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Jury awards $9M in Baltimore County nursing home bedsore death
A Baltimore County jury awarded over $9 million to the family of a pastor who died from a severe bedsore he developed while living in a Timonium nursing home.
Spouse’s testimony enough to assert Pa. common-law marriage, Md. appeals court rules
A man who says that he and his deceased partner privately exchanged vows to create a common-law marriage has adequately shown the marriage exists in order bring a wrongful death lawsuit, a court ruled.
Md. high court might revisit parent-child immunity precedent
Maryland’s top court might soon revisit its decades-old precedent that a prohibition on minor children suing their parents survives the child’s death.
Md. high court hears appeal against Baltimore for excavation site death
The family of a 20-year-old man who was buried alive while working at a Baltimore excavation site has a cause of action against the city for its alleged negligence in hiring a contractor who failed to protect its worker against the cave-in, the family’s attorney told Maryland’s top court Monday. But a lawyer for Baltimore […]
Jury awards $15M in damages in UVA lacrosse player’s killing
A former University of Virginia lacrosse player from Maryland is liable for fatally beating his girlfriend in 2010 and must pay $15 million in damages in a wrongful death lawsuit, a jury found.
Family sues Montgomery County over fatal police shooting at McDonald’s drive-thru
The parents of a 21-year-old man killed by police at a Gaithersburg McDonald's last year have filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Montgomery County.
Family sues over DPW worker’s drowning death at Baltimore wastewater plant
A new lawsuit claims that the wastewater facility where a Department of Public Works supervisor drowned in 2019 was a “deathtrap” that was so poorly maintained it was all but guaranteed to harm employees. The DPW employee, Trina Cunningham, died when part of a catwalk fell out from under her, dropping her into an 18-foot […]
Maryland high court to weigh if ‘wrongful death’ applies to lost years of life
Maryland’s top court will consider whether a patient’s terminal illness can give rise to a wrongful death claim based on the argument that they would have lived years longer had the diagnosis been made and life-extending treatment begun earlier. The Court of Appeals this week agreed to review a lower court ruling that family members […]
Baltimore County agrees to pay $6.5M in fatal police shooting
Baltimore County has agreed to pay $6.5 million to the family of a man fatally shot by a police officer during a traffic stop on an interstate highway two years ago. The agreement settles the family’s federal lawsuit alleging that the officer who shot Eric J. Sopp on Nov. 26, 2019, needlessly escalated the encounter […]
Family of man killed at excavation site loses appeal against Baltimore
The family of a 20-year-old man who was buried alive while working at a Baltimore excavation site has no claim against the city for its alleged negligence in hiring a contractor who failed to protect its worker against the cave-in, Maryland’s second-highest court ruled last week. The common law duty to protect Kyle Hancock from […]
‘Wrongful death’ applies to loss of life, not years, Md. appeals court says
A doctor’s failure to diagnose a patient’s terminal illness cannot give rise to a wrongful death claim based on the argument that the patient would have lived years longer had the diagnosis been made and life-extending treatment begun earlier, Maryland’s second-highest court has ruled in an appeal brought by the family of a metastatic breast […]
Uber says passenger solely responsible for Oxon Hill driver’s slaying
Uber cannot be held civilly responsible for the killing of one its drivers by a passenger in Oxon Hill two years ago, the ridesharing company stated Friday in moving to dismiss a lawsuit filed on behalf of the driver’s three fatherless children in U.S. District Court in Baltimore. In papers filed with the court, Uber […]
