Saying there’s no double dipping in civil litigation, a unanimous Maryland high court this week barred a car-crash victim from pursuing a subsequent medical malpractice claim after finding she was fully compensated for all injuries by the auto insurance company. ...

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The family of a man who killed himself after sustaining non-life-threatening injuries in a truck crash settles wrongful-death claim against owner of other vehicle.

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The widow and children of a man who killed himself more than two years after sustaining multiple but not life-threatening injuries in an Elkton truck collision can pursue a $2 million wrongful-death claim against the company that owned the other vehicle, a U.S. District Court judge in Baltimore has ruled.

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ANNAPOLIS — Distracted driving on the part of a truck driver caused a July crash on the Chesapeake Bay Bridge that sent a car falling 27 feet into the water, according to a Maryland Transportation Authority Police investigation released Thursday. ...

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ANNAPOLIS — A woman who was driving on a learner’s permit and caused a fatal crash has been sentenced to jail and home detention. Twenty-year-old Elizabeth Ramirez of Millersville was sentenced to six months in jail, followed by six months ...

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An Anne Arundel County jury has acquitted a Pasadena man of vehicular homicide in the death of another driver last November on Route 100 in Glen Burnie.

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Police used a stun gun on former Ravens wide receiver Jermaine Lewis and charged him with resisting arrest after a traffic accident Monday evening in Baltimore County. Lewis was released Tuesday on $50,000 bail, county police spokeswoman Detective Cathleen Batton ...

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ANNAPOLIS — Attorneys for police officers and Montgomery County’s inspector general clashed Monday in the state’s highest court over access to documents held by the Internal Affairs Division, which investigated the police department’s handling of a car crash involving a ...

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A Baltimore woman has won a $110,000 verdict in Baltimore City Circuit Court against her car insurance company and the uninsured man who hit her vehicle. In a lawsuit, Beverly Tucker, a former social worker for Baltimore, alleged that she ...

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Though her car crash occurred in Millersville, Christina Thompson of Anne Arundel County tried to sue her auto insurer in Baltimore City Circuit Court, saying a state law expressly permits lawsuits to be filed in the city whenever the allegation ...

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