The Anne Arundel County fire department is reporting that five people were injured when an SUV crashed into a Chick-fil-A on Solomon’s Island Road in Edgewater today. One of the injured persons, a 67-year-old man, sustained serious injuries and had to be flown to the Maryland Shock Trauma Center. A…
Maryland Accident Law Blog
GMAC Insurance Says 36 Million US Drivers Would Flunk Driving Test
According to GMAC Insurance, one out of every six US drivers would flunk their driver’s test if they had to retake the test today. The GMAC Insurance National Drivers Test named New York as the state with the most number of drivers likely to flunk their tests, with Washington DC,…
NTSB Report Claims 2006 Metro Accident that Killed Two Track Workers Involved Metro Operator Error
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) released a report that says that the accident that killed two track inspectors involved operator error. The report says that Lynette Harris, the driver of the Yellow Line train that killed two people on November 30, 2006, did not follow proper operating procedures and…
Kanye West’s Mother Dies After Plastic Surgery
Donda West, the mother of record producer and rapper Kanye West, died on Saturday night at Centinela Freeman Regional Medical Center in Marina del Ray, California due to what may have been surgical complications. Donda West, 58, had just undergone plastic surgery performed by Beverly Hills Dr. Jan Adams. Adams…
Merck Will Pay $4.85 Billion to Settle Vioxx Lawsuits
Merck & Company says it will pay $4.85 billion to settle thousands of lawsuits related to injuries sustained by people who use Vioxx, a popular painkiller that was pulled from the market three years ago because studies revealed that it increased the risk of stroke and heart attack. There have…
Millions of Toys with “Date Rape” Chemical Recalled After Five Children are Injured
Two children in the United States and three children in Australia were hospitalized after swallowing beads from a popular toy product that contain a chemical that metabolizes into a potent date rape drug when absorbed into the body. The two children who became sick in the United States went into…
Baltimore City Paramedics Rescue Injured Maryland Worker After 10-Foot Wall Collapses
A worker was pulled from the rubble of a building basement on Tuesday after a 10-foot-masonry wall collapsed on him. According to Fire Division Chief Jeffrey Segal, the worker sustained injuries but they were not serious. The building where the worker was found is located at 207 E. Redwood St.…
Family of Boy Who Died from Staph Infection To File $25 Wrongful Death Million Lawsuit
The family of a 12-year-old boy that died from a staph infection is going to sue the city of New York with a $25 million wrongful death lawsuit. Omar Rivera’s mother, Aileen Rivera, says she will sue the city because doctors at Kings County Hospital Center misdiagnosed his illness. Omar…
Father of US Soldier Wins $10.9 Million Personal Injury Lawsuit in Maryland Against Baptist Church For Funeral Protest
The father of a solider killed in Iraq won a $10.9 million personal injury verdict against the Westboro Baptist Church, a fundamentalist church in Kansas. The church pickets at military funerals because it believes that the Iraqi War is God’s way of punishing the US for its acceptance of homosexuals.…
Washington D.C. Police Identify Motorcyclist Involved in Deadly Police Chase and Seven-Car Crash
D.C. police say they have identified the motorcyclist that was involved in the high-speed police chase that resulted in a deadly multi-motor vehicle collision on the Capital Beltway on May 30. The crash resulted in the deaths of two people. 15 others were injured in the collision involving seven motor…