The family of Randy Rakes, a 38-year-old Finksburg, Maryland pedestrian who died last year after he was hit by a police cruiser, has filed a $15.8 million wrongful death lawsuit against Trooper Dale Derr, the police officer who was driving the vehicle, and the Maryland State Police. Rakes had been…
This week, a Food and Drug Administration panel will review the effect of the flu medicine Tamiflu on the brain. 55 children in the United States reportedly exhibited abnormal behavior and other brain effects after taking the medication. 22 of the cases included serious symptoms, such as delirium, convulsions, and…
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…
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,…
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…
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 & 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…
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…
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.…
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…