A horrific recreational vehicle crash killed five members of a Jordan, Minn., family this week while they were traveling home from a Texas vacation, providing a stark reminder for the need for extra safety procedures when driving these oversized vehicles. As summer vacation time approaches, it’s a good time to review safety rules and special…

Starting this week, a new Pennsylvania law requires drivers to give bicyclists at least four feet of room when passing bicycle riders on public streets. It seems like such a basic rule of the road – to give a bicyclist a safe, wide berth when passing – but in real life drivers often don’t give…

For two years while she worked as a physician’s assistant in a California hospital, Ani Chopourian said there had been at least 18 incidents of vile workplace harassment from co-workers, including a doctor who would tell her each morning that he was horny. Recently, the 45-year-old woman’s case was heard in a California courtroom, with…

On “Court Radio” tomorrow on Sunday morning, join MyPhillyLawyer managing partner Dean Weitzman and his co-host David Rapoport as they tackle two issues in the news – birth injuries and the tragic case of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin, who was gunned down in a Sanford, Fla., neighborhood one night last month as he walked home wearing…

A Portland, Ore., couple was awarded $2.9 million earlier this month by an Oregon court after their daughter was born four years ago with Down syndrome following prenatal testing that failed to turn up the genetic abnormality. The couple sued after “doctors misdiagnosed their daughter as not having the condition,” according to a story on…

Have you been laid off from a job for an extended time? Have mortgage companies, banks or credit card companies forgiven part of what you owe them? If so, here’s what you need to know about how such debt forgiveness programs can affect your tax returns. That forgiven debt could be viewed as income and…