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Arkansas Town Sues Owners of Buildings that Collapsed

The owners of two buildings in Morrilton that collapsed in May, killing a 2-year-old girl and injuring her mother, have been sued by the city in an attempt to get the sited cleaned up. The lawsuit filed in Conway County …

Family of Former Rebels’ Player Sues Mississippi

A Hinds County judge says he will rule soon on a motion by the University of Mississippi to move a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the family of a former Ole Miss football player to Lafayette County. The Clarion-Ledger reports …

3 Hurt in North Texas Apartment Balcony Collapse

Three men were injured when the metal balcony of a third-floor apartment gave way beneath them at a North Texas complex. The incident happened early Saturday at The Grove, a recently opened Denton apartment complex marketed largely to students from …

Officials Examine Crane Accident at California Park

A small Northern California amusement park remains closed while safety officials investigate how a maintenance crane collapsed, injuring two workers. California Division of Occupational Safety and Health spokesman Dean Fryer said Wednesday the investigation will take about four months. The …

Indiana Attorney General Seeks Dismissal of 1 Fair Collapse Lawsuit

Indiana’s attorney general wants a judge to dismiss one of the lawsuits filed over the Indiana State Fair’s deadly stage collapse. Attorney General Greg Zoeller asked a Marion County judge Monday to throw out a suit filed by Indianapolis law …

New Jersey Amusement Park Ride Partially Collapses; 5 Hurt

Authorities say five people were injured when a ride partially collapsed at a New Jersey amusement park where a girl fell to her death from a Ferris wheel in June. Wildwood police say the center mast snapped on the sea …

Lack of Grout Caused Texas Parking Garage Collapse

Experts have determined that the February collapse of an under-construction parking garage in San Antonio happened due to lack of grout. Two workers were injured in the University Hospital parking garage accident. Copies of the report, by structural and engineering …

2 Lawsuits Filed by Indiana Stage Collapse Victims

Two of what are expected to be many lawsuits were filed Friday on behalf of people injured when wind toppled a stage at the Indiana State Fair, sending metal scaffolding flying into fans waiting for the country band Sugarland to …

3 Workers Hurt When Roof Collapses in Georgia

Authorities say three people were injured when the roof of a home collapsed in Atlanta. Atlanta fire officials say construction workers were on the roof doing renovations to the two-story, wood-frame house on Flat Shoals Avenue when the collapse occurred …

Minnesota State Fair Stage Vendor Faces Charges

Minnesota State Fair officials say they have standards to keep stages as safe as possible for concertgoers and performers. But they acknowledged Monday that the company that erects its temporary stages faces charges in Canada for a fatal stage collapse …