Accident and Injury Law Blog
Covers Maryland injury and accident law, including car accidents, medical malpractice and product liability.
Author: Ronald V. Miller Jr. is co-founder of Miller & Zois in Glen Burnie, Md. He also authors The Maryland Lawyer Blog and The Maryland Injury Lawyer Blog.
Blawg Related Categories: Tort Law • Injury & Accident Law • Medical Malpractice • Product Liability Law • States • Maryland • Solo / Small Firm
Recent Posts from Accident and Injury Law Blog
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Kentucky Jury Awards $3 Million in Medical Malpractice Case
A Kentucky jury awarded $3 million to a woman in a medical malpractice case against a doctor who it found improperly attaching a hose that helps pump blood and oxygen during relatively routine heart surgery.…
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Spiriva Inhalers: Should We Believe Pfizer or JAMA?
I wrote last week about potential Spiriva inhaler lawsuits, noting that a JAMA article disagrees with Pfizer's own analysis of the data. What I meant to write but ran out of time is that I…
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Intentional Acts as Defined by Insurance Law
In the insurance law class that I teach, we are often discussing the fine line between accidental acts covered by insurance and intentional acts that are generally not covered in most policies. The reality is…
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Spiriva Lawsuits: Spiriva Lawyers Investigating Reports of Heart Attacks and Strokes with the Spiriva Handihaler
The Journal of the American Medical Association reports that Spiriva HandiHaler patients may face increased risk of heart attacks or strokes and other cardiac problems. The Spiriva HandiHaler (generic: tiotropium bromide inhalation powder) is an…
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Nursing Home Lawsuit Makes New Allegations
Extendicare, a group of Washington nursing homes, is the defendant in a nursing home lawsuit alleging it took on way too many patients to provide adaquate care. Paintiffs' nursing home also say that Extendicare violated…
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Wrongful Death Lawsuit Against Paramedics to Proceed, Court Rules
Yesterday, the Illinois Supreme Court ruled that a wrongful death lawsuit against the city Park Ridge can move forward because the city is not immune from a lawsuit. An Illinois trial court had granted the…
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Fatal Car Accident on the Decline
The Florida Injury Attorney Blog has good post providing some good news on national car accident statistics from 2007. I'm pleased to see the number of fatal car accidents falling relatively precipitously (given how constant…
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What They Don't Teach You in Law School?
John Bratt's Baltimore Injury Lawyer Blog has a good post today offering his thoughts on what they don't teach you in law school.
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Text Messaging While Driving
Christopher T. Hurley of the Illinois Car and Truck Accident Lawyer Blog has a post about calls in Chicago for a ban on text messaging. I believe 18 states have a texting ban while driving…
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Six Oregon Medical Malpractice Cases Settle
Oregon Health and Science University is looking to move past claims of medical malpractice that have been brought against the hospital, settling 6 malpractice case on Friday for $38.6. Oregon Health and Science University has…