Latest Maryland Headlines
All the headlines from our Maryland Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Maryland Woman Sues after Tripping over Flower Pot
Sep 15 2009 // A Maryland woman is seeking $150,000 for injuries she says she sustained when she tripped over a flower pot at a fire hall in 2006. According to court documents, Shirley Hiser filed suit Tuesday against the Maugansville...
Maryland Man Ordered to Pay Restitution in Fire
Sep 14 2009 // A Maryland man has entered an Alford plea in connection with a fire at his home last year. Fifty-one-year-old Bruce B. Opel entered the plea to a charge of reckless endangerment Wednesday in Allegany County Circuit Court....
Maryland Grocer to Pay $275K to Settle Gender Suit
Sep 3 2009 // The federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission says Maryland grocery chain Mars Super Markets will pay $275,000 to settle a gender discrimination lawsuit. The settlement was announced Tuesday. Part-time deli clerk...
Stakem Hornig Promoted to Deputy Commissioner in Maryland
Aug 26 2009 // Karen Stakem Hornig has been promoted to deputy insurance commissioner of the Maryland Insurance Administration. She was appointed associate Deputy Insurance Commissioner in June 2008. She serves as the...
Maryland City Requiring Helmets for Rental Scooter Riders
Aug 7 2009 // Officials in Ocean City, Maryland are hoping to cut down on serious injuries to visitors who rent mopeds or motorized scooters. The Town Council has passed a law requiring helmets and shoes to be worn by anyone renting the...
FPIC Insurance Group Buys Texas Med Mal Insurer Advocate, MD
Jul 31 2009 // Jacksonville, Florida-based medical liability insurer FPIC Insurance Group Inc. will acquire Advocate, MD Financial Group Inc. of Austin, Texas for $33.6 million. The deal includes additional considerations of up to $12...
Fire Causes $300K in Damage to Maryland Auto Business
Jul 13 2009 // Maryland State Fire Marshals say a fire has destroyed a Manchester automotive company and 12 cars inside. There were no injuries. The fire began about 11:20 a.m. Friday when workers at Ron’s Automotive noticed the...
Maryland Hospital Fined after Failure to Report Errors
Jun 16 2009 // Maryland health officials say Doctors Community Hospital has been fined after failing to report that a patient died and at least seven others suffered serious harm as a result of mistakes by the medical staff. The 185-bed...
Maryland Investigating Death of Man at Ice Cream Plant
Jun 12 2009 // Officials in Maryland are investigating an incident in which a man died after falling from a tanker truck at the Good Humor-Breyers Ice Cream plant last month. Maryland Occupational Safety and Health is investigating the...
Maryland Insurance Agent Reilly to Fill State Senator’s Seat
Jun 4 2009 // Edward Reilly, chairman of County Council of Anne Arundel, Maryland has been chosen to replace retiring Sen. Janet Greenip. The Anne Arundel County Republican Central Committee voted 8-5 for Reilly after a meeting Tuesday...
Maryland Apartment Fire Causes More than $1M in Damage
May 27 2009 // Firefighters spent more than three hours battling a four-alarm fire in an apartment complex in Randallstown Sunday night. Baltimore County fire officials say the blaze was reported just before 9 p.m. Within 40 minutes, it...
Maryland Shopping Center Explosion Ruled Accidental
May 13 2009 // Maryland fire investigators have ruled that a recent gas explosion at a strip mall was accidental. Officials say Thursday’s explosion at the Penn Mar shopping center in Forestville was due to a buildup of natural...
Maryland EMS Wrongful Death Suit Ends in Settlement
May 6 2009 // Court records show that feuding emergency workers in Smithsburg, Maryland, have settled a wrongful death lawsuit. An attorney for Smithsburg Emergency Medical Services said Monday the case has been settled by mutual...
The Woodlands Financial Group Opens Branches in Florida, Maryland
May 5 2009 // Texas-based The Woodlands Financial Group Inc. (TWFG), a retail and managing general agency specializing in property/casualty and life/ health insurance, and financial planning, announced the opening of new branch...
Commissioner Says Insurers Violated Maryland Regulations
May 4 2009 // A year-long investigation by the Maryland Insurance Administration has found that 67 of the state’s 119 car insurers underpaid claims, Commissioner Ralph S. Tyler said. State regulators have fined the companies a...
Maryland Yard Tractor Sparks Fire that Causes $400K in Damage
May 1 2009 // Maryland officials say a lawn tractor’s hot engine started a fire that destroyed a house in Mount Airy. Deputy Fire Marshal Ed Ruck says no people were injured in the fire Wednesday afternoon on Catoctin View Court,...
Fireman’s Fund Launches “Green” Homeowners Insurance in Maryland
Apr 29 2009 // Fireman’s Fund Insurance Co. has introduced its ‘green’ insurance product for homeowners in Maryland. The coverage, which is available in 32 states, includes 5 percent discounts for homeowners who already...
Fatal Maryland Crash Prompts $19M Lawsuit
Apr 27 2009 // Relatives of three men killed on the Bay Bridge in 2007 after a trailer detached from an SUV have filed a $19 million lawsuit against the SUV driver, a state agency and others. James H. Ingle, 44, Randall R. Orff, 47, and...
Insurers Violated Maryland Regulations
Apr 17 2009 // A year-long investigation by the Maryland Insurance Administration has found that 67 of the state’s 119 car insurers underpaid claims, Commissioner Ralph S. Tyler said State regulators have fined the companies a...
Maryland Woman Sentenced in Hurricane Katrina Theft
Apr 15 2009 // The U.S. Attorney’s Office says a former Maryland resident has been sentenced for stealing $60,200 in Hurricane Katrina disaster relief benefits. Forty-two-year-old Schewanda Baptiste, formerly of Waldorf, was...
