All the headlines from our Maryland Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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,...
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...
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...
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 saidState regulators have fined the companies a...
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...
Feb 6 2009 // A Baltimore woman says when she ordered an iced tea at a local McDonald’s restaurant last year, employees gave her a cup containing a cleaning chemical.Caryl Jones has filed a $100,000 lawsuit in Baltimore City...
Feb 3 2009 // The U.S. Department of Justice says Maryland must soon implement a national computer system that warns buyers if a vehicle was stolen or previously damaged.Officials say the National Motor Vehicle Title Information System...
Jan 28 2009 // Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley will push state legislators to raise the minimum age for teen drivers and strengthen penalties for those who repeatedly drive under the influence of alcohol or drugs, he announced...
Jan 27 2009 // A Salisbury, Maryland woman who was awarded $300,000 after she was fired by a pesticide company and lawyers for that company were in court over economic damages.Jean Scott was fired in 2005 for complaining about gender...
Jan 22 2009 // Police in Pocomoke City, Maryland have made three arrests in connection with an October fire that caused more than $700,000 damage to a municipal building.Twenty-two-year-old Nicholas Depaolis, his 19-year-old brother...
Jan 21 2009 // A pileup of 35 cars and five tractor-trailers on a snowy Maryland highway killed two people Monday and seriously injured at least a dozen, state police said.Seventy-one people, including infants and the elderly, were taken...
Dec 21 2008 // WestCalifornia Passed Agent-Broker Law The most notable bill affecting California agents was AB 2956, which clarifies the duties of an insurance agent versus a broker. Prior to the new law, confusion existed within the...
Dec 17 2008 // The Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission is scheduled next month to hear Tri-Star Mining’s appeal of three citations and $180,000 in fines that were imposed after two workers were killed at the Barton...
Dec 12 2008 // Congressman Elijah E. Cummings (D-Md.), a senior member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform and a member of the Joint Economic Committee, wants more information on employee retention payments being...
Dec 5 2008 // The Maryland Insurance Administration is hosting of two international interns from China through the National Association of Insurance Commissioner (NAIC)’s International Internship Program.From the China Insurance...
Nov 30 2008 // The Maryland Automobile Insurance Fund (MAIF) has withdrawn its filing to reduce its private passenger automobile insurance rates, according the Maryland Insurance Administration.The MAIF filed a plan back in June to lower...
Nov 30 2008 // Montgomery County, Maryland Executive Ike Leggett is pushing council members to revive a plan to create an ambulance transport fee. Leggett maintains that fees ranging from $300 to $800 would go directly to insurance...
Nov 20 2008 // The Maryland Automobile Insurance Fund (MAIF) has withdrawn its filing to reduce its private passenger automobile insurance rates, according the Maryland Insurance Administration.The MAIF filed a plan back in June to lower...
Nov 18 2008 // Montgomery County, Maryland Executive Ike Leggett is pushing council members to revive a plan to create an ambulance transport fee.Leggett maintains that fees ranging from $300 to $800 would go directly to insurance...
Nov 2 2008 // When employers pay more for medical care for injured workers, workers should experience better outcomes. Otherwise, the logical question becomes: “Why are employers paying more?”Comparing Outcomes for Injured...