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Maryland Accident Law Blog

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

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

Maryland Bicyclist Killed in Baltimore Box Truck Accident Involving Hit and Run Driver

Posted on August 06, 2009
A 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, 2009
A 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, 2009
The 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, 2009
Findings 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...

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NHTSA Hopes Tougher Braking Standards for Truck Tractors Will Decrease Number of Maryland Truck Accident Deaths

Posted on July 27, 2009
Last 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, 2009
Yesterday, 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, 2009
The 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, 2009
In 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, 2009
Driving 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, 2009
Two 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, 2009
A 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, 2009
Police 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, 2009
Nearly 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, 2009
In 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, 2009
The 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, 2009
Investigators 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, 2009
The 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, 2009
In 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, 2009
If 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, 2009
The 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, 2009
Several 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, 2009
A 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, 2009
A 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, 2009
In 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, 2009
To 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, 2009
Baltimore 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, 2009
In 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, 2009
In 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, 2009
According 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, 2009
A 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...

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