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No CO Detector in Rowhouse Where Fatal Baltimore Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Occurred

According to The Baltimore Sun, Department of Housing and Community Development assistant commissioner Eric Booker says the rowhouse that was the scene of a deadly Baltimore carbon monoxide poisoning accident did not have a CO detector even though one should have been installed and working properly. The victims, 40-year-old Vonita…

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$3.25M Montgomery County, Maryland Wrongful Death Lawsuit Seeks Damages from Bar Over 2008 Drunk Driving Crash that Killed 10-Year-Old

The family of Jazmine Warr is suing Dogfish Head Alehouse owner JMGM Group LLC for her Maryland wrongful death. The 10-year-old girl died from injuries she sustained during a Montgomery County car accident in on Interstate 270 August 2008. Her half sister Cortovia Harris, then 11, survived the crash with…

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20-Year-Old Survivor of 2008 Maryland Medevac Crash Sues FAA for $50M

20-year-old Jordan Wells is suing the Federal Aviation Administration for Maryland personal injury. The Waldorf resident is the only one to survive the 2008 Medevac crash involving a Maryland State Police helicopter in District Heights. She is seeking $50 million. According to Wells’ Maryland aviation accident lawsuit, FAA traffic controllers…

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Baltimore County Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Incident Kills 2 People and Sickens At Least 10 Others

According to Baltimore County Fire Department Divisional Chief Michael Robinson, the rental house in Pikesville where Nelvin Salguero and Enael Lemus died from carbon monoxide poisoning on Sunday was not equipped with a CO detector. County ordinance requires that a rental property come with the device. Firefighters said the carbon…

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Maryland Fire Deaths of Two Frostburg State University Students Caused by Overheated Pipe

Investigators are now saying that the apartment fire that killed Frostburg State University students Alyssa Salazar, 20, and Evan Kullberg, 23, occurred because of an overheated flue pipe. The fatal Maryland fire occurred early Friday. According to the state fire marshal’s office, the three alarm fire was caused by the…

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Family of Baltimore Bicyclist Settles Maryland Tanker Truck Accident Lawsuit Over His Wrongful Death

The family of John R. “Jack” Yates has settled their Baltimore truck accident lawsuit with Potts & Callahan Inc. and tanker truck driver Michael Dale Chandler. Yates, 67, died on August 4, 2009 when his bicycle got stuck in the truck’s large wheels. The terms of the Maryland wrongful death…

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72-Year-Old Hagerstown Woman Dies from Maryland Car Accident on Interstate 70

Olga Liselotte Melton, a 72-year-old Hagerstown woman, was killed in a Maryland traffic crash on Saturday night on Interstate 70. Melton was riding in the front seat of a car driven by Helmut John Frick when their vehicle struck an unattended auto at around 11:19 pm. Also on Saturday, 25-year-old…

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Salmonella Outbreak at Frederick County, Maryland Nursing Home Strikes 8 People

The Frederick County Health Department says that eight people recently fell ill with Salmonella at the Homewood at Crumland Farms nursing home. One person who had to be hospitalized after developing Salmonella died afterward. The assisted living facility’s nursing home director says that the death was caused by other health…

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$1.5 Million Maryland Personal Injury Lawsuit Filed Against Howard County Following Alleged Physical Assault by High School Assistant Football Coach

Dan Mason is suing Howard County’s Board of Education for Maryland personal injury. Mason, whose son Nicholas “Neko” Rynn-Mason used to play football at Oakland Mills High School in Columbia, Maryland, claims that assistant football coach Brian Henderson physically assaulted him during a football game at the school. Mason is…

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Update: Question 2 on the Maryland Ballot Passes

In an earlier post, our Maryland car accident lawyers explained why we believed Marylanders should vote to pass Question 2 which increased Maryland District Court’s jurisdiction to $15,000.00. On November 2, 2010, 1,542,546 Marylanders cast a vote on the issue presented in Question 2. Of that number, 1,010,640, or 66%…

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