was rushed to a Baltimore hospital by ambulance for an emergency Caesarean section in March of 2010. But instead of being instantly taken into an emergency room for immediate surgery, she had to wait for more…

Medicines, whether they’re available by prescription or over-the-counter (OTC), are supposed to make sick people feel better. But that’s not what always happens. Sometimes, taking medicines can make sick people feel worse, causing serious medical complications or even death. Those issues will be the topic on “Court Radio” at 7 a.m. this Sunday with special…

As questions mount over the accuracy of a majority of red-light cameras used throughout intersections across New Jersey, the state has suspended the use of those devices that are under investigation, according to a story in The (Newark) Star-Ledger newspaper. The red-light cameras “have frustrated motorists while generating millions of dollars for towns,” the paper…

A Chicago-area motorcyclist was in the wrong place at the wrong time when he was killed last week by another driver who was embroiled in a road rage argument with another motorist. The motorcyclist, Gerald W. Puglise, 63, was heading home to his wife on his 2005 Triumph Rocket III cruiser after having lunch with…

Helping men become better fathers to their children is the goal of Philadelphia’s Daddy UniverseCity program, which also aims to help dads know their legal rights when it comes to their offspring. Joel Austin, the president and founder of the six-year-old non-profit organization, will be the featured guest on “Court Radio” at 7 a.m. this…

Sometimes the serious injuries that medical patients undergo happen after they’re admitted to the hospital. Medical mistakes, the kind that happen when a doctor accidentally treats the wrong patient in a busy emergency room or leaves a surgical instrument inside a patient’s body during surgery, occur all too frequently in the United States. The problem…