Latest Maryland Headlines
All the headlines from our Maryland Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Greater New York Open for Business in Maryland
Oct 22 2004 // Maryland Insurance Commissioner Alfred W. Redmer has welcomed the Greater New York (GNY) Insurance Companies to the Maryland. Warren W. Heck, GNY’s chairman and chief exexcutive fofficer announced the companies...
Md. Leaders Optimistic Over Med-Mal Session
Oct 18 2004 // Maryland Gov. Robert Ehrlich and top legislative leaders emerged from a meeting in the governor’s mansion last Thursday, holding out hope of a special legislative session next month to deal with a medical malpractice...
MD. DOCS HALT SURGERY IN PROTEST:
Oct 11 2004 // Physicians in northwest Maryland plan to halt non-emergency surgeries for at least two weeks to protest a 33 percent increase in malpractice premiums. The Maryland Insurance Administration approved the increase for 2005...
Md. Docs Postpone Surgery Slowdown
Oct 6 2004 // Four Washington County, Maryland doctors have agreed to an indefinite delay of their plan to halt non-emergency surgery to protest a 33 percent increase in medical malpractice insurance premiums. After a meeting with Gov....
Five Charged in Md. Auto Accident Scam
Oct 6 2004 // Maryland Attorney General J. Joseph Curran, Jr. announced the filing of felony insurance fraud, felony theft and conspiracy charges against Michael Horner, former owner of Contemporary Auto in Harford County, and four...
Md. Report Faults FEMA for Failing Isabel Victims
Oct 1 2004 // Problems within the federal flood insurance agency have kept victims of Tropical Storm Isabel from getting adequate settlements for storm damage, according to a report by a flood insurance activist. The report, which...
Md. Docs to Stop Surgery to Protest Med-Mal Hike
Sep 28 2004 // Physicians in northwest Maryland plan to halt non-emergency surgeries for at least two weeks to protest a 33 percent increase in malpractice insurance premiums. The Maryland Insurance Administration on Sept. 14 approved...
ARSONIST SUSPECTED IN D.C., MD., VA.:
Sep 20 2004 // Members of the Arson Task Force are investigating a recent Fairfax County house fire to see if it was the work of the Washington region’s serial arsonist. Firefighters were called to a single family home in the...
DOCS SUPPLY POLITICAL POST CARDS:
Sep 20 2004 // Maryland patients are being encouraged by their doctors to get involved in the political debate over rising medical malpractice premiums. Doctors across Maryland have begun handing out to their patients preprinted...
MD.’S REDMER TO HOST MEETINGS:
Sep 20 2004 // Maryland Insurance Commissioner Alfred W. Redmer Jr., announced that the Maryland Insurance Administration would host an initial round of eight informational meetings at four locations in various regions throughout the...
Maryland Approves 33% Med-Mal Hike
Sep 15 2004 // Maryland Insurance Commissioner Alfred W. Redmer, Jr. has approved a 33 percent medical malpractice rate increase for Medical Mutual Liability Insurance Society of Maryland and its subsidiary, Professionals Advocate...
Advocate, MD Insurance of the Southwest Enters Texas Malpractice Insurance Market
Sep 8 2004 // Announcing its entrance into the Texas malpractice insurance market, Advocate, MD Insurance of the Southwest said its improved coverage options and excellent rates are proof that tort reform efforts ushered in last year...
Maryland Pursues Med-Mal Insurers and Special Legislative Session
Sep 6 2004 // Maryland Insurance Commissioner Alfred W. Redmer, Jr. has moved to end what his agency says is a comprehensive scheme of medical malpractice fraud aimed, particularly, at women’s clinics. Meanwhile, the state’s...
Maryland Commissioner to Host Regional Meetings
Sep 1 2004 // Maryland Insurance Commissioner Alfred W. Redmer, Jr., announced that the Maryland Insurance Administration will host an initial round of eight informational meetings at four locations in various regions throughout the...
Maryland Targets Pedestrian Safety
Aug 27 2004 // Two new Maryland laws designed to boost pedestrian safety take effect this fall — measures that school officials hope will help protect children as schools open across the state. Under the new laws passed by the General...
Md. Gov. Ehrlich Urges Doctors, Nurses to be ‘More Dangerous’ in Med-Mal Political Fight
Aug 20 2004 // Maryland Gov. Robert Ehrlich is urging doctors and nurses to become “dangerous” in the fight for medical malpractice insurance reform. Speaking at the Peninsula Regional Medical Center, the governor said the...
Maryland Pursues Unauthorized Med-Mal Insurers
Aug 20 2004 // Maryland Insurance Commissioner Alfred W. Redmer, Jr. has moved to end what his agency says is a comprehensive scheme of medical malpractice fraud aimed, particularly, at women’s clinics. Redmer issued a cease and...
Md. Court Denies Drunk Lawnmower Benefits
Aug 16 2004 // A Glen Burnie, Maryland man whose hand was amputated in a lawn mower accident does not qualify for insurance benefits because he was drunk, a federal judge in Baltimore has ruled. U.S. District Judge J. Frederick Motz...
Md. Appeals Court Backs Insurer in PIP Waiver Case
Aug 3 2004 // A Maryland appeals court has upheld a 2003 circuit court decision by maintaining that personal injury protection (PIP) waivers remain effective until withdrawn in writing. The Property Casualty Insurers Association of...
Md. Court Rules State May be Liable In Child Abuse
Jul 30 2004 // Maryland’s highest court has ruled that the state can be held liable for negligence if a child dies after social service workers mishandle reports of child abuse or neglect. “It is great news. The Court of...
