HARTFORD, Conn. — A woman who sued her 12-year-old nephew for $127,000 over injuries she received when he exuberantly greeted her at his birthday party four years ago was forced to go to court over her medical bills, her lawyers ...

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Baltimore police say Molotov cocktails are to blame for fires that injured more than a half-dozen people. Police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi says Molotov cocktails were found in a garden-style apartment building and a nearby northeast Baltimore residence on Wednesday morning. ...

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The scene: Closing arguments in an auto negligence case, being tried on liability first. Plaintiff’s attorney (me) goes first: “Your honor, the defendant’s story that my client was making a U-turn on a road with one lane in each direction just ...

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HAGERSTOWN — A 5.9-magnitude earthquake centered near Richmond, Va., rattled the walls of homes and buildings across western Maryland. Emergency management officials in the region say they have no reports of injuries or significant damage from the quake that struck ...

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RICHMOND, VA — A Fairfax County jury has awarded $575,000 to a scholarship athlete at George Mason University who suffered serious injuries in a car wreck but made something close to a complete recovery. The defendants — Alpha Epsilon Pi ...

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An Ocean City man accepted a $462,000 offer of judgment after an auto accident with a trucker left him with neck injuries that he said resulted in bankruptcy and the loss of his job and home. James A. Gelfo and ...

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The Supreme Court has agreed to decide whether plaintiffs alleging negligence under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act must prove proximate causation. The case stems from hand injuries suffered by a railroad engineer when he used the railroad brake during switching ...

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