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Disputes between landlords and tenants are among the most common legal situations that can occur in people’s lives. From a landlord who isn’t concerned about properly caring for their rental properties to tenants who fail to pay their rent on time, there’s a myriad of issues that can arise and cause tensions for both sides.…

The July 4 holiday was tragically marred on Long Island’s Oyster Bay in New York when a 34-foot-long private yacht capsized following a holiday fireworks show, trapping and killing three children who were inside the boat’s cabin. Since the disaster, investigators have pored over the wreckage of the yacht, which had to be pulled from…

For the last 25 years, Phil Beauchemin has been teaching history and “street law” to some of the city’s most underprivileged students at Overbrook High School in Philadelphia. They’re African-American kids largely from poor families, from broken families and from neighborhoods where high test scores haven’t been the norm. But don’t tell that to the…

A 28-year-old Delaware County man was critically injured earlier this week when he was struck by a vehicle that fled after hitting him as he walked alone on a road in the darkness. The victim, Thomas Quercetti, of Boothwyn, was unconscious when he was found in the wee hours lying in the roadway by a…

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…