A Frederick County jury awarded approximately $17 million Tuesday to the families of two helicopter pilots killed in a crash near the Frederick Municipal Airport in 2014. Jurors, following three days of deliberation and a two-week trial, awarded approximately $12 ...

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A Baltimore County jury has awarded nearly $4 million to the surviving family members of a 28-year-old man who went into cardiac arrest after a doctor failed to diagnose him with heart disease. The jury’s award included a combined $3.75 ...

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A Baltimore City Circuit Court jury on Friday awarded $900,000 to a former Morgan State University football player who sued the school after he was the victim of an on-campus shooting in November 2012. Tyrell Okoro’s lawsuit claimed the school ...

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A Montgomery County woman has filed a federal lawsuit against several hospitals and doctors, alleging she suffered cardiac arrest and slipped into a coma because her health care providers failed to order appropriate treatments despite knowing her pregnancy was high-risk.

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A Calvert County Circuit Court jury has awarded $1.3 million in damages to a Dunkirk man for injuries sustained when a railing collapse at his home caused him to fall two stories. The jury awarded Adam Rutkowski $206,700 for past ...

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The family of a man who had the mental capacity of a 1-year-old has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against his care provider, alleging employees did not provide him proper supervision. Mitchell Bruh, 44, was under the care of The ...

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A Connecticut man has filed a lawsuit against the University of Maryland Baltimore Washington Medical Center, alleging the hospital failed to recognize his severe back pain, numbness and tingling as signs of a serious neurological condition and instead sent him ...

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A commercial vehicle driver with a history of traffic and criminal citations should never have been permitted to drive the truck that seriously injured a father and son in a 2013 collision, according to a lawsuit filed Monday. Christopher Buchanan, ...

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The family of a Baltimore man killed in a 2012 bar shooting is suing the owners for negligence and wrongful death, alleging the bar failed to protect him despite knowing patrons routinely carried deadly weapons on the premises. Clarence L. ...

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A settlement has been reached between an Ocean City bar and a Pennsylvania man who sued for injuries he allegedly sustained by tripping over equipment on the stage in 2011. Lester M. Bender sough more than $5 million in damages ...

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