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Personal Injury Law

Maryland Accident Law Blog

News and information about personal-injury and medical malpractice law.
By Jack Lebowitz, Esq. and Vadim Mzhen, Esq.

Post Frequency: 2.9/day

Last Entry: March 30, 2011 at 01:00:12

AAA Says Most Teen Driving Accident Victims are Other Motorists, Vehicle Occupants, and Pedestrians

Posted on March 02, 2009

Maryland Wrongful Death Lawsuit Seeks $30 Million from Landlord and Tobacco Company After Cigarette Sparks Catastrophic Fire

Posted on February 27, 2009

Maryland Bill Calls for Cameras in Nursing Homes

Posted on February 25, 2009
In 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, 2009
The 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...

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Parents of Baby who Suffered from Permanent Brain Injury Awarded $4.4 Million for Birthing Malpractice

Posted on February 20, 2009
A 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, 2009
Certain 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, 2009
In 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, 2009
In 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, 2009
A 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, 2009
In 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, 2009
A 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, 2009
In 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, 2009
In 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, 2009
A 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, 2009
The 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, 2009
A 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, 2009
The 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, 2009
A 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, 2009
A 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, 2009
The 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, 2009
A 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, 2009
The 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, 2009
A 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, 2009
In 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, 2009
In 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, 2008
American 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, 2008
This 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, 2008
Anne 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, 2008
A 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, 2008
A 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,...

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