In Baltimore Circuit Court, a jury has awarded Joseph Montes, the father of 16-year-old Brian Montes, $50,000 for his suicide death. The defendant in this Maryland wrongful death lawsuit is Frank Eisler, the boy’s stepfather. Brian killed himself on April 11, 2005. He shot himself in the head with a…
On Saturday, 91-year-old James W. Brown, a nursing home resident at a Columbia, Maryland nursing home, died of head trauma after another patient attacked him at the assisted living facility where they were was residing. Earl Lafayette Wilder, 87, was charged with first- and second- degree assault and second- degree…
In Maryland, Shannon Brown was awarded $1,063,807.37 for the Baltimore City truck accident injuries that she sustained on July 13, 2006. Brown fractured her leg and her right leg was crushed when a gas tanker truck ran a red light and struck the car that she was in. Fortunately, her…
If you have a sick or elderly loved one who needs to be admitted to a Maryland nursing home, it is natural to feel anxious. Not only will you be sending your family member to live with a bunch of strangers and placing his or her medical care and well-being…
The family of a 51-year-old patient who died after undergoing lung transplant surgery at the University of Maryland Medical Center is suing the hospital and subcontractor Coalition of Perfusion Services for his wrongful death. Bryan Harris’s family claims that he died because a contract worker at UM Medical Center made…
A 67-year-old Baltimore bicyclist is dead after he was fatally struck in a Maryland truck accident. Police are currently searching for the hit-and-run trucker, who left the crash site. The deadly Maryland bicycle accident occurred at the intersection of West Lafayette and Maryland Avenues. Investigators say that the truck struck…
A Montgomery County, Maryland jury has awarded John and Sandra Ketterman $1.85 million for their newborn’s wrongful death. Their son, Benjamin, died two days after he was born in July 2005. The Kettermans had accused Dr. Leonard Bienkowski of negligently using vacuum extraction during their son’s delivery at Frederick Memorial…
The decision by Maryland’s highest court to extend the doctrine of informed consent to doctors’ talks with patients about medical options has resulted in the reinstatement of a $13 million birthing malpractice verdict to a mother whose son was born with cerebral palsy. Peggy McQuitty and Dylan filed a Baltimore…
Findings released from a new study this week report that texting while driving increases the chance that a truck driver will be involved in a truck crash or near-accident by 23 times. Researches from Virginia Tech’s Transportation Institute looked at commercial trucking information from two studies—one in 2003 and the…
Last week, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration introduced new braking standards for truck tractors. Whereas the old standard required tractor-trailers moving at 60 mph come to a full stop within 355 feet, the new standard mandates a complete stop within 250 feet. The federal agency estimates that this new…