In Baltimore Circuit Court on Tuesday, 16 Ruth’s Chris Steak House employees filed a $64 million personal injury lawsuit against TPOB Pier Five LLC, the company that owns the Pier 5 Hotel where the Inner Harbor steak restaurant is located. The plaintiffs claim that they were hospitalized because they were…
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Woman Sues Ocean City, Maryland Hotel Over Carbon Monoxide Deaths of Her Husband and Daughter
In Maryland’s U.S. District Court in Baltimore, Pennsylvania resident Yvonne Boughter filed a wrongful death lawsuit over the carbon monoxide deaths of her husband, Patrick J. Boughter, 40, and his 10-year-old daughter Kelly. She is seeking $30 million in damages. The Boughters, from Lebanon, Pennsylvania, were staying at the Days…
NTSB Says Design Error Caused Deadly 2007 Minneapolis Bridge Collapse
The National Transportation Safety Board says that a design flaw is what led to undersized gusset plates holding the steel beams on Interstate 35-W bridge in Minneapolis, Minnesota to snap and the bridge to collapse into the Mississippi River last August. More than 100 people were injured and 13 others…
Maryland Girl is Third Attack Victim on an MTA Bus This Month
A teenager was stabbed in the arm on a Maryland Transit Administration bus No. 51 in Maryland yesterday. Baltimore police arrested two juveniles in connection to the assault. The assault occurred near Mondawmin Mall when a fight broke out in the back of the bus. The bus driver pressed the…
Family of Murdered Baltimore Woman Files $14 Million Wrongful Death Lawsuit
The family of Shirley Cooper, a 72-year-old Baltimore resident who was murdered at the Temple Gardens apartment complex, has filed a $14 million wrongful death lawsuit against ETG Associates and Roizman Development because of the inadequate security that allegedly allowed an intruder to kill Shirley on June 2. The attacker…
Baltimore School System Drops Appeal and Will Pay $100,000 Judgment to Girl Sexually Assaulted in Maryland Classroom
The Baltimore school system in Maryland is dropping its appeal against the personal injury lawsuit filed by the mother of a 12-year-old girl that alleges that seven boys in a special education math class sexually assaulted her daughter in 2002. Bridget Banks, the girl’s mother, says that on November 27,…
All Metro Bus Shelters in DC to Be Inspected After Glass Structure Falls and Leads to Injuries
In the wake of a bus shelter falling on waiting passengers on Macarthur Boulevard near Cathedral Avenue in Washington D.C., all metro bus shelters in the area are to undergo a safety inspection. The accident happened earlier this month when a Metrobus ran into the shelter, shattering the structure that…