After Liposuction Surgeries in Maryland, 1 Patient Dies, 2 Fall Ill, Leaving Legal Questions

Serious infections after liposuction surgery have caused the death of one patient and sickened two others, forcing the closing of a Timonium, Md., medical facility while authorities work to determine how the death and illnesses could have occurred. Officials at the Monarch Medspa surgery center "are cooperating as Maryland and Baltimore County health officials investigate the source of the infections, which involve the same bacteria that causes strep throat," according to a story in The...

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Family Sues for Wrongful Death after Man Treated in Hospital, Then Later Dies in Lobby Waiting for Ride

When 38-year-old Melvin A. Dillard Jr. felt chest pains June 26, he was rushed to a hospital in Lewes, Del., where he was checked out by medical personnel in the emergency room and then later released. But while Dillard was sitting in the ER lobby waiting for a ride home at Beebe Medical Center, he apparently suffered a heart attack and died, then his body was not discovered by hospital personnel until the next morning,...

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Soccer Injury Lawsuit Could Have Huge Implications: Maryland Residents Could Finally Gain Rights to Sue for Damages

After a 20-year-old man suffered serious facial injuries while warming up for a league soccer game in Maryland in 2008, he was not able to recover damages for his injuries. That's because he lived in Maryland, one of only four states and the District of Columbia, where a plaintiff cannot recover any monetary damages at all if a judge or jury finds that they have contributed to their accident by as little as 1 percent....

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Teen Killed in Tragic “Party Bus” Accident: Legal Questions Remain

On his way to a Sweet 16 party with a large group of friends on a double-decker "party bus," a 16-year-old boy decided to open a rooftop hatch door to stick his head into a cool breeze. Instead, tragically, the boy met a horrific death when he stuck his head through the roof door and was struck by a concrete overpass. The terrible accident occurred Aug. 31 as the bus headed from New York City...

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Elderly California Driver, 100, Hurts 11 Children and 3 Adults Backing Up Car: When is Safety An Issue with Older Drivers?

We all remember the freedom, the thrill, the excitement of getting our driver’s license as young people, and with it the wonderful realization that we could go anywhere, anytime, as long as we had wheels. That exhilaration and freedom doesn’t go away as we get older, but unfortunately, our skills can deteriorate as we age, slowing our reaction times and reflexes and causing our eyesight and other senses to weaken. It can create a dilemma...

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What the Delaware Valley Can Learn from Hurricane Isaac: Disaster Preparedness

As Hurricane Isaac continues its swath through New Orleans, Louisiana, Alabama and other hard-hit areas, the massive storm is dumping rain by the foot and bringing powerful and destructive flooding as well as high winds. Here in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware, we often see the remnants of such storms as they travel here from the Gulf of Mexico, just like we did in late August of 2011 as Hurricane Irene slammed the east coast...

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Tragedy 8 Times Over: 8 Children Die in One Week in U.S. After Being Left in Hot Vehicles

In what might be one of the most senseless and tragic horrors to befall families, eight young children across the United States died in the first week of August when they became severely overheated after being left unattended in hot vehicles. Eight children died. In one single seven-day span. In the U.S., one of the most powerful nations on the Earth, these children died because someone accidentally left them in a vehicle to bake to...

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Severely Hurt in a Youth Baseball Game, Teen Victim Gets $14.5 Million Settlement

It was just a baseball hit toward him during a youth baseball game in 2008, but the moment the pitch came off the batter's metal bat, it changed the life of a teenaged pitcher, striking him hard in the chest, and almost instantly stopping his heart. The victim, now 18, suffered severe brain damage because his brain was without oxygen for 15 to 20 minutes after the ball struck him, according to a recent Associated...

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Update: Former Montgomery County Swim Club Settles Racial Discrimination Case With Victims for $1.1 Million

Three summers ago, the former Valley Club swimming pool in Huntingdon Valley signed a deal to host 65 children from a Philadelphia day camp so they could spend one day a week frolicking in the pool and playing on the swim club grounds. The camp, Creative Steps Inc., paid the swim club $1,950 for the summer contract. But it all came apart quickly late that June when some of the children – who were mostly...

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