Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley has signed into law a bill that imposes penalties on failing to stop at a nonfunctioning traffic light located off a highway exit ramp. The penalties will be the same as for running a red light. The state legislation created the bill after a deadly motor…
In the wake of a bus shelter falling on waiting passengers on Macarthur Boulevard near Cathedral Avenue in Washington D.C., all metro bus shelters in the area are to undergo a safety inspection. The accident happened earlier this month when a Metrobus ran into the shelter, shattering the structure that…
Last week, a jury found Dr. Emerson R. Julian, Jr., an obstetrician and former city councilman, liable for medical malpractice. He has been ordered to pay $8.1 million to the parents of a baby boy who suffered brain damage during a challenging delivery at Mercy Medical Center in 2003. Baby…
Yesterday, Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley made it a crime to stage a car accident to steal insurance money. Bill HB1409, signed into law, would also limit the amount of access outsiders had to police reports so that perpetrators wouldn’t be able to secure the names of real crash victims and…
As the boating season begins, Maryland Natural Resources Police have their eyes on Ocean City, Deep Creek Lake in Garrett County, and Sandy Point State Park in Anne Arundel County as three areas where the largest number of boating accidents have been known to occur. In 2006, boating police implemented…
A new study recently released by Safe Kids Worldwide says that Maryland is number 12 out of all 50 states and D.C. in a new ranking report of children’s unintentional injury deaths during the summer. The report is called The Safe Kids U.S. Summer Safety Ranking Report. Maryland’s unintentional injury-related…
A deadly multi-vehicle accident on Maryland’s Chesapeake Bay Bridge yesterday left three people dead and five others with injuries. The seven-car collision took place on the newer, three-lane span, just after 4pm, when a trailer being towed by an SUV broke loose and other drivers swerved their vehicles to avoid…
A number of motorcycle accidents in the past several weeks have caused police in Anne Arundel County to warn drivers on the road to pay more attention to motorcyclists. On April 22, Lora Burgess, of Laurel, and Kevin Ross, of Baltimore, were killed in Millersville on Interstate 97 after their…
Marouane Hdidou, the husband of a waitress who died in a car collision involving singer-actress Brandy, has filed a wrongful death claim against her. This is the third wrongful death lawsuit filed against Brandy Morris in connection to the death of Awatef Aboudihaj, whose parents and two children have already…
Philip Peters, Jr., from the University of Missouri-Columbia School of Law, says that juries tend to believe doctors more than plaintiffs in medical malpractice cases—contrary to popular belief in the medical communities that juries usually favor plaintiffs. He says he found that the majority of malpractice suits end in defense…