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04/10/2018

Maryland has launched a pilot program that uses the vehicle registration process to alert car owners of recalls involving their vehicle.

Car manufacturers routinely notify car owners of recalls, but due to owners moving or cars being resold, those alerts never reach the car’s current owner in some cases. Maryland wants to change that.

04/05/2018

Whether it’s a traffic accident or a shooting, doctors at Shock Trauma want the public to learn how to slow the bleeding of trauma victims.

Whether it's a traffic accident or a shooting, doctors at Shock Trauma want the public to learn how to slow the bleeding of trauma victims.

04/03/2018

The '20 percent rule' - an arbitrary standard in malpractice suits

Imposing an arbitrary standard on the livelihood of expert witnesses in medical malpractice cases doesn't accomplish much.

03/27/2018

Federal regulators have cited the University of Maryland Medical Center Midtown for violating patient rights and several patient safety and hospital management regulations related to a January incident in which a woman was discharged from its emergency room in just a hospital gown.

Federal regulators cited The University of Maryland Medical Center Midtown campus on several violations related to a January case where a patient was put out on the street in just a hospital gown.

03/22/2018

Errors related to diagnosis were the largest source of medical malpractice claims from 2013 to 2017, according to a new study.

Errors related to diagnosis accounted for 33% of medical malpractice claims from 2013 to 2017, beating out all other reasons for such lawsuits and highlighting the challenges physicians face in making clinical decisions.

03/15/2018

If you have been injured in the course of your work, you may be entitled to workers’ compensation benefits, and these can include a settlement.

Here, the workers' compensation attorneys at Murnane & O'Neill explain workers' compensation settlements and the considerations a beneficiary should make before accepting a settlement.

03/13/2018

If you are injured on someone else’s property, premises liability law would dictate your ability to seek damages from the property owner. Here, the personal injury attorneys at Murnane & O’Neill explain Maryland’s premises liability law.

Here, the personal injury attorneys at Murnane & O'Neill explain Maryland's premises liability law.

03/08/2018

A proposed “red flag” law in Maryland would allow family members or friends to have authorities temporarily seize guns from a person who they believe poses a threat to themselves or others.

A proposed “red flag" law in Maryland would allow family members or friends to have authorities temporarily seize guns from a person who they believe poses a threat to themselves or others.

03/06/2018

Driving while drowsy is linked to nearly 10 percent of crashes, a AAA study says, but Maryland police rarely know if that caused a crash.

03/01/2018

Baltimore police union balks at policy requiring officers to pay some legal damages themselves

A group of five Baltimore police officers could have to personally pay out $40,000 for a jury verdict that found they acted maliciously in the course of an arrest, a development that prompted a warning from the officers' union.

02/27/2018

It's a well-intentioned effort to provide men with some of the same financial protection from birth control costs that women get. But a new Maryland law may jeopardize the ability of thousands of consumers — both men and women — to use health savings accounts.

State officials seeking to cover birth control methods for both men and women are trying to make sure the new law doesn't conflict with federal rules for health savings accounts.

02/22/2018

Baltimore’s law department filed a lawsuit Wednesday against opioid manufacturers and distributors over the marketing of addictive pain pills, adding the weight of the Maryland jurisdiction hardest hit by the overdose crisis to the legal campaign to hold the pharmaceutical industry accountable.

Baltimore's top lawyer said the city would sue opioid manufacturers and distributors over the harms called by addictive pills, adding the weight of the jurisdiction hardest hit by the overdose crisis to the legal campaign to hold the pharmaceutical industry accountable.