A 38-year-old female bicyclist was pronounced dead after a Saturn car hit the bicycle she was riding on Clear Ridge Road on August 17. Jennifer Michele Clayton died of her injuries at Baltimore’s Maryland Shock Trauma Center later that night. The surviving loved ones of a cyclist who has been…
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Berlin, Maryland Mother And Daughter Killed After Ford Truck Hits Their Car On Holly Grove Road In Baltimore
Maryland State Police have been investigating a fatal car accident that took the lives of Christine Marie Bruno, 44, and her 14-year-old daughter Kristen on August 17. Bruno was pulling out onto Holly Grove Road from the Glen Ridge development when she neglected to yield to traffic on Route 50…
Baltimore Police Shooting Victim’s Mother Hires Attorney for Wrongful Death Case
In Maryland, the mother of a 14-year-old boy who was shot and killed by police on August 12 has hired an attorney and is claiming that his death was a wrongful death situation. Baltimore police say that Officer Roderick Mitter shot and killed Kevin Cooper outside his home in Southwest…
Maryland Route 32 Five-Car Accident Involving Carroll County Dump Truck Sends Four People to Hospitals
In Maryland, four people were taken to hospitals last week after a Butler Ambulance and a Carroll County government dump truck were involved in a five-vehicle accident on Route 32 outside Sykesville. The accident took place south of Springfield Avenue when the ambulance hit a compact car, the dump truck,…
Car Accident sends Maryland Lieutenant Governor Michael Steele to the Hospital
Maryland Lieutenant Governor Michael Steele was treated and released at a local hospital last week after he was involved in a car accident. Maryland State Police say the Chevrolet Suburban that Steele was traveling in was hit by a Chevrolet Cavalier at an intersection of Dorsey Road and Ridge Road…
Family To File Wrongful Death Suit In Shooting Of Unarmed Man By Baltimore Police
The family of a Brooklyn man who was shot and killed by a police officer in Baltimore earlier this month say that they plan to file a wrongful death suit. Ernest Oliver, 39, was shot in the 600 block of Roundview Road in Cherry Hill on August 5 after he…
28-Year-Old La Plata Woman Arrested In Hit And Run Accident
A 28-year-old La Plata woman was arrested on August 1, 2006, for driving while intoxicated, driving while impaired, negligent driving, fleeing and eluding, hit and run, and failure to drive on right side of the road. Sabrina Rae Cutlip was apprehended by police who followed her after she became involved…
Sample Of Interrogatories Form Filed In Nursing Home Negligence Case
Interrogatories are written questions sent to the opposing party in a personal injury lawsuit. Like a deposition, an interrogatory gives each side the opportunity to pose questions to the opposing party. Although the party who is served the interrogatory does not have to appear in court to respond, they are…
12-Year-Old Frederick Boy Dies After His Bicycle Crashes Into A Moving Car
In Frederick, Maryland, a 12-year-old boy died on Sunday after his bicycle crashed into a moving car. Thomas Cline was riding his bike near the intersection of old Middletown Road and Route 180 when he crashed into the front passenger side of a car being driven by a 16-year-old Middletown…
In Anne Arundel County, Parents File $20 Wrongful Death Suit After 5-Year-Old Drowns In Pool At Crofton Country Club
The parents of Connor Freed, a 5-year-old Davidsonville boy who drowned at the Crofton Country Club, are suing the club and DRD Pool Service, Inc, the Hunt Valley-based company that trains the club’s pool staff, for $20 million. The wrongful death lawsuit claims that there was not enough properly trained…