Marouane Hdidou, the husband of a waitress who died in a car collision involving singer-actress Brandy, has filed a wrongful death claim against her. This is the third wrongful death lawsuit filed against Brandy Morris in connection to the death of Awatef Aboudihaj, whose parents and two children have already…
Montgomery County Police Officer Luke Hoffman was chasing a suspected drunken driver on foot last Wednesday when he was hit by a police car on Old Georgia Avenue in Aspen Hill. He was taken to Maryland Shock Trauma Center where he died from his injuries. Hoffman, 24, had been chasing…
Andrew’s Law, a bill that would require the Motor Vehicle Administration to let people who are applying for a driver’s license or other forms of state identification list three emergency contact numbers, has a good chance of being passed by the Maryland General Assembly, says bill sponsor Delegate Gail Bates.…
The sons of a woman who was killed in a car accident last December involving singer-actress Brandy have filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the performer. This is the second wrongful death lawsuit filed against the singer in connection to the accident. Brandy had been driving the SUV that collided…
Gary Lee Dicks, a Virginia truck driver, was acquitted by a Howard County District Court judge for traffic citations he had received in connection with a tragic accident involving a non-working traffic light that led to the deaths of two Howard County teenagers in January 2006. Scott Kaplan, a 19-year-old…
The family of a 38-year-old woman killed in a deadly four-car freeway accident last month is suing singer-actress Brandy for $50 million. The wrongful death suit was filed yesterday in Los Angeles Superior Court by the parents of car accident victim Awatef Aboudihaj, one day after the California Highway Patrol…
The Court of Special Appeals in Maryland says that the family of deceased mechanic Joseph Wilbon will not get the nearly $500,000 they had won for Wilbon’s wrongful death. This latest ruling is based on a technical violation, because attorneys for the family did not file the wrongful death lawsuit…
The family of Keith Scofield, a Frederick man who died 20 days after being sold the wrong drug for diabetes at a local Wal-Mart, is suing the retail chain for $50 million in a wrongful death lawsuit. The documents were filed in Frederick County Circuit Court on December 1. According…
Natalee Holloway’s parents have filed a wrongful death suit against two former suspects in the missing Alabama teenager’s case. Holloway had disappeared in 2005 while on a trip with schoolmates. Aruba police had searched for Holloway, but no one has ever been charged for her disappearance. Holloway, 18, was last…
With all the holiday parties that take place at the end of the year, drunk driving incidents tend to occur more frequently—which can be especially dangerous if you live in one of the 15 U.S. states where at least 41% of all traffic fatalities can be attributed to drunk driving.…