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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.

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

$1.2 Million Maryland Wrongful Death Settlement Reached with Family of Teen Restrained at Carroll County, Reform School

Posted on January 08, 2010
The family of Isaiah Simmons III has reached a $1.2 million Maryland wrongful death settlement with Bowling Brook Preparatory School and the state's Department of Juvenile Services. The Maryland teen died in 2007 after he was restrained at the reform...

Nine-Year-Old Boy Dies from Injuries Sustained from Falling Tree at the Hashawha Environmental Center in Westminster, Maryland

Posted on January 06, 2010
Noah Asid, the 9-year-old who was injured on December 29 when a large hickory tree fell on him at the Hashawha Environmental Center has died at a Baltimore hospital. Asid, who was attending a nature camp, was getting ready to...

Texting While Driving Increases Car Crash Risk, Confirm Psychologists

Posted on December 30, 2009
University of Utah psychologists are saying that texting while driving increases a motorist?s crash risk by six times. The study can be found in the latest edition of Human Factors, a journal. According to the researchers, texting presents a 50%...

Simplicity Drop-Side Cribs Linked to Eleventh Infant Death

Posted on December 22, 2009
The Consumer Product Safety Commission is once again warning parents, adults, and child caretakers about the dangers of using a Simplicity drop-side crib. An 11th child death has been linked to the defective cribs. The crib's plastic hardware is prone...

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Family Says Maryland to Blame for Faulty Bay Bridge Construction that Contributed to Truck Driver?s Wrongful Death

Posted on December 14, 2009
The family of truck driver John Short has amended their Maryland wrongful death complaint to include the state as a defendant. Short died in a truck crash in August 2008 when he swerved his tractor-trailer to avoid another vehicle, crashed...

$70 Million Baltimore Personal Injury Lawsuit Accuses Ravens Linebacker Terrell Suggs of Maryland Domestic Violence

Posted on December 11, 2009
Candace Williams is suing Baltimore Ravens linebacker Terrell Suggs for Maryland personal injury. Candace Williams, 26, is seeking $70 million: $50 million in punitive damages and $20 million in compensatory damages. Williams claims that Suggs physically abused her twice last...

Psychiatrist Accused of Sexual Misconduct Has Settled Maryland Injury Lawsuits from Alleged Victims

Posted on December 05, 2009
Psychiatrist Nelson H. Hendler is defending himself in a case brought by a former patient who says that he sexually abused her. This is not the first accusation against the once prominent physician, who lost his license to practice medicine...

Maryland High School Football Player Killed in Howard County Car Accident

Posted on December 01, 2009
A 17-year-old high school football player is dead following a tragic single-car accident that occurred early Sunday at around 3am. Steven Dankos and teammate and best friend Thomas Erdman were riding in a pickup truck driven by Edrman?s brother, David...

Maryland Pedestrian Accidents: US 40 Considered a Leading Danger Zone for Injuries and Deaths

Posted on November 24, 2009
According to the Baltimore Sun, since January 2003 at least 29 Maryland pedestrian fatalities have occurred in the 52-mile section of US 40 where it merges into Interstate 70 in Western Howard County. At least 8 of the pedestrian deaths...

Toddler Dies in Maryland Entanglement Accident Involving Drapery Cord

Posted on November 19, 2009
A 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, 2009
A 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, 2009
According 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, 2009
More 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, 2009
Miriam 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...

Baltimore Man Files Maryland Emergency Room Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Over Botched Penis Diagnosis

Posted on October 27, 2009
Robert 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...

$261,000 Prince George?s County Police Brutality Verdict Awarded to Woman

Posted on October 24, 2009
A 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...

Maryland injury law: Court of Appeals will review noneconomic damages cap

Posted on October 19, 2009
Maryland?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, 2009
In 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, 2009
A 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, 2009
The 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, 2009
This 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, 2009
Nearly 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, 2009
The 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, 2009
A 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, 2009
A 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, 2009
In 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, 2009
On 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, 2009
In 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, 2009
If 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, 2009
The 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...

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