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. The worker, 46, was sitting in the crane’s compartment and…
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Maryland Woman Who Suffered Catastrophic Injuries During Pedestrian Accident in Baltimore County Work Zone Will Receive $250,000 in Damages
In Baltimore County Circuit Court, Judge Susan Souder awarded Sandra Lee Meade $250,000 for personal injuries she sustained in a pedestrian accident in an Arbutus traffic construction zone more than 5 years ago. The amount is part of a high-low agreement made between Meade and general contractor Dick Corp, with…
Maryland Attorney Sues Baltimore For Burn Injuries Caused By Fall Accident into Construction Hole
In Maryland, a North Baltimore attorney that sustained serious personal injuries after falling into a construction hole is suing the city, a number of Trigen-Baltimore Energy Corp. entities, Ligon & Ligon Inc., and Johnson Controls Inc. Arianne Spaccarelli sustained serious burn injuries to nearly half her body in the fall…
Maryland Couple that Were Seriously Injured when House Collapsed on Them Plan to Sue Chesapeake Beach and Calvert County
Attorneys for Frank and Karen Hudson, the couple that was seriously injured when the house under construction next door fell on their home, have notified Calvert County and Chesapeake Bay that a personal injury lawsuit will be filed against them. The accident happened during a storm on May 11. According…
Maryland Welder Awarded $3 Million for Crushed Leg Injury
A jury in Baltimore County is ordering Keibler-Thompson Co. to pay a Maryland welder over $3 million for a crushed leg injury he sustained at work in 1999. James Morris, 58, was seriously injured on his first day working as a welder at the Beth Steel Sparrows Point plant. Morris…
Missing Maryland Construction Foreman Discovered Dead in Shaft in Baltimore
The body of Wayne Kerr, a Maryland construction foreman employed by Centerline Construction Co., was found on Thursday at the bottom of a shaft in the Constellation Energy Group Headquarters in Baltimore. Kerr, 55, was last seen by coworkers on Wednesday and did not return home from work. His wife…
Two Construction Workers are Seriously Injured in D.C. Construction Accident
Two men were injured while working at a construction site in Washington D.C. on Tuesday. The construction workers were working about 30 feet under the ground on a building project in the downtown area when they were struck by a steal beam that they were lowering. One of the workers…