Year: 2012
Two recent cases in the Baltimore area underscore the price that jurors put on compensating victims of medical malpractice for their losses, and that has left the area medical community worried. We wrote about one of the cases recently. In that case, the family of a baby suffered a brain injury after medical staff did not promptly […]
An elderly woman was killed and her husband was injured after a car accident on Interstate 81 near Hagerstown Regional Airport. It appears the cause was someone driving recklessly. Maryland State Police reported that the woman, 80, was a passenger in a 2011 Cadillac SRX driven by her 83-year-old husband. They were traveling southbound when a 20-year-old […]
A Glen Burnie, Maryland, man faces sentencing in Anne Arundel County Circuit Court, after pleading guilty to causing a motor vehicle accident that seriously injured three people. Police said the man had told them he was late for his nephew’s birthday party, so he traveled at speeds of nearly 90 mph at times, passing cars in […]
Some car accidents that could have happened in Maryland on the evening on June 29 would have been the blame of the state, which needs to alter its policies when faced when pending potentially devastating weather, one roads expert said. The expert said that on that evening, the National Weather Service broadcast to Maryland residents that a […]
The debate over whether home births are safe could ignite in Maryland due to a birth injury that occurred after a midwife attempted to deliver a baby boy. A couple had hired the midwife to deliver their son at their home in March 2010. During the delivery, however, something went terribly wrong, forcing an ambulance […]
Any Maryland patients who feel they have suffered from a doctor’s error should be cautioned that pursuing a medical malpractice case will not be fast, easy or have a guarantee of success. According to a new study, most medical malpractice cases are thrown out of court, and it could take months for that to happen, as […]
Last week, we wrote about the class-action lawsuit that former professional football players are pursuing against the National Football League over the connection between head injuries and long-term brain damage. The NFL has now teamed with the military to discuss head injuries and their impacts. The NFL and representatives from the U.S. Army and the […]
The number of personal injury suits filed by former professional football players, including some who played in Baltimore, has grown to more than 80. These suits represent more than 2,000 players who said the National Football League didn’t do enough to treat brain injuries that resulted from concussions. Now, one master complaint has been filed in federal […]
Officials with the city of Baltimore have given the go-ahead to pay $340,000 to settle claims made against the city following three car accidents where city employees were at fault. It proves that governments can be held accountable for negligent behavior. The largest payout, $200,000, will go to a woman who was hit by a car […]
A police chase in West Baltimore led to a car accident that resulted in the death of a 22-year-old woman and injuries to her mother and daughter. The woman’s family is not ready to forgive the police or the man fleeing. The accident occurred as the women’s car attempted to cross Poplar Grove Street at West […]