Sounding like an NFL referee, a judge dismissed a woman’s claim that a bus driver’s negligence caused her to trip and fall after viewing a video showing she fell on her own.

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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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McLEAN, Va. — The Progressive Corp. insurance group is defending itself against an onslaught of negative publicity after it tried to avoid paying $75,000 to the family of a client killed in a car crash and tried to blame the ...

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MORRISTOWN, N.J. — A woman who texted her boyfriend while he was driving cannot be held liable for a car crash he caused while responding, seriously injuring a motorcycling couple, a judge ruled Friday in what is believed to be ...

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The Board of Estimates, Baltimore’s spending panel, will hear Wednesday a protest from resident and community activist Kim Trueheart on an agenda item she called “foul” and “awful.” Trueheart, who said she has been coming to the Board of Estimates’ ...

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RICHMOND, Va.— Attorneys for former racecar driver Jeremy Mayfield are asking a federal appeals panel to reinstate his lawsuit against NASCAR over his suspension for failing a random drug test at Richmond International Raceway in 2009. A three-judge panel of ...

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It was 1:30 p.m. on a Tuesday when the judge took the bench for the incarcerable traffic docket. The doors had opened a half-hour earlier to allow the witnesses to check in. These cases are officer-driven; generally, the officer makes ...

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Thank you, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. And, you’re welcome. Sunday, a state trooper stopped me for a chat along Interstate 81. Mr. Trooper congratulated me on sparing the driver just ahead of me from getting a ticket. After checking my license ...

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HAGERSTOWN — An Ellicott City man has been ordered back to prison for violating his probation in a double manslaughter case. Thirty-one-year-old Matthew Meyer was sentenced Wednesday in Hagerstown to 3 ½ years with another 3 ½ suspended. The sentence ...

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