The family of John R. “Jack” Yates has settled their Baltimore truck accident lawsuit with Potts & Callahan Inc. and tanker truck driver Michael Dale Chandler. Yates, 67, died on August 4, 2009 when his bicycle got stuck in the truck’s large wheels. The terms of the Maryland wrongful death…
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72-Year-Old Hagerstown Woman Dies from Maryland Car Accident on Interstate 70
Olga Liselotte Melton, a 72-year-old Hagerstown woman, was killed in a Maryland traffic crash on Saturday night on Interstate 70. Melton was riding in the front seat of a car driven by Helmut John Frick when their vehicle struck an unattended auto at around 11:19 pm. Also on Saturday, 25-year-old…
Salmonella Outbreak at Frederick County, Maryland Nursing Home Strikes 8 People
The Frederick County Health Department says that eight people recently fell ill with Salmonella at the Homewood at Crumland Farms nursing home. One person who had to be hospitalized after developing Salmonella died afterward. The assisted living facility’s nursing home director says that the death was caused by other health…
$1.5 Million Maryland Personal Injury Lawsuit Filed Against Howard County Following Alleged Physical Assault by High School Assistant Football Coach
Dan Mason is suing Howard County’s Board of Education for Maryland personal injury. Mason, whose son Nicholas “Neko” Rynn-Mason used to play football at Oakland Mills High School in Columbia, Maryland, claims that assistant football coach Brian Henderson physically assaulted him during a football game at the school. Mason is…
Update: Question 2 on the Maryland Ballot Passes
In an earlier post, our Maryland car accident lawyers explained why we believed Marylanders should vote to pass Question 2 which increased Maryland District Court’s jurisdiction to $15,000.00. On November 2, 2010, 1,542,546 Marylanders cast a vote on the issue presented in Question 2. Of that number, 1,010,640, or 66%…
Carroll County, Maryland Injury Lawsuit Seeks Damages for E.Coli Infection from Unpasteurized Apple Cider
In Carroll County Circuit court, Baltimore resident Nicholas Fickel is suing Baugher’s Orchard and Farm for Maryland personal injury. Fickel says he became ill after consuming Baugher’s unpasteurized apple cider last month. Fickel says that his E. coli infection caused him to experience uncomfortable symptoms, including bloody diarrhea and painful…
Man Assaulted at Westport Light Rail Station in Baltimore, Maryland Dies From Injuries
The 44-year-old man who was physically assaulted at the Westport light rail station last month has died from his Baltimore injuries. Winslow Thomas, who managed to walk to a home after the attack on October 22, received treatment at Maryland Shock Trauma for blunt-force injuries and cuts. He died on…
Maryland Car Crash on Route 113 Kills Four People and Injures Five Others
A catastrophic Maryland multi-vehicle vehicle accident on Route 113 on Monday afternoon has claimed the lives of four people from the same family. They are Carmelo Dominguez, 53, his wife Evelyn Morales, 48, daughter Natasha Dominguez, 23, and grandson Jose Dominguez, 2. All four car crash victims were traveling in…
Frederick County, School Bus Crash Involving Injuries Went Unreported, Say Maryland State Police
Maryland State Police are investigating a Frederick County traffic crash between two school buses onThursday that they say went unreported. A number of school children reportedly sustained injuries. According to the authorities, a Littlestown School District bus collided with another district bus at around 3pm. A number of third graders…
Two Dead from Havre De Grace Fire at Harford County, Maryland Apartment Building
A second person has died from injuries sustained during a fire in Havre de Grace, Maryland. The victim is 70-year-old Helen Bernice Logan. She died of smoke inhalation. The deadly fire broke out at about 4:30am last Tuesday in Logan’s apartment. Some 25 firefighters were called to quell the fire,…