The surviving family members of Baltimore Police Officer Norman Stamp say they will file a Maryland wrongful death lawsuit against the city of Baltimore. Stamp, 65, was killed after being shot by another Baltimore cop during a brawl outside the Haven Place strip club on April 24. Stamp was off…
About 30 truck carriers, manufacturers, and shippers are in Washington D.C. this week. They are trying to persuade the US Congress to adopt a “Demonstration Project” that would allow larger trucks to operate in certain U.S. states. The coalition of truck companies believes that the US is at a competitive…
In Baltimore, the family of Isaiah Simmons III, 17, has filed a $207 million wrongful death lawsuit against the Maryland Department of Juvenile Services, the Bowling Brook Preparatory School, and seven counselors at the now-closed private reform school. Simmons died in January 2007 following a confrontation with counselors at the…
Former Yale Law School Professor Robert Bork has agreed to a $1 million slip and fall lawsuit he had filed for injuries he suffered at the Yale Club of New York City in 2006. The details of the settlement are confidential. Bork injured himself at the alumni social club when…
The Maryland Attorney General’s Office and the family of a Randallstown man that died after being beaten by correctional officers inside Baltimore’s Central Booking and Intake Center in 2005 have reached a $500,000 wrongful death settlement. Smoot, the father of four children—three of them under 18 years of age—was arrested…
Congressional researches say that the federal government should be doing more to protect patients from contracting infections at hospitals. According to the Government Accountability Office, the federal government needs to establish proper standards for hospitals to reduce infections. In Baltimore, Maryland, one man is suing Northwest and Sinai hospitals for…
Federal, state, and local agencies have designated the month of May as Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month to remind drivers and motorcyclists to “Share the Road” safely and keep motorcyclists safe. In 2007, one out of every nine traffic accident fatalities was a motorcyclist. 4,810 motorcyclists died in 2006. While the…
In California, San Francisco General Hospital has agreed to pay $5.1 million to settle a medical malpractice lawsuit filed by a patient who was seriously injured after hospital staff gave him the wrong medication. San Francisco supervisors approved the settlement amount on Tuesday. According to court documents, John Weatherspoon III,…
A jury in Baltimore County is ordering Keibler-Thompson Co. to pay a Maryland welder over $3 million for a crushed leg injury he sustained at work in 1999. James Morris, 58, was seriously injured on his first day working as a welder at the Beth Steel Sparrows Point plant. Morris…
In federal court, a judge has dismissed the personal injury lawsuit against Smithsonian Business Ventures Vice President Jeanny Kim. The plaintiff in the lawsuit, custodian and Silver Springs resident Mary T. Majano, had accused Kim of assault. The alleged injury incident occurred in Downtown Washington D.C. at the Victor Building…