A DC teenager, who was raped by a counselor at a Pennsylvania clinic in 2005, has filed a federal lawsuit suing Washington DC and nonprofit group KidsPeace Corporation for personal injury. The girl, who is a former ward of the city, had been consigned to the clinic, which is run…
This week, in Washington DC, a US Senate committee is scheduled to hear about a case involving the family of William Kurth, who sustained a number of pressure ulcers and fractured his leg and up while staying at a nursing home. Kurth’s family, however, was unable to sue for nursing…
In Maryland, Prince George’s County officials are trying to figure out how there managed to be an exposed live wire at a Chillum bus stop. A six-year-old girl suffered electrical shock and “severe” third-degree burns on Saturday after she grabbed the wire. She was taken to Children’s National Medical Center…
In Baltimore County Circuit Court last week, William C. Spittel was sentenced to six months in jail and a $2,500 fine after he pled guilty to one count of negligent manslaughter by vessel. Spittel was the operator of a 24-foot motorboat that struck a channel marker in the Pleasure Island…
Scott Peterson, the man convicted of murdering his wife Laci Peterson and their unborn son Connor Peterson, will have to stand trial again—this time for a civil wrongful death lawsuit filed by Laci’s parents. The ruling to have the trial go forward was made by a Stanislaus County Superior Court…
In Maryland, the personal injury lawsuit filed by Edna “Peggy” Payton-Henderson, the mother of William “Tipper” Thomas III, the high school football player who became paralyzed from the waist down after being injured during a 2004 shooting at Randallstown High School parking lot, will be tried before a jury in…
Two people are suing Emilio Inc, the company of Tejano star Emilio Navaira for injuries they sustained during a tour bus crash in Texas in March. Navaira, who was driving the bus, lost control of the vehicle that slammed into traffic barrels. The singer suffered a life threatening traumatic brain…
The mother of a teenaged girl is suing a Planned Parenthood in Washington DC for $50 million over a failed abortion. Shantese Butler, was just 13-years-old when her mother Emma Jean Butler took her to Planned Parenthood Metropolitan in September 2005 to have an abortion. Shantese had gotten pregnant after…
In Frederick County, Maryland, the family of Jarrel Gray, the 20-year-old man who died last year after he was shocked with a police Taser twice is suing the Frederick County Sheriff’s Office, Sheriff Chuck Jenkins, and Corporal Torres for Gray’s wrongful death. Jeffrey Gray and Tanya Thomas are the plaintiffs…
In Anne Arundel County, Maria J. Lizama-Sanchez, 31, died last week after the minivan she was riding in was struck by a tractor-trailer. Lizama-Sanchez, was about 7 months pregnant, and doctors at Maryland Shock Trauma Center in Baltimore had to deliver the baby because of the seriousness of her injuries.…