Latest Maryland Headlines
All the headlines from our Maryland Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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...
Maryland’s Job Loss Could be Virginia’s Gain as State Farm Insurance Reorganizes in Mid-Atlantic States
Jul 28 2004 // State Farm Insurance confirmed it is moving to phase-out its Frederick, Md. claims and operations office as part of a reorganization that could eliminate from 400 to 500 jobs there and an equal number in field offices in...
SBA Backs Loans for Md. Counties Hit by Floods
Jul 27 2004 // Responding to a request by Maryland Gov. Robert Ehrlich, Jr., the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) has surveyed damage from July 12 & 13 floods in Cecil and Harford counties and has declared an “SBA...
Md. Agent Charged in Fraud Case
Jul 27 2004 // Maryland Attorney General Joseph Curran, Jr., announced the filing of criminal insurance fraud charges against Dorothy Faye Mortimer, 61, of Waldorf, Maryland. In a forty-four (44) count criminal indictment filed in the...
Md. Gov. Requests SBA Disaster Declaration for Pair of Counties Hit by Floods
Jul 23 2004 // Maryland Gov. Robert Ehrlich has requested that the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) declare a Small Business Administration Disaster due to the physical damage incurred by Cecil and Harford Counties by floods on...
MD. GOV. URGES MED-MAL ACTION:
Jul 19 2004 // Maryland Gov. Robert Ehrlich called on the legislature to pass a medical malpractice reform bill after the state’s largest medical malpractice insurer filed for a 41 percent rate increase in malpractice insurance...
