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Toddler Dies in Maryland Entanglement Accident Involving Drapery Cord
Posted on November 19, 2009A 2-year-old boy has died after becoming entangled in a drapery cord in his Damascus, Maryland home. Thapelo Andre Kwofie?s parents found him unconscious at around 3pm. They administered CPR to him before an ambulance arrived to take him to...
Maryland Man Dies from Burn Injuries Sustained in Frederick Gas Station Fire
Posted on November 16, 2009A 26-year-old Germantown, Maryland man has died from burn injuries he sustained in a fire at a gas station pump in Frederick. Ainsley Gordon caught fire, as did his sport utility vehicle and the gas pump that was next to...
Multiple Human Errors Cited in Maryland Aviation Accident Involving Medevac that Crashed, Killing Four
Posted on November 10, 2009According to federal transportation safety officials, multiple human errors contributed to the Maryland medevac crash that claimed the lives of four people in Prince George?s County on September 27, 2008. One of the people who died was 17-year-old Ashley Young,...
Maryland Jury Awards $2.5 Million Baltimore Lead Paint Verdict to Siblings
Posted on November 05, 2009More than 15 years after Dontae and Searra Wallace?s mother moved them into a City Homes rental in an effort to protect them from additional lead exposure, a Maryland jury has awarded the siblings over $2.5 million for their Baltimore...
John Hopkins University Student Dies from Injuries Sustained During Baltimore Pedestrian Accident involving Hit and Run Pickup Truck
Posted on November 02, 2009Miriam Frankl, 20, died on October 17 from the serious head wounds and other injuries she sustained during a Baltimore hit and run accident that occurred the day before. Frankl, a Johns Hopkins University student, was struck by a white...
$261,000 Prince George?s County Police Brutality Verdict Awarded to Woman
Posted on October 26, 2009A Maryland jury has awarded a Greenbelt woman a $261,000 Prince George?s County police brutality verdict. Kimberly Jones says sheriff?s deputies forced their way into her residence, assaulted her, and maced her. The alleged Prince George?s County, Maryland personal injury...
Baltimore Man Files Maryland Emergency Room Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Over Botched Penis Diagnosis
Posted on October 26, 2009Robert Williams, 43, is suing Franklin Square Hospital Center?s emergency room for Maryland medical malpractice. Williams, who is a diabetic with a history of abscess infections and diabetes, had to undergo emergency surgery to remove necrotic tissue from his scrotum...
Maryland injury law: Court of Appeals will review noneconomic damages cap
Posted on October 19, 2009Maryland?s highest court is going to review the constitutionality of the state?s personal injury noneconomic damages cap. This court hasn?t done this since 1995. Currently, the cap for a plaintiff?s pain and suffering is $725,000. The Maryland wrongful death case...
Baltimore Sun Business Editor Dies in Maryland Truck Accident
Posted on October 16, 2009In Baltimore County, the business editor of the Baltimore Sun died last week when the car he and his nine-year old daughter were riding in was involved in a Maryland truck accident with a UPS vehicle. Tim Wheatley, 48, died...
Harford County Woman Dies in White Marsh, Maryland Semi-Truck Crash
Posted on October 12, 2009A Harford County woman has died after the sport-utility vehicle she was driving collided with a semi-truck on Sunday morning. Linda Buckland, 57, was pronounced dead at Maryland Shock Trauma. Her husband, 62-year-old Charles Buckland, sustained critical injuries...
NHTSA Says More Traffic Deaths Occur on Rural Roads
Posted on October 07, 2009The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reports even though more car accidents happened in urban areas, 56% of the 37,261 traffic deaths that occurred in 2008 took place on rural roads. There were 20,905 rural traffic deaths last year. One...
Preventing Maryland Car Accidents: Law Making Texting While Driving Illegal Goes Into Effect on Thursday
Posted on September 28, 2009This Thursday, in an attempt to decrease the number of Maryland car crashes caused by distracted drivers, texting while driving will become illegal in the state. Anyone caught sending or receiving texts while operating a motor vehicle will be charged...
University of Maryland Student?s Mother Awarded $4 Million Prince George?s County Wrongful Death Verdict Over Deadly Bowie Car Crash Involving Off-Duty Cop
Posted on September 21, 2009Nearly two years after University of Maryland student Brian Gray was killed in a deadly car accident involving an off-duty cop driving a police cruiser, a jury has awarded his mother, Mary Gray, over $4 million for his Prince George's...
Maryland Car Accident Lawsuit: Family of Teen Killed in Crash Plans to Sue Calvert County Sheriff?s Office for Wrongful Death
Posted on September 14, 2009The family of Dunkirk teenager Rachael Campbell is getting ready to sue the Calvert County sheriff?s office for her Maryland wrongful death. The 18-year-old died on July 24 when the 1997 Buick LeSabre she was riding was hit by a...
8-Year-Old Boy Sustains Serious Injuries in Maryland Bicycle Accident
Posted on September 10, 2009A young bicyclist sustained a head injury and leg fractures when he was injured in a Maryland bicycle accident in Washington County on August 30. 8-year-old David Greeley, a 3rd grader at Fountain Rock Elementary School, was admitted to the...
Study Reveals that Marylanders Want Tougher Drunk Driving Measures
Posted on September 07, 2009A study by the University of Maryland School of Public Health reports that Marylanders want tougher drunk driving laws. Per the survey conducted, 7.5% of the approximately 850 participants this year admitted to driving after having several drinks within the...
Maryland Wrongful Death: Jury Orders Man to Pay $50,000 for Failing to Prevent Stepson?s Suicide
Posted on September 01, 2009In Baltimore Circuit Court, a jury has awarded Joseph Montes, the father of 16-year-old Brian Montes, $50,000 for his suicide death. The defendant in this Maryland wrongful death lawsuit is Frank Eisler, the boy?s stepfather. Brian killed himself on April...
Howard County, Maryland Nursing Home Negligence?: 91-Year-Old Resident is Murdered by Another Patient
Posted on August 24, 2009On Saturday, 91-year-old James W. Brown, a nursing home resident at a Columbia, Maryland nursing home, died of head trauma after another patient attacked him at the assisted living facility where they were was residing. Earl Lafayette Wilder, 87, was...
Maryland Woman Injured in Baltimore City Truck Accident Awarded $1 Million
Posted on August 20, 2009In Maryland, Shannon Brown was awarded $1,063,807.37 for the Baltimore City truck accident injuries that she sustained on July 13, 2006. Brown fractured her leg and her right leg was crushed when a gas tanker truck ran a red light...
Protecting Our Sick and Elderly From Maryland Nursing Home Abuse and Neglect
Posted on August 18, 2009If you have a sick or elderly loved one who needs to be admitted to a Maryland nursing home, it is natural to feel anxious. Not only will you be sending your family member to live with a bunch of...
Deceased Westminster Man?s Family Sues University of Maryland Medical Center for Wrongful Death
Posted on August 12, 2009The family of a 51-year-old patient who died after undergoing lung transplant surgery at the University of Maryland Medical Center is suing the hospital and subcontractor Coalition of Perfusion Services for his wrongful death. Bryan Harris?s family claims that he...
Maryland Bicyclist Killed in Baltimore Box Truck Accident Involving Hit and Run Driver
Posted on August 06, 2009A 67-year-old Baltimore bicyclist is dead after he was fatally struck in a Maryland truck accident. Police are currently searching for the hit-and-run trucker, who left the crash site. The deadly Maryland bicycle accident occurred at the intersection of West...
Jury Awards $1.85 Maryland Wrongful Death Verdict to Couple Over Son?s Fatal Birthing Injury
Posted on August 03, 2009A Montgomery County, Maryland jury has awarded John and Sandra Ketterman $1.85 million for their newborn?s wrongful death. Their son, Benjamin, died two days after he was born in July 2005. The Kettermans had accused Dr. Leonard Bienkowski of negligently...
Maryland Birthing Malpractice: Expansion of Consent Doctrine Restores $13 Million Cerebral Palsy Verdict
Posted on July 31, 2009The decision by Maryland?s highest court to extend the doctrine of informed consent to doctors? talks with patients about medical options has resulted in the reinstatement of a $13 million birthing malpractice verdict to a mother whose son was born...
Maryland Truck Accidents 23 times more likely When Truck Drivers are Texting
Posted on July 29, 2009Findings released from a new study this week report that texting while driving increases the chance that a truck driver will be involved in a truck crash or near-accident by 23 times. Researches from Virginia Tech?s Transportation Institute looked at...
NHTSA Hopes Tougher Braking Standards for Truck Tractors Will Decrease Number of Maryland Truck Accident Deaths
Posted on July 27, 2009Last week, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration introduced new braking standards for truck tractors. Whereas the old standard required tractor-trailers moving at 60 mph come to a full stop within 355 feet, the new standard mandates a complete stop...
Maryland File $40 Million Baltimore County Personal Injury Lawsuit Over Son?s Traumatic Brain Injuries From Alleged Near Drowning Accident
Posted on July 24, 2009Yesterday, the parents of James Becker filed a $40 million Maryland personal injury lawsuit against the Woodcroft Swim Club and D.R.D. Pool Management Inc. They are accusing the defendants of failing to recognize and respond in timely manner to their...
Cell Phone Use While Driving: NHTSA Withheld Research Warning About Dangers
Posted on July 23, 2009The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reportedly recommended as far back as 2002 that motorists not talk on cell phones while driving?unless in an emergency situation. The federal agency also recommended that drivers not use hands-held, as well as hands-free...
Catastrophic Medical Mistakes: Laws Now Requires District and Maryland Hospitals to Report Errors that Result in Serious Injuries
Posted on July 21, 2009In the last year, hospitals in Maryland, the District, and Virginia have reported hundreds of medical incidents that have resulted in serious medical harm or death. That?s because new laws that went into effect in 2008 require these hospitals to...
Preventing Maryland Drunk Driving and Drugged Driving Accidents: NHTSA Roadside Survey Reports Decrease in Drunk Drivers
Posted on July 16, 2009Driving under the influence of alcohol and drugs continues to destroy too many lives. Drunk driving and drugged driving are both careless acts that can be grounds for a Maryland car accident lawsuit if someone gets hurt or dies. On...
Two Men Killed in Potomac, Maryland Drunk Driving Accident
Posted on July 13, 2009Two people died last Tuesday when a drunk driver hit the pickup truck they were riding in. The impact of the Maryland motor vehicle crash caused their vehicle to go over a guardrail and 60-feet down an embankment. The vehicle...
Maryland Wrongful Death Settlement Reached in 2007 Pedestrian Accident on Coastal Highway
Posted on July 10, 2009A little over two years after 21-year-old Tyler Adams was killed while in a Maryland motor vehicle crash while crossing Coastal Highway on June 17, 2007, his family has settled their wrongful death lawsuit with the defendant. Adams, an Easton...
Maryland Pharmacy Injuries: Pharmacist is Charged with Illegally Selling Over 23,000 Prescription Pills
Posted on July 06, 2009Police in Maryland have arrested a Reisterstown pharmacist. They are accusing Ketankumar Arvind Patel of illegally selling over 23,000 prescription pills. Authorities say that this amount is equal to almost 28,000 pounds of marijuana or 63 kilograms of cocaine...
Sykesville Mother Dies from Injuries Sustained in Tragic Maryland Truck Accident that Killed Her Teenage Son and Injured Her Daughter
Posted on July 01, 2009Nearly one week after a tragic Maryland truck accident on Route 32 killed her 13-year-old son and injured her 5-year-old daughter, 51-year-old Kyong Hae Kim has died. Kim, her son Vincent, and her daughter Jacqueline were headed to a riding...
Baltimore County Fire Department Says Latest Carbon Monoxide Not the First Involving Essex Townhouse Community
Posted on June 29, 2009In Baltimore County last Wednesday, three women, an 18-month-old boy, and an 11-year-old boy were transported to Maryland Shock Trauma Center for treatment of carbon monoxide poisoning. All five victims live in the first block of Cove Village Complex, a...
$7 Million Maryland Wrongful Death: Truck Driver?s Family Sues Teen Driver For Fatal Collision that Caused Trucker to Plunge into the Chesapeake Bay
Posted on June 25, 2009The family of John Short, the 57-year-old tractor-trailer driver that died when his truck fell into the Chesapeake Bay during a deadly motor vehicle crash last August, is suing 19-year-old Candy Lynn Baldwin for his wrongful death. Their Maryland civil...
Washington DC Metro Train Accident Death Count Goes Up to 9 Fatalities
Posted on June 24, 2009Investigators are working hard to determine the cause of Monday?s deadly DC Metro train accident that officials are calling the worst in Metrolink?s history. The death toll has risen to 9 fatalities?although Washington Mayor Adrian Fenty says emergency officials don?t...
Frederick County Settles Maryland Wrongful Death Lawsuit Over Firefighter Trainee that Collapsed from Heatstroke
Posted on June 22, 2009The parents of Andrew Waybright, a 23-year-old firefighter trainee that died after suffering from heatstroke in 2002, have reached a Maryland wrongful death settlement with Frederick County. Per the terms of the agreement, the County will pay $300,000 to Shirley...
Maryland Personal Injury Lawsuit filed Over Ocean City Escalator Accident
Posted on June 18, 2009In Maryland, a woman is suing Ocean City, the Ocean City Convention and Visitors Bureau, and ThyssenKrupp Elevator Company for personal injury over an escalator accident that occurred in May 2006. Rebecca Beall filed her Maryland premises liability lawsuit in...
Maryland Premises Liability: Keeping Pools Safe to Prevent Drowning Accidents
Posted on June 15, 2009If your child is going swimming in a Maryland pool located in a hotel or a public area, you should check to make sure that the pool owners have installed the new pool drains that have been approved by the...
Family Plans for Wrongful Death Lawsuit Against the District for Woman?s Murder
Posted on June 10, 2009The father and sister of Erica Peters, the woman who was murdered along with her two children in her apartment on March 21, are planning to sue the District for her wrongful death. The plaintiffs are contending that the 911...
Recent Maryland Pedestrian Accidents Lead to Fatalities and Injuries
Posted on June 09, 2009Several recent Maryland traffic accidents have led to a number of pedestrian deaths and injuries. In Ocean City, a 44-year-old pedestrian died while trying to cross the Coastal Highway. The man was reportedly not in the crosswalk when he was...
Maryland Boating Accident: Teenager Seriously Hurt While Trying to Dock a Personal Watercraft
Posted on June 07, 2009A 13-year-old was recently rushed to Johns Hopkins Shock Trauma Hospital after he was seriously injured in a Maryland boating accident in West Ocean City?s Herring Creek. The accident occurred while the juvenile was trying to dock the personal watercraft...
Catastrophic Car Accident Victims and Their Families Ask Capitol Hill to Guarantee Products Liability Payments from Bankrupt General Motors and Chrysler
Posted on June 05, 2009A number of catastrophic car accident victims and their families went to Capitol Hill in Washington DC on Wednesday to call on the Obama Administration and Congress to ensure their ability to obtain medical reimbursements from the now bankrupt General...
Nearly $4 Million Maryland Cerebral Palsy Verdict Awarded to Family
Posted on June 03, 2009In Maryland, a jury awarded the family of Ryan Dineen $3,991,000 for their cerebral palsy lawsuit. Ryan is now 9. His family?s Maryland cerebral palsy lawsuit accuses medical staff members at Frederick Memorial Hospital of medical malpractice related to Ryan?s...
Products Liability Lawsuits Cost Bausch & Lomb Over $250 Million
Posted on May 31, 2009To date, Bausch & Lomb has spent over $250 million to settle almost 600 products liability lawsuits filed by contact lense wearers that say they sustained a potentially blinding fungal infection from using multipurpose contact lense solution ReNu with MoistureLoc...
Recent Maryland Motor Vehicle Accidents Cause Injuries and Deaths
Posted on May 30, 2009Baltimore County police say that two people were sent to an area hospital after they were involved in an Owings Mills multi-vehicle collision on Friday that ended when one car drove into an M & T Bank branch. The Maryland...
Maryland Injuries to Minors: Family Settles Personal Injury Lawsuit Over Acid Burn Injuries Sustained by Boy on Playground Slide
Posted on May 28, 2009In Maryland, the family of a young boy who sustained serious burn injuries from sulfuric acid that two teenagers poured on a playground slide have settled their injuries to minor lawsuit. Payton Potochne was just 2 when he went down...
Anne Arundel County and Odenton Volunteer Fire Company Settle Sex Abuse Lawsuit Filed by Two Ex-Volunteer Firefighters
Posted on May 26, 2009In Maryland, Anne Arundel County and the Odenton Volunteer Fire Company have agreed to pay $175,000 (and reasonable legal fees) to two men who claim that a former president of the volunteer fire department molested them. The county and the...
Maryland Car Accident Lawyers: 508,000 Marylanders Will Drive 50 Miles or More This Memorial Day Weekend, Says AAA
Posted on May 21, 2009According to AAA Mid-Atlantic, about 83% of the 609,000 Marylanders traveling 50 miles or more over the Memorial Day weekend will travel by car?that?s 508,000 motor vehicle riders. A decrease in local gas price is one of the reasons cited...
18-Year-Old Gets $2 Million Maryland Lead Paint Award for Injury Lawsuit
Posted on May 20, 2009A jury has awarded 18-year-old Lakia Roberts $2 million for her Maryland lead paint lawsuit. Roberts was exposed to lead paint during the first six years of her life at the Baltimore rental where she lived. Her Maryland personal injury...
Maryland Motorcycle Accidents: Safety Awareness Month Promotes Safe Driving Habits to Decrease Traffic Injuries and Deaths
Posted on May 18, 2009Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month is a time when law enforcement and highway safety officials throughout the various US states, along with the federal government, take steps to remind motorcyclists and drivers that they must share the roads safely with one...
Two Annapolis Bicyclists Injured in Maryland Bicycle Accident on Bike to Work Day
Posted on May 16, 2009The Annapolis Police Department says two bicyclists were injured in a Maryland bicycle accident on Friday morning. The injury accident occurred when a person in a parked vehicle on Main Street opened the vehicle door, hitting the two riders who...
Maryland Pharmacy Error Injury Attorneys: Fatal Error that Killed Toddler Could Send Pharmacist to Prison
Posted on May 14, 2009This week, pharmacist Eric Cropp pleaded no contest to an involuntary manslaughter charge involving the death of a two-year-old patient in 2006. The toddler, Emily Jerry, died after she was administered an overdose of sodium chloride while undergoing chemotherapy at...
Prince George?s County Logs the Most Maryland Motor Vehicle Accident Deaths in 2008
Posted on May 11, 2009The Maryland State Highway Administration says that of the 589 Maryland traffic deaths that occurred in 2008, 124 of those fatalities took place in Prince George?s County. That?s almost twice as many fatalities than in Baltimore County, ranked number two...
Maryland Wrongful Death Settlement Reached in Case of Pregnant Mother and Unborn Son Who Were Allegedly Refused Ambulance Help Because of Feud
Posted on May 07, 2009A Maryland wrongful death settlement has been reached between the mother and fiancé of a pregnant woman and her unborn son that died and Smithsburg Emergency Services Inc, medics James Ulrich and Karin Nichol, and former ambulance chief Jason Tracey....
Montgomery County, Maryland Judge Refuses to Cap Multimillion-dollar Medical Malpractice Award for Patient?s Skin Cancer Death Caused by Delayed Diagnosis
Posted on May 05, 2009In Maryland, Montgomery County Judge John W Debelius III refused to cap the medical malpractice noneconomic damages received by the surviving family members of attorney Richard H. Semsker who died after a mole that was not treated became skin cancer....
Maryland Injuries to Minor Lawsuit Claims Crossing Guard?s Negligence Led to Daughter?s Pedestrian Accident
Posted on May 04, 2009The parents of young girl who was struck by an SUV outside an elementary school in Pasadena have filed a Maryland personal injury lawsuit on her behalf. Brooke M Monday was just 7 when the pedestrian accident happened in April...
US Department of Transportation's Tougher Vehicle Roof Standards Should Provide Better Protection During Rollover Crashes
Posted on April 30, 2009The US Department of Transportation has unveiled new roof strength standards that motor vehicle manufacturers must abide by beginning September 2012. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood says that these newer, tougher standards should offer greater protection during rollover crashes...
Risk of Pharmacy Errors Increases with Busier Pharmacist Workloads
Posted on April 28, 2009US pharmacists filled 3.8 billion prescriptions in 2007. This increase in pharmacy prescriptions?up from 3.3 billion in 2002?means that pharmacists are busier than ever. According to pharmacy owner Paul Lofholm, his pharmacists can fill up to 100 prescriptions a shift...
$19 Million Maryland Wrongful Death Lawsuit Filed by Victims of Deadly 2007 Bay Bridge Accident
Posted on April 27, 2009The families of Randall Orff, his son Jonathan, and James Hewitt Ingle are suing the Maryland Transportation Authority, driver Stephen Adam Burt, trailer owner Levon Andonian, tractor-trailer driver Joshua Hargrove, Mobile Mini Inc, tractor-trailer driver Edwin Tixon, Ag Trucking Inc,...
Paralysis Affects 1 in 50 Americans
Posted on April 24, 2009According to a new survey, released by the Dana Reeve Foundation, 5.6 million Americans have some sort of paralysis. That?s 1 in 50 Americans. The survey was put together with input from over 30 experts in statistics and paralysis and...
Maryland Wrongful Death Settlement Reached Between Washington Adventist Hospital and Heart Patient Who Died While Trapped in Bathroom
Posted on April 21, 2009In Maryland, the family of a heart patient who died while trapped in a hospital bathroom has reached a wrongful death settlement with Washington Adventist Hospital. Jose Valladares died in 2006. He went to the bathroom in his room and...
Work Zone Accidents Can Be Prevented if Motorists, Workers, and Construction Companies Exercise the Necessary Precautions
Posted on April 18, 2009Many Maryland work zone accidents are avoidable, as long as workers, motorists, and contracting companies take the necessary precautions. For example, contractors need to make sure that construction zones are well marked and easily visibly. Workers should undergo safety training,...
New Maryland Motorists Will Have To Pass Tougher Test to Prove They Are Ready to Drive On State Roads
Posted on April 17, 2009According to the Maryland Motor Vehicle Administration, the state?s new driver?s license test requires new drivers to show off their driving skills on-road and off-road. This new test is reportedly tougher than the current version, and parents are especially are...
City of Annapolis Settles Maryland Police Brutality Lawsuit
Posted on April 15, 2009In Maryland, the city of Annapolis has reached a confidential settlement with two men who say that a police officer wrongfully arrested and beat them. Their lawsuit stemmed from two separate alleged police brutality incidents on March 30, 2005 and...
Maryland Teen Driving Bill Proposes Extending Time New Drivers Must Hold Learner?s Permit and Provisional License
Posted on April 11, 2009In Maryland, Delegate Andrew A Serafina is cosponsoring a bill calling for extending the period of time that new drivers must have their learner?s permits and provisional licenses before they can receive an official driver?s license. The bill calls for...
Maryland Carbon Monoxide Wrongful Death Lawsuit Settled
Posted on April 08, 2009A Maryland wrongful death settlement has been reached between a woman whose husband and 10-year-old daughter died after being exposed to CO and the Bay Shore Development Corp, Heat Transfer Products, R.E. Michel Co., and All About Plumbing. Yvonne Boughtner?s...
Maryland Health Care Commission Presents 2008 Maryland Nursing Home Family Experience of Care Survey
Posted on April 05, 2009For the second year, the Maryland Health Care Commission has made available to consumers the ratings of individual nursing home results based on a survey taken by family members and other responsible parties about the care that their loved ones...
Maryland Senate Passes Speed Camera Bill
Posted on April 03, 2009The Maryland Senate has passed a bill that would allow speed cameras in school zones and construction zones. The approval of the legislation, by a 27-20 vote, came one day after the Senate had vetoed the bill authorizing the statewide...
Truckers with Sleep Apnea May Cause Maryland Truck Accidents
Posted on March 31, 2009The Cambridge Health Alliance is reporting that there could be up to 3.9 million licensed commercial truck drivers who are suffering from obstructive sleep apnea. This condition is the number two cause of fatigue during the daytime, which means that....
Increase in Number of Younger and Middle Aged Mentally Ill Patients in US Nursing Homes is Leading to Violent Crimes Against Elderly Residents
Posted on March 27, 2009According to the Associated Press, the number of mentally ill patients in US nursing homes increased by 41% between 2002 and 2008. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services says these approximately 125,000 long-term care residents make up 9% of....
Two Maryland School Bus Accidents Lead to Possible Injuries and One Death
Posted on March 27, 2009A number of school bus students were rushed to the hospital this week following two separate Maryland motor vehicle accidents involving school transportation vehicles on Wednesday. An elementary school bus and a pickup truck collided in St. Mary?s County when...
Baltimore County Wrongful Death Lawsuit Claiming SWAT Team Fatally Shot Mother Without Provocation in 2005 Goes to Trial
Posted on March 25, 2009Four years after a SWAT team fatally shot Cheryl Lynn Noel during a drug raid of her Dundalk home, the ensuing wrongful death lawsuit filed in Baltimore County has finally gone to trial. Attorneys for both sides gave opening statements...
Natasha Richardson Did Not Receive Medical Attention Until Four Hours After Ski Fall Accident that Resulted in Fatal Traumatic Brain Injury
Posted on March 20, 2009As close friends and family members continue to mourn movie star Natasha Richardson, questions are beginning to arise as to whether her life could have been saved if she had received medical attention for her traumatic brain injury sooner. Richardson,...
Maryland Senate Votes for Text Messaging While Driving Ban
Posted on March 19, 2009This week, the Maryland Senate approved by a 43 to 4 vote a bill banning drivers from text messaging whenever they are operating their motor vehicles. If the bill becomes law, it would make reading, composing, sending, or receiving text...
$50 Million Personal Injury Lawsuit Filed Against Owner of Chimp that Mauled Woman
Posted on March 17, 2009The family of Charla Nash, the woman who was mauled by a chimpanzee, is suing the owner of the pet primate for personal injury. In their $50 million personal injury lawsuit, the plaintiffs are accusing Sandra Herold of recklessness and...
Baltimore County Jury Awards Over $150 Million to Victims of Jacksonville Exxon Gas Spill
Posted on March 13, 2009In Maryland, a Baltimore County jury has awarded the victims of a 2006 Exxon gas spill over $150 million. Some 90 Jacksonville residents experienced personal injury, property damage, and emotional trauma after a leaking pipe at a neighborhood gas station...
Salisbury Man Still Waiting to Find Out if $45 Million Maryland Brutality Lawsuit Can Go To Court
Posted on March 10, 2009In Maryland, a Salisbury man is waiting to find out whether a judge will allow his $45 million police brutality lawsuit to go to court. Ceasar Savage says that a number of police officers beat him unconscious when apprehending him...
Three Maryland Car Accident Lawsuits Sue Driver for Catastrophic 2008 Tractor-Trailer-Van Accident that Injured Six and Killed One
Posted on March 09, 2009Three of the victims of a Maryland motor vehicle accident involving a passenger van and a tractor-trailer are suing the van driver for wrongful death and personal injury. Robin Poffenberger was transporting a group of seniors to a softball tournament...
US Coast Guard Suspends Search for NFL Players Who Were Lost After Boat Capsized
Posted on March 03, 2009AAA Says Most Teen Driving Accident Victims are Other Motorists, Vehicle Occupants, and Pedestrians
Posted on March 02, 2009Maryland Wrongful Death Lawsuit Seeks $30 Million from Landlord and Tobacco Company After Cigarette Sparks Catastrophic Fire
Posted on February 27, 2009Maryland Bill Calls for Cameras in Nursing Homes
Posted on February 25, 2009In Maryland, a bill currently up for consideration in the house is proposing that nursing homes in the state be required to give people the option of installing cameras if that is what the resident or family members want. The...
10 Fatal Winter Driving Mistakes
Posted on February 24, 2009The winter time can be a deadly time for Washington DC and Maryland motorists if they aren?t careful. Poor visibility and icy roads can only make the outcome of an auto accident, caused by negligent or careless driving, worse. To...
Parents of Baby who Suffered from Permanent Brain Injury Awarded $4.4 Million for Birthing Malpractice
Posted on February 20, 2009A jury has ordered a US hospital to pay the parents of Sierra Wilson, a baby who sustained permanent brain injuries at birth, $4.4 million for birthing malpractice. According to the family?s medical malpractice lawsuit, Sierra, who was born in...
US Lawmakers Seek to Reinstate Right to Sue Medical Device Makers for Personal Injury and Wrongful Death
Posted on February 19, 2009Certain US lawmakers are taking steps to give back to US citizens the right to sue medical device makers for damages. In February 2008, the US Supreme Court issued a decision preventing patients and surviving family members from filing personal...
Dad Files $200 Million Washington DC Personal Injury Lawsuit Accusing Lead in Water of Causing Twins? Lead-Related Health Issues
Posted on February 18, 2009In Washington DC, the father of eight-year-old twin boys is suing the DC Water and Sewer Authority for $200 million. John Parkhurst says that his children have learning and behavioral problems because they were affected by the high levels of...
New Maryland Drunk Driving Bills Focus on Underage Drivers and Repeat Offenders
Posted on February 13, 2009In Maryland, there is a new bill that proposes the automatic six-month driver?s license suspension of any underage driver who is convicted of the illegal possession of alcohol. It would also then take the offender six more months than usual...
Continental Airlines Plane Crash Kills 50 People
Posted on February 13, 2009A spokesperson for the National Transportation Safety Board says that more than a dozen federal investigators have been assigned to the crash of Continental Connection Flight 3407. The deadly aviation accident happened in New York on Thursday night, killing all...
Maryland Crane Accident Leaves One Worker with Serious Injuries
Posted on February 09, 2009In Anne Arundel County, a crane operator suffered serious injuries when he was crushed by falling machinery. The Maryland crane accident occurred last Thursday in Annapolis at a development where another worker got hurt in a similar accident in 2008....
Maryland City of Baltimore Sued for $210 Million Over Public Strip Search
Posted on February 05, 2009A Maryland man is suing Baltimore?s Police Department for $210 million. Daryl A Martin, 35, claims that a group of rogue police officers apprehended him at gun point and, in front of 30 people, made him take his clothes off...
Maryland Wrongful Death Lawsuit Orders Man Convicted of Motorcyclist's Manslaughter Death to Pay Her Family $2 Million Restitution
Posted on February 02, 2009In Maryland, a Washington County Circuit Court judge has ordered the man convicted of Debra Reed Fields-Jordan?s manslaughter by vehicle death to pay her family $2,084,076.31 in restitution. Fields-Jordan died in a May 2008 motor vehicle accident when a pickup...
As Maryland Motor Vehicle Collision Splits Car in Half, One Montgomery County Student Dies and The Other Teen is Critically Injured
Posted on February 02, 2009In a deadly Maryland motor vehicle crash that left the vehicle split in two, one Montgomery County high school student is dead and the other has serious injuries. The accident occurred on Sunday afternoon in Rockville. The driver of the...
Bill Proposes Maryland Reckless Driving Law
Posted on January 30, 2009A bill that is calling for a Maryland reckless driving law would make it easier to prosecute reckless drivers if passed. The proposal calls for drivers who were responsible for causing a motor vehicle fatality because they exhibited negligence leading...
Wrongful Death Lawsuit Filed Over Elderly Nursing Home Resident?s Salmonella-Related Death from Allegedly Eating Peanut Butter
Posted on January 29, 2009The family of Shirley Mae Almer is suing Peanut Corporation of America and King Nut Companies for her wrongful death. The 72-year-old nursing home resident allegedly died after she ate the peanut butter that was served to her at the...
Hundreds of Washington DC Children May Have Been Exposed to High Levels of Lead in City?s Tap Water
Posted on January 27, 2009A new peer-reviewed study to be published in the Environmental Science and Technology raises worries that some 42,000 Washington DC kids, now ages 4 to 9, may have been exposed to high levels of lead during the 2001 water crisis....
Federal Government Settles VA Wrongful Death Lawsuit with Family of Iraq War Veteran who Committed Suicide
Posted on January 24, 2009The federal government has settled a VA wrongful death lawsuit with the family of an Iraq war veteran who killed himself soon after he was denied mental health care. The family will receive $350,000. Jeffrey Lucey was a corporal in...
Baltimore County Woman Dies After She is Struck by Flying Truck Tire on Capital Beltway
Posted on January 22, 2009A 21-year-old Baltimore County woman is dead after a tire that broke off from a truck being towed landed on her car on Wednesday. The deadly motor vehicle accident took place on Interstate 495 in Prince George?s County. According to...
Maryland Multi-Auto Crash on I-70 Involving 42 Motor Vehicles Results in Multiple Injuries and at Least 2 Fatalities
Posted on January 20, 2009A deadly multi-auto collision on I-70 in Washington County on Monday has resulted in multiple injuries and at least two fatalities. Maryland State Police say at least 7 tractor-trailers and 35 passenger cars were involved in the midday accident. About...
Family Wins $6.5 Million Birthing Malpractice Settlement for Son's Brain Injury
Posted on January 17, 2009The family of a 7-year-old boy who suffers from cerebral palsy because of a brain injury he allegedly sustained during his birth will receive a $6.5 million medical malpractice settlement. Roberto Morales Jr. was born at Provena Mercy Medical Center....
$3 Million Maryland Bus Accident Lawsuit Filed Against Cecil County Board of Education
Posted on January 15, 2009A woman who was injured in a Maryland school bus accident in 2006 is suing the Cecil County Board of Education, school bus company owner Daniel W. Wagner, Sr., and school bus driver Thelma Ann Delp for personal injury. On...
National Safety Council calls for nationwide ban on cell phone use while driving
Posted on January 13, 2009The National Safety Council wants all US states to ban motorists from using cell phones while driving. NSC CEO and President Janet Froetscher noted that talking on the phone while driving increases a driver?s chances of becoming involved in an...
Study Shows Scheduling Early Caesarean Births for Convenience Can Increase Complication Risks
Posted on January 08, 2009A new study sponsored by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development reveals that scheduling C-section deliveries for the sake of convenience can increase the risks of babies being born with serious complications. The study, in Thursday?s The...
Prince George?s County Officer Sued for Wrongful Death Following Deadly Maryland Car Crash Will Not Be Prosecuted for Vehicular Manslaughter
Posted on January 06, 2009In Maryland, the State?s Attorney for Prince George?s County says that police officer Mario Chavez will not be prosecuted for vehicular manslaughter in the Maryland car accident death of Brian Gray. The 20-year-old Bowie resident died in December 2007 when...
Maryland Board of Public Works to Pay $500,000 Settlement for Wrongful Death of Prisoner Pepper Sprayed by Police
Posted on January 02, 2009In Maryland, the Board of Public Works has approved a $500,000 wrongful death settlement for the family of Ifeanyi A. Iko, an inmate who died in 2004 after being subdued with pepper spray at the Western Correctional Institution. According to...
Maryland Receives B- Rating for Medical Emergency Care and is Ranked #4 Nationally
Posted on December 29, 2008American College of Emergency Physicians has issued a report ranking Maryland #4 in the US for emergency care. While the state was awarded points for injury prevention and disaster preparedness, as well as an A for quality and providing a...
Court of Appeals of Maryland to Hear Lead-Paint Lawsuit
Posted on December 24, 2008This year, the Court of Appeals of Maryland will hear Kelly v. N.B.S. Inc., a lead-paint lawsuit involving serious injuries to a now 13-year-old girl. In 2007, a Baltimore jury issued a Maryland personal injury verdict ordering the family?s landlord....
Anne Arundel County Settles Maryland Wrongful Death Lawsuit with Family of Naked Glen Burnie Man Shot by Police Officer
Posted on December 21, 2008Anne Arundel County has agreed to pay $90,000 to settle the Maryland wrongful death lawsuit filed by the family of Donald Coates. The 20-year-old was shot dead by Anne Arundel County Police Officer Tommy Pleasant in 2005. Earlier this year,...
Maryland Boy is Almost Strangled to Death by Seat Belt
Posted on December 17, 2008A 5-year-old Maryland boy sustained critical injuries after the seat belt he was using got caught around his neck. The incident occurred in Prince George?s County on I-95 at around 6p on Monday evening. The child, DeAndre Harris, is in...
Teen Car Accidents May Be Reduced with Later School Start Time, Says Study
Posted on December 16, 2008A new study shows that starting the school day a little later may reduce the chances of teen car crashes, personal injuries, and death. A later school start time allows teens to sleep more in the morning, which, researchers say,...
Maryland Police Targeted in Two Separate Police Brutality Lawsuits
Posted on December 15, 2008Two recent Maryland lawsuits have brought the topic of police brutality to the media forefront. Last week, a judge ruled that teenager Eric Bush can sue the city of Baltimore for Maryland personal injury even though he had missed the...
Roche Loses Drug Litigation Lawsuit and Is Ordered to Pay Almost $13 Million to Three Accutane Users
Posted on December 11, 2008A jury in the United States has ordered drug manufacturer Roche to pay $12.9 million to three Accutane users who say they developed chronic bowel disorders from using the popular acne drug. The jury determined that the Swiss drug maker...
Baltimore Police Department Sued for $10 Million in Maryland Wrongful Death Lawsuit
Posted on December 09, 2008The Owings Mill mother of Damon D. Smith, the Maryland man who committed suicide by jumping from the top of Mercy Hospital, is suing the Baltimore Police Department for wrongful death. Hazella White?s lawsuit seeks $10 million in damages...
Washington DC Man Dies After Paramedics Diagnose Acid Reflux
Posted on December 08, 2008In Washington DC, a 39-year-old man died at his home on Wednesday, just hours after paramedics told him that he was suffering from acid reflux and didn?t need to go to the hospital. Now, authorities are trying to determine whether...
Mother Sues Crocs for Personal Injury After Son?s Right Toe is Mangled While Riding Baltimore Aquarium?s Escalator
Posted on December 04, 2008The mother of a six-year-old boy whose right big toe was mangled when his Crocs clog got caught in an escalator at the National Aquarium in Baltimore is suing Crocs Inc. for products liability. Kerry Burdick filed her federal lawsuit...
Wal-Mart Customers File Personal Injury Lawsuit
Posted on December 02, 2008Two Wal-Mart shoppers are suing the retail store for personal injury. Fritz, 51, and 19-year-old Jonathan Mesadieu say they sustained back and neck injuries after they got caught in the crowd of people stampeding into a Wal-Mart store during last...
Unidentified ER Doctor Accuses Washington DC Nursing Home of Severe Neglect
Posted on December 01, 2008According to ABC 7/NewsChannel, an emergency room doctor who wishes to remain anonymous claims that he regularly sees patients from the Grand Park Care Center who are on the verge of death due to nursing home neglect. The nursing home...
Teen?s Mother Sues DC Government and Maryland Hospital for Wrongful Death
Posted on November 26, 2008In US District Court, the mother of Karl Grimes, the 18-year-old who died from injuries he sustained during a fight with two youths while staying at the Oak Hill Youth Center in 2005, is suing the DC government and Prince...
Even Though AAA Mid-Atlantic Expects There To Be Less Maryland Drivers Traveling This Thanksgiving, Motorists Should Still Exercise Caution to Prevent Motor Vehicle Accidents
Posted on November 25, 2008According to AAA Mid-Atlantic, fewer Maryland motorists are expected to travel long distances this Thanksgiving than the number of Marylanders who traveled last year. While AAA estimates that 795,200 Maryland residents will travel no less than 50 miles, this figure...
Personal Injury Lawsuit Claims Victoria?s Secret Bras Caused Hives, Rashes, and Permanent Scars
Posted on November 24, 2008Personal injury lawyers for a woman who is suing Victoria?s Secret for injuries she says she suffered from using the brand?s Very Sexy Extreme Me Push-Up and Angels Secret Embrace bras say that tests they ordered show that bras from...
Maryland Woman Dies After State Trooper Hits Her Car, Pushing the Vehicle into a Tractor-Trailer
Posted on November 22, 2008A Delmar woman died in Dorchester County on Friday evening after the car she was riding in was pushed into the back of a tractor-trailer by a Maryland state trooper?s car on Eastbound Route 50. Kristin Underkoffler was taken to...
Maryland Family Awarded $5.8 Million for Dermatology Malpractice Leading to Man?s Skin Cancer Death
Posted on November 19, 2008In Maryland, a Montgomery County Circuit Court jury has ordered the practice of Silver Springs Dermatologist Dr. Norman Ansel Lokshin to pay the surviving family members of Richard Semsker $5.8 million for dermatology malpractice. Semsker died of skin cancer in...
Maryland Woman Who Suffered Catastrophic Injuries During Pedestrian Accident in Baltimore County Work Zone Will Receive $250,000 in Damages
Posted on November 17, 2008In Baltimore County Circuit Court, Judge Susan Souder awarded Sandra Lee Meade $250,000 for personal injuries she sustained in a pedestrian accident in an Arbutus traffic construction zone more than 5 years ago. The amount is part of a high-low...
Washington DC and Maryland Truckers Can Take Steps to Prevent Truck Accidents
Posted on November 14, 2008Although the number of large truck involved in deadly accidents decreased from 4,766 trucks in 2006 to 4,584 in 2007, the number of large-truck related deaths?4,808 fatalities?and injuries?100,000 victims?is still too high. Truck accidents can occur both from trucker negligence...
Deadly Maryland Car Crash Could Have Been Prevented if Police Had Arrested the Driver for Leaving Another Accident Scene Less than Two Hours Prior
Posted on November 13, 2008A Maryland car crash that led to the deaths of Katherine Brady and her son Wilson in Harford County last Friday could have been prevented if police had arrested the driver accused of causing the accident for fleeing the scene...
Maryland Mother and Her Son Are Killed and Four Others Are Injured in Multi-Vehicle Crash on Bel-Air Bypass in Harford County
Posted on November 09, 2008A deadly multi-vehicle accident in Maryland on the Bel Air Bypass in Harford County on Friday afternoon has left two people dead and four others injured. Maryland State Police have identified the deceased as Perry Hall resident Katherine S. Brady...
Supreme Court Hears Arguments in Drug Litigation Lawsuit Pitting Wyeth Against Woman Who Lost Her Arm After Taking Anti-Nausea Drug Phenergan
Posted on November 07, 2008This week, the US Supreme Court heard arguments in a drug litigation lawsuit pitting a musician, whose arm was amputated after she was given an anti-nausea drug, and drug maker Wyeth. Diane Levine?s arm had to be removed after a...
Maryland State Highway Truck Accident Leaves One Teen Dead and Another Victim with Serious Injuries
Posted on November 06, 2008In Jefferson, Maryland, 17-year-old Kaitlyn Wilson died early this morning from injuries she sustained in a two-vehicle crash with a Maryland State Highway Administration dump truck. The driver of the Honda Civic that Wilson was riding in is alive, but...
Maryland Dog Bites off Part of Anne Arundel County Police Officer?s Ear
Posted on November 03, 2008In Maryland, an Anne Arundel County cop lost part of his ear on Thursday when he bitten by a neighbor?s dog. Officer Michael McDermott, who was off-duty, was rescuing the dog when the unfortunate incident happened. McDermott had pulled the...
Family of Maryland Wrongful Death Victim Calls on Governor O?Malley to Suspend State Police Trooper Involved in Deadly 2006 Traffic Crash
Posted on October 29, 2008The family of Randy Rakes, a Finksburg man who died in 2006 in a Maryland motor vehicle crash involving a State Police trooper car on Md. 140, is calling on Maryland Governor Martin O?Malley to remove trooper Dale Derr from...
NHTSA Reports 63 Deadly Large Truck Accidents in Maryland in 2007
Posted on October 28, 2008Out of the 849 vehicles that were involved in deadly traffic collisions in Maryland last year, 63 of those motor vehicles were large trucks. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration released these latest figures as part of its 2007 Traffic....
Lexington Park Couple Dies in Maryland Motorcycle Accident
Posted on October 28, 2008Maryland State Police are investigating a deadly motor vehicle crash in St. Mary?s County that left a newlywed couple dead. Phillip Brian Natalie died at the crash scene, while his wife, Jessica Laurel Natalie, was pronounced dead at St. Mary?s...
NHTSA Reports That 22 Children, Age 14 and Under, Died in Maryland Traffic Fatalities in 2007
Posted on October 24, 2008According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 1,670 of the 41,059 traffic fatalities that occurred in the United States in 2007 were child victims, age 14 and younger. 22 of those fatalities occurred in Maryland. 3 of the child...
Baltimore Sun's Review of 26 Deadly Medevac Crashes Indicate that Not All Victims Needed Air Transport
Posted on October 24, 2008The Baltimore Sun recently looked through crash records and other key documents related to 26 deadly medevac crashes that have occurred In the US since 2003. The newspaper?s findings indicate that many of the cases involved victims that were being...
Former Patient Files $77 Million Maryland Personal Injury Lawsuit Against Sinai Hospital and Security Guard for Assault
Posted on October 21, 2008In Maryland, a man who previously sought medical treatment at Sinai Hospital for depression is suing the hospital and security guard Timothy Hough for $77 million. The former patient, Gerrod Lewis, says that Hough assaulted him in the hospital emergency...
Dump Truck Accident in Germantown Kills One Elderly Pedestrian and Seriously Injures Her Husband
Posted on October 15, 2008A 78-year-old woman was killed and her 74-year-old husband sustained serious injuries when they were hit by a dump truck in Germantown last Thursday. The deadly Maryland motor vehicle crash occurred around 12:50pm on Route 118 in an area of...
Maryland Judge Refuses to Dismiss Entire Sex Abuse Lawsuit Against Former Howard County Teacher
Posted on October 13, 2008In Howard County Circuit Court, Judge Joseph Manck dismissed two out of five civil claims against former teacher Kirsten Kinley in the Maryland sexual abuse lawsuit against her. Kinley, a former teacher at Hammond Middle School, had asked that the...
Maryland Attorney Sues Baltimore For Burn Injuries Caused By Fall Accident into Construction Hole
Posted on October 10, 2008In Maryland, a North Baltimore attorney that sustained serious personal injuries after falling into a construction hole is suing the city, a number of Trigen-Baltimore Energy Corp. entities, Ligon & Ligon Inc., and Johnson Controls Inc. Arianne Spaccarelli sustained serious...
Mother Files $10 Million Maryland Wrongful Death Lawsuit Against Security Guard Company that Employed Her Daughter?s Boyfriend
Posted on October 08, 2008The mother of Latasha Harris, a 31-year-old Baltimore City woman that was murdered in her apartment, is suing the security guard company for wrongful death. The lawsuit, filed in a Maryland court against US Protect Services, is seeking $10 million...
Four People Injured in Maryland After Tractor-Trailer Strikes Another Vehicle, Causing Chemical Spill in Harford County
Posted on October 06, 2008Four people sustained injuries in Harford County, Maryland, after a tractor-trailer hit a pickup truck, turned over, and spilled a flammable chemical onto Interstate 95 (southbound). The crash occurred past the Aberdeen exit close to the Maryland House Travel...
NTSB Calls on FMCSA to Do More to FIght Trucker Fatigue and Prevent Deadly Truck Crashes
Posted on October 03, 2008Following its findings that the cause of a 2005 semi-trailer? bus crash in Wisconsin that claimed five lives and injured over 30 people happened because the truck driver had fallen asleep while driving, the National Transportation Safety Board is recommending...
NTSB Says Maryland Helicopter Involved in Weekend Crash That Killed Four Victims Did Not Have Terrain-Awareness System Equipment
Posted on September 30, 2008The National Transportation Board Says that the Maryland State Medical Rescue Helicopter that crashed into Prince George?s County Park on Saturday night was not carrying terrain-awareness system that could have notified the pilot that he was hovering precariously close to...
Baltimore Bride-To-Be Dies in Maryland Tractor-Trailer Accident
Posted on September 29, 2008A Maryland woman who was going to get married on September 20 died a week before her wedding when the limousine that she and her friends were riding in on the night of her bachelorette party was struck by a...
US Coast Guard?s 2007 Recreational Boating Statistics Reports 10 Deaths in Maryland
Posted on September 25, 2008In Maryland, 10 people died and 120 people were injured in boating accidents last year. These latest figures were released this year by the US Coast Guard and indicate a slight increase from the 8 Maryland boating fatalities that...
Carney Man Pleads Guilty To Negligent Manslaughter in 2007 Maryland Boating Accident that Killed an Ellicott Man
Posted on June 12, 2008In Baltimore County Circuit Court last week, William C. Spittel was sentenced to six months in jail and a $2,500 fine after he pled guilty to one count of negligent manslaughter by vessel. Spittel was the operator of a 24-foot...
Six-Year-Old Girl Suffers Third Degree Burns From Live Wire At Prince George?s County Bus Stop
Posted on June 12, 2008In Maryland, Prince George?s County officials are trying to figure out how there managed to be an exposed live wire at a Chillum bus stop. A six-year-old girl suffered electrical shock and ?severe? third-degree burns on Saturday after she grabbed...
Scott Peterson Wrongful Death Civil Trial to Proceed
Posted on June 06, 2008Scott Peterson, the man convicted of murdering his wife Laci Peterson and their unborn son Connor Peterson, will have to stand trial again?this time for a civil wrongful death lawsuit filed by Laci?s parents. The ruling to have the trial...
Maryland Personal Injury Lawsuit For Paralysis Injury Sustained In 2004 Randallstown High School Shooting Will Be Tried in Baltimore County
Posted on June 05, 2008In Maryland, the personal injury lawsuit filed by Edna "Peggy" Payton-Henderson, the mother of William "Tipper" Thomas III, the high school football player who became paralyzed from the waist down after being injured during a 2004 shooting at Randallstown High...
Tejano Star Emilio?s Company is Sued For Personal Injury Over Bus Crash
Posted on June 03, 2008Two people are suing Emilio Inc, the company of Tejano star Emilio Navaira for injuries they sustained during a tour bus crash in Texas in March. Navaira, who was driving the bus, lost control of the vehicle that slammed into...
Planned Parenthood In Washington DC Sued For $50 Million By Mother Of Teenager That Had Botched Abortion
Posted on May 30, 2008The mother of a teenaged girl is suing a Planned Parenthood in Washington DC for $50 million over a failed abortion. Shantese Butler, was just 13-years-old when her mother Emma Jean Butler took her to Planned Parenthood Metropolitan in September...
Frederick, Maryland Parents File $145 Million for Son?s Wrongful Death By Taser
Posted on May 29, 2008In Frederick County, Maryland, the family of Jarrel Gray, the 20-year-old man who died last year after he was shocked with a police Taser twice is suing the Frederick County Sheriff?s Office, Sheriff Chuck Jenkins, and Corporal Torres for Gray?s...
Pregnant Maryland Woman and Her Baby Sustain Fatal Injuries in Tractor-Trailer Accident
Posted on May 27, 2008In Anne Arundel County, Maria J. Lizama-Sanchez, 31, died last week after the minivan she was riding in was struck by a tractor-trailer. Lizama-Sanchez, was about 7 months pregnant, and doctors at Maryland Shock Trauma Center in Baltimore had to...
Prince George County Residents Calling for Speed Bumps After Car Hits Child Bicyclist
Posted on May 24, 2008In a South Laurel neighborhood in Prince George County, Maryland, residents are renewing their efforts to get officials to install speed bumps after a 7-year-old bicyclist was hit by a speeding motor vehicle earlier this month. The boy sustained serious...
Survey Shows that 1 out of every 3 Motorists in Maryland Text Message While Driving
Posted on May 22, 2008A survey by Vlingo, the voice recognition software company, found that one out of every three drivers in Maryland text messages when driving. Maryland ranks fourth among US states with the worst text messaging driver offenders. 36% of all Maryland...
Family of Baltimore Police Officer that Was Shot By Fellow Cop Will File Maryland Wrongful Death Case
Posted on May 20, 2008The surviving family members of Baltimore Police Officer Norman Stamp say they will file a Maryland wrongful death lawsuit against the city of Baltimore. Stamp, 65, was killed after being shot by another Baltimore cop during a brawl outside the...
Truck Carriers and Manufacturers Go to Washington DC to Push for Larger Trucks
Posted on May 16, 2008About 30 truck carriers, manufacturers, and shippers are in Washington D.C. this week. They are trying to persuade the US Congress to adopt a ?Demonstration Project? that would allow larger trucks to operate in certain U.S. states. The coalition of...
Maryland Family Files $207 Million Federal Lawsuit For Teen?s Wrongful Death at Reform School
Posted on May 15, 2008In Baltimore, the family of Isaiah Simmons III, 17, has filed a $207 million wrongful death lawsuit against the Maryland Department of Juvenile Services, the Bowling Brook Preparatory School, and seven counselors at the now-closed private reform school...
Former Supreme Court Nominee Robert Bork Settles Slip and Fall Accident Lawsuit With Yale Club
Posted on May 13, 2008Former Yale Law School Professor Robert Bork has agreed to a $1 million slip and fall lawsuit he had filed for injuries he suffered at the Yale Club of New York City in 2006. The details of the settlement are...
Maryland Settles Wrongful Death Lawsuit Filed By Family of Fatally Beaten Detainee
Posted on May 08, 2008The Maryland Attorney General?s Office and the family of a Randallstown man that died after being beaten by correctional officers inside Baltimore?s Central Booking and Intake Center in 2005 have reached a $500,000 wrongful death settlement. Smoot, the father of...
Poor Hospital Standards Across The United States Endanger Lives
Posted on May 07, 2008Congressional researches say that the federal government should be doing more to protect patients from contracting infections at hospitals. According to the Government Accountability Office, the federal government needs to establish proper standards for hospitals to reduce infections...
Maryland Takes Part In Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month
Posted on May 05, 2008Federal, state, and local agencies have designated the month of May as Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month to remind drivers and motorcyclists to ?Share the Road? safely and keep motorcyclists safe. In 2007, one out of every nine traffic accident fatalities...
Hospital Settles Medication Error Medical Malpractice Lawsuit For $5.1 Million
Posted on April 30, 2008In California, San Francisco General Hospital has agreed to pay $5.1 million to settle a medical malpractice lawsuit filed by a patient who was seriously injured after hospital staff gave him the wrong medication. San Francisco supervisors approved the settlement...
Maryland Welder Awarded $3 Million for Crushed Leg Injury
Posted on April 29, 2008A jury in Baltimore County is ordering Keibler-Thompson Co. to pay a Maryland welder over $3 million for a crushed leg injury he sustained at work in 1999. James Morris, 58, was seriously injured on his first day working as...
Silver Springs Janitor May Appeal Ruling Dismissing Her Personal Injury Lawsuit Against Smithsonian Executive
Posted on April 27, 2008In federal court, a judge has dismissed the personal injury lawsuit against Smithsonian Business Ventures Vice President Jeanny Kim. The plaintiff in the lawsuit, custodian and Silver Springs resident Mary T. Majano, had accused Kim of assault. The alleged injury...
Wal-Mart Drops Lawsuit Against Traumatic Brain Injury Victim for Damages from Truck Accident Case
Posted on April 25, 2008Wal-Mart Stores Inc. has dropped its lawsuit to collect more than $400,000 in health-care reimbursement from an ex-employee. Deborah Shank has a traumatic brain injury and now lives in a nursing home in Missouri. Shank, 52, sustained her catastrophic injury...
Baltimore Teenagers Implicated in Bus Beating Case Plan to Sue Maryland Transit System For Damages
Posted on April 25, 2008The lawyers for two Baltimore students that were implicated in the beating of a passenger on a transit bus say their clients are going to sue the Maryland Transit Authority, the Baltimore school system, and the bus driver. Each boy...
Howard County Residents Says Stretch of US 1 in Jessup Where Four People Died in Car-Truck Collision is Scene of Many Maryland Auto Accidents
Posted on April 23, 2008A deadly Maryland car accident during yesterday?s rush hour on US 1 in Jessup involving a truck and a Nissan Altima has left four people dead and a 4-year-old girl and two adults injured. The fatalities are an infant girl,...
Father Sues Washington D.C. After His Daughter?s Decomposing Body is Found in Her Mother?s Home
Posted on April 15, 2008Norman C. Penn, Jr., the father of 16-year-old Brittany Jacks, is suing the District for $25 million following her death. Brittany decomposing body was discovered last January, along with the bodies of her three sisters, ages 5, 6, and 11,...
Virginia Tech Shooting Victims? Families Agree to $11 Million Settlement
Posted on April 14, 2008Nearly one year after the tragic shootings at Virginia Tech that left 32 people dead and two dozen others injured, the families of most of the victims have agreed to settle with the state for $11 million. By agreeing to...
Maryland State Police and Three Maryland Counties Sued For Veteran?s Wrongful Death
Posted on April 09, 2008The wife and parents of James E. Dean, 29, and Afghanistan combat veteran, has filed a $20 million wrongful death lawsuit against the Maryland State Police, St. Mary?s County, Calvert County, and Charles County. A Maryland state trooper shot Dean...
Washington D.C. Cracks Down On 23 Landlords with Lawsuit for Code Violations Due To Poor Conditions on the Premises
Posted on April 08, 2008The District is suing the 23 property owners of 71 rental buildings (46 rental homes and 25 apartment buildings) for ?egregious? code violations. It is also demanding that 13 of the properties be declared ?public nuisances? so that repairs are...
NHTSA Says Motorcycle Deaths Rose for the Ninth Straight Year In 2006
Posted on April 04, 2008The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is reporting that 4,810 motorcyclists died in deadly highway crashes in 2006?a number that grew for the ninth year in a row. Over one of every nine road fatalities in 2006 involved a motorcycle...
Retired Army Nurse Sued For Medical Malpractice Over Allegedly Spreading Hepatitis
Posted on April 03, 2008Retired Army captain Jon Dale Jones is being sued for personal injury by several people who claim that he infected them with hepatitis. He was arrested in March on federal charges of assault and possession of a controlled substance by...
Annapolis Sued for Police Brutality
Posted on April 01, 2008The city of Annapolis, Maryland, the Annapolis Police Department, and two Annapolis police officers have been named as the defendants of a personal injury lawsuit for police brutality. Jose Louis Meneses-Araiza and Quinton T. Smith are accusing Officer Gary Black...
Family of Teenager Sues Bullies For Injuries Caused by Harassment, Beatings, and Threats
Posted on March 26, 2008The parents of Billy Wolf, a 16-year-old Arkansas sophomore, are suing the teenagers that have been bullying their son for the harm he has suffered due to alleged incidents of assault and battery. Video and audio evidence document Billy being...
Pilot Sues Boeing For Personal Injuries From F-15C Breakup Jet Accident
Posted on March 25, 2008Maj. Stephen Stilwell, an air force pilot, is suing plane manufacturer Boeing over the F-15C airplane accident that left him disfigured and with debilitating shoulder injuries. The plane was built by defense contractor McDonald Douglas, which was purchased by Boeing...
Parents of Baltimore County Teenager Sue Maryland Occupational Safety and Health Department and Others for Failure to Properly Investigate His Death
Posted on March 23, 2008Adrienne and Robert Miranda, the parents of Joseph Miranda, have filed a personal injury lawsuit against the Maryland Occupational Safety and Health department, The Maryland Attorney General?s Office, the Hampstead Police Department, and the Federal County and Frederick County state?s...
1 Toddler and Several Others Injured When MTA Train and Van Collide in Baltimore, Maryland
Posted on March 20, 2008An 11-month girl was injured after she was struck by a van that collided with an MTA light rail train on Thursday in Downtown Baltimore, Maryland. She was taken to Johns Hopkins Hospital?s pediatric center. The driver of the van...
General Motors Settles Auto Defect Injury Claim Involving GMC Yukon
Posted on March 19, 2008General Motors Corporation will pay an undisclosed settlement amount to California resident Michael Samardzich, whose left eye was ruptured and became permanently blind when the GMC Yukon that he was a passenger in collided with another motor vehicle on July...
Insurance Institute For Highway Safety Says Making Stronger SUV Roofs Could Save Lives During Rollover Accidents
Posted on March 13, 2008Test results conducted by the Insurance Institute For Highway Safety found that the stronger the SUV?s roof, the lower the risks of serious injury or death. The IIHS tested 11 sport utility vehicles and found that the stronger roofs had...
Santa Clara County, CA Sheriff Says Department Accepts Responsibility for Police Car Accident That Killed Two Bicyclists
Posted on March 12, 2008A deadly accident in Santa Clara County, California involving a deputy that fell asleep at the wheel has left two bicyclists dead and a third with a broken leg and arm. On Tuesday, Santa Clara County Sheriff Laurie Smith cried...
Mitsubishi Ordered to Pay $11 Million in Products Liability SUV Wrongful Death Case
Posted on March 07, 2008A Florida jury has ordered Mitsubishi Motors to pay almost $11 million in wrongful death damages to the parents of a man who died when he was partially ejected from a Nativa SUV?marketed in the US as the Montero. Peter...
Two Doctors Cleared In Heath Ledger Prescription Overdose Death
Posted on March 06, 2008The Drug Enforcement Administration says that two doctors who gave movie star Heath Ledger prescription drugs have been cleared of any wrongdoing related to the movie star?s death. Ledger was found dead in his New York apartment of a prescription medicine overdose on January 22...
Report Offers Motor Vehicle Accident Death Rates in Frederick County, Maryland Between 2001 and 2006
Posted on March 04, 2008A recent analysis by the Frederick News-Post of deadly accidents in Frederick County, Maryland found that a total of 150 deadly crashes took place on Frederick County roads between 2001 and 2006, with Md. 75 having a death rate of three times the national average...
Consumer Product Safety Commission Reports Increase In Nursery Products-Related Infant Deaths
Posted on February 29, 2008The Consumer Product Safety Commission has issued a report that states the number of infant deaths (children under age 5) involving nursery products have increased significantly. According to the CPSC, 66,400 children were seriously hurt in nurseries in 2006...
Ruth?s Chris Steak House Employees in Baltimore, Maryland File $64 Million Personal Injury Lawsuit Over Carbon Monoxide Leak
Posted on February 28, 2008In Baltimore Circuit Court on Tuesday, 16 Ruth?s Chris Steak House employees filed a $64 million personal injury lawsuit against TPOB Pier Five LLC, the company that owns the Pier 5 Hotel where the Inner Harbor steak restaurant is located. The plaintiffs claim that they were hospitalized because they were exposed to high levels of carbon monoxide while working at the restaurant...
At Least Four Children Are Injured After Maryland School Bus Accident in Prince George?s County
Posted on February 27, 2008In Maryland, the driver of a school bus and three to five middle school student passengers were injured this morning after the bus they were riding in flipped over in Riverdale in Prince George?s County. There were 45 passengers on the bus that was headed for William Wirt Middle School...
Maryland Residents Are Among Lacrosse Team Plaintiffs Suing Duke University for Handling of High Profile Rape Case
Posted on February 22, 200838 members of the 2006 Duke Lacrosse team and 9 family members are suing Duke University and the North Carolina city of Durham for their handling of the high profile 2006 rape case that wrongly charged three men with raping a woman. The plaintiffs say they that they suffered invasion of privacy, emotional damage, and other injuries because the University abandoned them and ignored key evidence showing that the rape charges were fabricated...
Woman Sues Ocean City, Maryland Hotel Over Carbon Monoxide Deaths of Her Husband and Daughter
Posted on February 21, 2008In Maryland?s U.S. District Court in Baltimore, Pennsylvania resident Yvonne Boughter filed a wrongful death lawsuit over the carbon monoxide deaths of her husband, Patrick J. Boughter, 40, and his 10-year-old daughter Kelly. She is seeking $30 million in damages...
Eight People Killed in Maryland After Being Hit By Car During Street-Race
Posted on February 17, 2008At least eight people are dead and five others injured in Accokeek, Maryland, after a car accidentally plowed into a group of people watching an illegal car race on the side of Route 210?also known as Indian Head Highway?at around 3:30 in the morning in Prince George?s County...
Missing Maryland Construction Foreman Discovered Dead in Shaft in Baltimore
Posted on February 15, 2008The body of Wayne Kerr, a Maryland construction foreman employed by Centerline Construction Co., was found on Thursday at the bottom of a shaft in the Constellation Energy Group Headquarters in Baltimore. Kerr, 55, was last seen by coworkers on Wednesday and did not return home from work...
Baltimore Police Officer Suspended Over YouTube Video Showing Him Manhandling Teenager
Posted on February 14, 2008Baltimore Police Officer Salvatore Rivieri was suspended this week after a video of him roughing up a 14-year-old skateboarder appeared on YouTube. In the video, Rivieri approaches a group of skateboarding teenagers. After telling them they are not allowed to skateboard at Inner Harbor, Rivieri grabbed Eric Bush, putting the teen in a headlock and threatening to strike him for his lack of respect...
Pharmacy Policies Can Lead to Prescription Errors, Injuries, and Wrongful Deaths
Posted on February 13, 2008Prescription errors are a prevalent problem in the United States that too often leads to serious injuries and deaths. A USA Today investigation reports that corporate policies?particularly with the larger pharmacy chains, such as CVS and Walgreens?can lead to unnecessary pharmacy mistakes: ?Too many prescriptions, too few pharmacists...
Bill Proposes to Allow Sex Abuse Victims to File Injury Lawsuits in Maryland
Posted on February 08, 2008In Maryland, Baltimore County legislator Eric M. Bromwell has introduced a bill that would extend the statute of limitations for filing sex abuse lawsuits. The bill calls for the elimination in 2009 of the statute of limitations for filing a sex abuse lawsuit...
John Ritter?s Family Takes $67 Million Wrongful Death Lawsuit to Court
Posted on February 05, 2008Jury selection in the wrongful death of actor John Ritter began in Los Angeles County Superior Court today. Ritter died at age 54 in September 2003 after he was treated in a Burbank emergency room for a heart attack when he actually had an aortic dissection...
Baltimore Police Officer Named in $100 Million Injury Lawsuit
Posted on January 31, 2008Baltimore Officer Jerome K. Hill has been named as the defendant in a $100 million police brutality lawsuit. The lawsuit, filed in Baltimore Circuit Court in Maryland, alleges that Hill assaulted Rosedale resident Steven Vernarelli on October 22 near Monument and Curley Streets...
Five People Are Injured in Multi-Vehicle Accident in Northeast Baltimore, Maryland
Posted on January 29, 2008Five people were injured in Northeast Baltimore, Maryland on January 17 in a multi-vehicle collision. The accident occurred early in the morning on I-95, close to the divide with Interstate I-895. Two sports utility vehicles, a box truck, and a work van were t involved in the crash...
Former Maryland Volunteer Firefighters File Sex Abuse Lawsuit Against Anne Arundel County Government and a Local Fire Company
Posted on January 25, 2008In Maryland, two men, former volunteer firefighters in Anne Arundel County have filed a sex abuse lawsuit claiming that Louis A. D'Camera, a former president of Odenton Volunteer Fire Company, sexually abused them on multiple occasions when they were teenage recruits...
NTSB Calls for Better Injury Accident Prevention Measures to Protect Metro Train Workers
Posted on January 24, 2008The National Transportation Safety Board is calling for the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority to implement proper safeguards to protect workers on train tracks. Among its recommendations, the safety board suggested that Metro implement pre-work briefings, conduct surprise inspections, and immediately install new technology that automatically warns track employees when trains are approaching and lets train operators know that there are workers in the area...
Maryland to Close Rosewood Center After Multiple Reports of Neglect and Abuse
Posted on January 21, 2008Rosewood Center, a Maryland facility for the developmentally disabled located in Baltimore County, will close in the next year and a half. The decision by the state to shut down the facility comes in the wake of reports of serious cases of abuse and neglect over the past several years...
Maryland Family Files Medical Malpractice Complaint In Woman?s Blood Clot-Related Death
Posted on January 17, 2008In Maryland, the surviving family members of Nicole Letrice Smith,22, filed a medical malpractice complaint saying that the improper medical care that Smith received at Union Memorial Hospital following a 2006 car accident was the cause of her death. The complaint was filed with the state?s Health Care Alternative Dispute Resolution Office and the family plans to file a medical malpractice lawsuit...
NTSB Says Design Error Caused Deadly 2007 Minneapolis Bridge Collapse
Posted on January 15, 2008The National Transportation Safety Board says that a design flaw is what led to undersized gusset plates holding the steel beams on Interstate 35-W bridge in Minneapolis, Minnesota to snap and the bridge to collapse into the Mississippi River last August...
Injured Maryland Father Mourns the Deaths of his Wife and Four Children in Drunk Driving Accident
Posted on January 11, 2008Daniel Griffin Jr. may be physically recovering from the injuries that he sustained in a deadly car crash involving a drunk driver in Ohio on December 30, but his life will never be the same. Griffin lost his wife 36-year-old wife Bethany and four of his children, Jordan Griffin, 10, Vadie Griffin, 8 weeks, Haley Burkman, 10, and Lacie Burkman, 7 in the fatal crash...
Multiple Failures by Cedars-Sinai Led to Heparin Overdose of Dennis Quaid?s Twins, Says State Probe
Posted on January 10, 2008Movie star Dennis Quaid says that Cedars Sinai Medical Center was not forthcoming about its role in the accidental Heparin overdose of his newborn twins. . Quaid?s allegations follows the California Department of Public Health?s release of a 20-page report regarding the medical center?s handling of pediatric patients...
Motorcyclist Dies in Crofton, Maryland After Collision with SUV
Posted on January 08, 2008In Anne Arundel County, Maryland, a 52-year-old motorcyclist died yesterday evening after being struck by a Toyota 4-Runner on Defense Highway in Crofton. John Carlton Winner, a Bowie resident, was taken to Maryland Shock Trauma Center where he was pronounced dead...
Window Washer Who Fell 47 Stories Will File Personal Injury Lawsuit
Posted on January 04, 2008The man who survived the force of gravity when he fell 47 stories while getting ready to wash the windows of a Manhattan building plans to file a personal injury lawsuit against the company that installed the scaffolding that broke, as well as the skyscraper?s management company...
Maryland Court Rules on Cancer Patient?s Wrongful Death, Saying There Was No Negligence in Missed Cancer Diagnosis
Posted on January 03, 2008A divided Maryland Court of Special Appeals says there is insufficient evidence to show that medical malpractice caused the death of Sherri Schaefer, who died of uterine cancer in 2005. She was diagnosed with the disease in 2001. Schaefer?s husband, Charles Marcantonio, filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Dr...
Family Says They Will Sue Cigna HealthCare for Daughter?s Transplant Delay
Posted on December 28, 2007The family of Nataline Sarkisyan, a 17-year-old teenager who died just hours after CIGNA HealthCare reversed its decision and agreed to pay for her liver transplant, says they will sue the health insurer for her wrongful death. Nataline had been fighting leukemia...
Truck Safety Advocates? Lawsuit Wants to Limit the Number of Hours Truckers Can Work
Posted on December 27, 2007In Washington D.C. on Thursday, truck safety advocates asked a federal court to block a ruling by the Transportation Department that lets commercial truckers work longer hours. The Bush Administration had upped the number of hours that truck drivers could work without going on a break to 11 hours (prior to this rule, truck drivers were required to stop and rest after 10 hours)...
Pedestrian Fatalities Spur Call for Maryland Counties to Implement Safety Initiatives
Posted on December 23, 2007In 2006, 96 pedestrians died in traffic accidents on Maryland?s roads. There are four areas where 70% of the fatalities occurred: Montgomery County, Baltimore County, Prince George?s County, and Baltimore City. Maryland law mandates that drivers yield to pedestrians...
Family of Slain New York Times Reporter David Rosenbaum Settles Medical Malpractice Lawsuit with Howard University Hospital in Washington D.C.
Posted on December 21, 2007In Washington D.C., Howard University Hospital and Daniel and Dorothy Rosenbaum, the adult children of deceased New York Times reporter David Rosenbaum, have reached a settlement in the medical malpractice and negligence lawsuit filed against D.C. emergency workers and the hospital...
Runaway Trailers Cause Catastrophic Injuries and Accidents in the United States
Posted on December 20, 2007The Los Angeles Times says that there have been some 540 serious motor vehicle accidents involving runaway trailers in the United States since 2000. Hundreds of people have sustained injuries in these crashes, which usually involve at least one helpless victim getting caught in the wake of an out-of-control trailer...
Maryland Girl is Third Attack Victim on an MTA Bus This Month
Posted on December 19, 2007A teenager was stabbed in the arm on a Maryland Transit Administration bus No. 51 in Maryland yesterday. Baltimore police arrested two juveniles in connection to the assault. The assault occurred near Mondawmin Mall when a fight broke out in the back of the bus...
Deadly Fire Truck Collision in Baltimore, Maryland Leaves Three People Dead
Posted on December 12, 2007Three people died in Baltimore on Sunday when their SUV was hit by a Baltimore City fire truck at the intersection of Clarks Lane and Park Heights Avenue. The deadly crash happened after 3 am when a ladder truck, rushing to the scene of an apartment building fire struck the Nissan SUV...
Family of Murdered Baltimore Woman Files $14 Million Wrongful Death Lawsuit
Posted on December 11, 2007The family of Shirley Cooper, a 72-year-old Baltimore resident who was murdered at the Temple Gardens apartment complex, has filed a $14 million wrongful death lawsuit against ETG Associates and Roizman Development because of the inadequate security that allegedly allowed an intruder to kill Shirley on June 2...
Maryland Woman Dies in ?Freak? Tractor-Trailer Crash in Montgomery County
Posted on December 10, 2007Silver Spring resident Norma Almeraya-Soria, 35, died on November 21 after she was hit by a tractor-trailer in Montgomery County, Maryland. Almeraya-Soria was on the curb near the sidewalk at the intersection of Columbia Pike and Stewart Lane in Silver Spring when the axle of a tractor-trailer trying to make a turn broke...
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