Each year in the United States, approximately 300 children under the age of 5 drown in swimming pools. Emergency room treatment is required for 2,000 children each year under the age of 5 due to being submerged in a residential swimming pool. Seventy-five percent of the children who drowned or were treated for submersion were […]
Category Archives: Personal Injury
Connecticut Power Plant Workers Suing Over Injuries Sustained During Explosion
According to a recent report, workers injured in a Connecticut power plant explosion have filed a lawsuit against the owners of the facility for failing to provide adequate safety measures that could have prevented the explosion from taking place. The incident occurred when workers were purging a natural gas pipeline, and a buildup of natural […]
Unlawful Restraint Methods Used in NY Juvenile Detention Centers
Juvenile detention centers are supposed to rehabilitate wayward youths, not harm them. However, a lawsuit recently filed against an agency that operates nine New York state juvenile detention centers is being accused of wrong doing, specifically the improper use of force and illegal methods of restraint used against detention center residents. A poughkeepsiejournal.com article discusses […]
Walkersville Man Loses Control of Vehicle on MD-194
According to Maryland’s local NBC affiliate’s website, your4state.com, a single vehicle car crash on MD-194 and Stauffer Road took the life of a Walkersville man. According to reports, the man was in fact speeding at the time of the accident, and lost control of his vehicle before crashing. The vehicle reportedly rolled over before it […]
Unlicensed Driver Crashes into Maryland Apartment Building
According to the Associated Press, an auto accident involving a minivan and an apartment building took place on Good Luck Road. According to reports, the driver of the minivan was unlicensed and was apparently being taught how to drive by his friend. The unlicensed driver lost control of the vehicle, and crashed into a Lanham […]
Maryland Shopping Center Gas Explosion Injures Worker and Firefighters
Eight firefighters and a gas company worker suffered personal injury due to a gas explosion at a Forestville, Maryland, strip mall, according to a report. Firefighters were called to the shopping center in Prince George’s County after a gas company worker was hurt while working on a gas line. If you’ve been affected by such […]
Howard County Fatal Car Accident: Martinsburg Man Accepts Alford Plea
A West Virginia man has entered an Alford plea in connection with an auto accident in Maryland that claimed the life of one man and injured four other people. According to this WHSV Channel 3 report, Joel Wareham, 22, of Martinsburg, admitted that the State of Maryland had ample evidence to convict him of negligent […]
Westminster Hit-and-Run Crash Kills McDaniel College Student
According to this recent WTOP 103.5 FM report, a college student attending McDaniel College was killed in early February in a hit-and-run accident. Police officials in Westminster, MD, say that 19-year-old Thomas Rouleau of Gilboa, NY, died at the scene from injuries he suffered in the auto accident. A spokesman for the Westminster Police Department […]
Anne Arundel County Auto Accident Kills Mother
The Baltimore Sun reports in an account that on March 4, 2009, a 33-year old Pasadena resident was killed instantly when the car she was driving, carrying her 5-year old daughter, was pushed into the path of a truck. According to the Sun, when Christine Schoppert was waiting to make a left turn into the […]
Maryland Police Officer not Indicted in Fatal Car Crash
After a year of investigation, county prosecutors have decided not to indict a Prince George County police officer who faced several serious charges in a 2007 car accident that claimed the life of a University of Maryland student. According to a recent report in the Washington Post, Officer Mario Chavez had been drinking the evening […]