Modest growth of workers’ compensation indemnity costs per claim in Maryland indicated little evidence of the potential impact of the recession, according to a new study by the Workers Compensation Research Institute (WCRI). Amid recessionary pressures, indemnity costs per claim …
NewPage Corp. says it’s investigating a chemical leak that sent four workers at its western Maryland paper mill to hospitals for evaluation. Authorities told the Cumberland Times-News that the workers suffered respiratory distress from chlorine dioxide that leaked from a …
Maryland-based Gunthers Transport, LLC has been declared an imminent hazard to public safety, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA). The trucking company was ordered by the FMCSA to immediately cease all transportation services. …
The Frederick County Sheriff’s Office says a construction worker is dead after he was run over by a piece of equipment near New Market. Cpl. Scott Blundell says 37-year-old David Garcia was pronounced dead at Shock Trauma in Baltimore shortly …
Anne Arundel County fire officials say a natural gas leak prompted the evacuation of two Annapolis shopping centers. Fire spokesman Lt. Cliff Kooser says about two dozen stores were affected and utility crews are on the scene at the Forest …
Maryland’s highest court has ruled that a law giving owners of certain rental properties immunity from personal injury lawsuits based on a child’s ingestion of lead-based paint is invalid. The Court of Appeals issued the 7-0 ruling on Monday, Oct. …
Maryland police agencies have issued thousands of tickets to drivers for using hand-held cellphones behind the wheel in the year since a ban took effect. Records from more than 70 police agencies in the state that participate in the Electronic …
Frederick police have charged a man with setting seven fires in Frederick since March. Thirty-four-year-old Jason Edward Fauble of no fixed address was arrested Tuesday and charged with arson and other offenses. Police say Fauble is a registered sex offender …
A Hagerstown man has acknowledged he approved substandard concrete products used in construction projects on Interstate 70 and the Capital Beltway. U.S. Attorney Rod Rosenstein says 32-year-old Santos Rivas pleaded guilty Monday in U.S. District Court in Baltimore to three …
Firefighters were among those who had to be rescued as storms flooded roads Wednesday, trapping cars in rushing water and filling basements in a region still cleaning up from Hurricane Irene less than two weeks ago. A swift water rescue …