Year: 2012
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 […]
A University of Maryland law professor says federal laws that allow companies to regulate themselves in the workers’ compensation arena only look out for one party: big business. The federal government, through the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), long has allowed companies to bypass federal regulation if it installs its own Voluntary Protection Program. […]
Education leaders in Maryland have formed a group to study whether the state can do more to reduce concussions and head-related personal injury in young athletes. The action by the state school board comes as the National Football League and other organizations are working to try to curb brain injuries suffered by participants following repeated concussions. Already, […]
A Maryland jury found John Hopkins Hospital liable for birth injuries suffered by a young boy. The jury returned a verdict of $55 million. Medical malpractice on the part of the doctor and hospital staff was thought to have led to the boy suffering from cerebral palsy. It is possible that delays by the hospital in […]
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 […]