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Catastrophic Medical Mistakes: Laws Now Requires District and Maryland Hospitals to Report Errors that Result in Serious Injuries

In the last year, hospitals in Maryland, the District, and Virginia have reported hundreds of medical incidents that have resulted in serious medical harm or death. That’s because new laws that went into effect in 2008 require these hospitals to notify health regulators about serious injuries sustained by patient during…

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Preventing Maryland Drunk Driving and Drugged Driving Accidents: NHTSA Roadside Survey Reports Decrease in Drunk Drivers

Driving under the influence of alcohol and drugs continues to destroy too many lives. Drunk driving and drugged driving are both careless acts that can be grounds for a Maryland car accident lawsuit if someone gets hurt or dies. On a positive note, however, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s…

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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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Maryland Pharmacy Injuries: Pharmacist is Charged with Illegally Selling Over 23,000 Prescription Pills

Police in Maryland have arrested a Reisterstown pharmacist. They are accusing Ketankumar Arvind Patel of illegally selling over 23,000 prescription pills. Authorities say that this amount is equal to almost 28,000 pounds of marijuana or 63 kilograms of cocaine. Federal charges have been filed against the 47-year-old. In the six-count…

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Sykesville Mother Dies from Injuries Sustained in Tragic Maryland Truck Accident that Killed Her Teenage Son and Injured Her Daughter

Nearly one week after a tragic Maryland truck accident on Route 32 killed her 13-year-old son and injured her 5-year-old daughter, 51-year-old Kyong Hae Kim has died. Kim, her son Vincent, and her daughter Jacqueline were headed to a riding lesson on June 12 when the Sykesville family’s Mazda 5…

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Baltimore County Fire Department Says Latest Carbon Monoxide Not the First Involving Essex Townhouse Community

In Baltimore County last Wednesday, three women, an 18-month-old boy, and an 11-year-old boy were transported to Maryland Shock Trauma Center for treatment of carbon monoxide poisoning. All five victims live in the first block of Cove Village Complex, a townhouse community. Readings showed approximately 85 parts per million of…

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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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Washington DC Metro Train Accident Death Count Goes Up to 9 Fatalities

Investigators are working hard to determine the cause of Monday’s deadly DC Metro train accident that officials are calling the worst in Metrolink’s history. The death toll has risen to 9 fatalities—although Washington Mayor Adrian Fenty says emergency officials don’t believe any more bodies will be found in the wreckage…

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