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Maryland Wrongful Death Settlement Reached in 2007 Pedestrian Accident on Coastal Highway

A little over two years after 21-year-old Tyler Adams was killed 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 resident, and his friend Dale Blankenship were crossing the highway before…

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Court of Special Appeals Says Family Can Once Again Pursue Maryland Wrongful Death Claim for Mother’s Cancer Misdiagnosis

In Maryland, the Court of Special Appeals has revived the wrongful death lawsuit a family that sued the University of Maryland Medical System Corp. for a woman’s wrong diagnosis that she had arthritis instead of a deadly cancer. In March 2001, Rice was diagnosed with osteoarthritis. She had experienced pain…

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$7 Million Maryland Wrongful Death: Truck Driver’s Family Sues Teen Driver For Fatal Collision that Caused Trucker to Plunge into the Chesapeake Bay

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 lawsuit is seeking $7 million from the teenager, who swerved…

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Frederick County Settles Maryland Wrongful Death Lawsuit Over Firefighter Trainee that Collapsed from Heatstroke

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 and James Waybright, as well as install a commemorative plaque…

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Maryland Wrongful Death Settlement Reached in Case of Pregnant Mother and Unborn Son Who Were Allegedly Refused Ambulance Help Because of Feud

A Maryland wrongful death settlement has been reached between the mother and fiancé of a pregnant woman and her unborn son that died and Smithsburg Emergency Services Inc, medics James Ulrich and Karin Nichol, and former ambulance chief Jason Tracey. The terms of the agreement are confidential. Also previously named…

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Montgomery County, Maryland Judge Refuses to Cap Multimillion-dollar Medical Malpractice Award for Patient’s Skin Cancer Death Caused by Delayed Diagnosis

In Maryland, Montgomery County Judge John W Debelius III refused to cap the medical malpractice noneconomic damages received by the surviving family members of attorney Richard H. Semsker who died after a mole that was not treated became skin cancer and spread to his brain. Last year, his wife and…

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$19 Million Maryland Wrongful Death Lawsuit Filed by Victims of Deadly 2007 Bay Bridge Accident

The families of Randall Orff, his son Jonathan, and James Hewitt Ingle are suing the Maryland Transportation Authority, driver Stephen Adam Burt, trailer owner Levon Andonian, tractor-trailer driver Joshua Hargrove, Mobile Mini Inc, tractor-trailer driver Edwin Tixon, Ag Trucking Inc, and Travelers Property Casual Co of America for Maryland wrongful…

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Maryland Wrongful Death Settlement Reached Between Washington Adventist Hospital and Heart Patient Who Died While Trapped in Bathroom

In Maryland, the family of a heart patient who died while trapped in a hospital bathroom has reached a wrongful death settlement with Washington Adventist Hospital. Jose Valladares died in 2006. He went to the bathroom in his room and locked the door. He experienced a cardiac event while using…

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Maryland Carbon Monoxide Wrongful Death Lawsuit Settled

A Maryland wrongful death settlement has been reached between a woman whose husband and 10-year-old daughter died after being exposed to CO and the Bay Shore Development Corp, Heat Transfer Products, R.E. Michel Co., and All About Plumbing. Yvonne Boughtner’s carbon monoxide lawsuit had sought $30 million in damages. In…

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