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The Baltimore Sun had an awful story yesterday about a man who fled the scene of one accident, was caught by police and then killed a mother and her eight year-old child just a 90 minutes later in Hartford County.
The Baltimore Sun quoted experts who questioned the decision not to arrest the suspect after the first hit and run. What I found very impressive was the parents/grandparents response to the concerns that the Hartford County police should have done more. The father/grandfather of the victims told the Baltimore Sun he didn't blame police for not arresting the suspect after the first accident. "Of course I'm upset, but I don't hold anything against our police officers." His wife added, ""His earlier accident in the day is not the accident that took our daughter and grandson's life. We have faith in law enforcement and if they're OK with letting him go back on the road, it's not the cause of the second accident."
Understandably at times, people often respond to a tragedy by blaming everyone in sight. I'm so impressed this family chose a different course.
Jury Verdict Research reports this month on a study it conducted that found that in the last ten years, the overall median compensatory award for soft tissue knee injuries, strains, and cartilage and ligament damage is $40,972.
The average trial value of knee injury cases involving knee lacerations, contusions and inflammation is $57,884 ($8,952 median). The average verdict for a knee strain case is $70,055 ($10,412 median). The average verdict for chondromalacia knee injury (abnormal softening of the knee cartilage on the underside of the patella) is $215,434 (median is $45,000).
I think these numbers are a little bit low but they are of interest to lawyers trying to determine how much is the settlement value of their knee injury case.
The Maryland Retailers Association got $276,268 check from IWIF Workers' Compensation Insurance. Why is a workers' compensation insurance company - the largest provider of workers' compensation insurance in Maryland - paying this retailers association? The payment is group safety dividend check for controlling losses and preventing workplace injuries and accidents in 2007.
Certainly, it is a good idea to reward safe practices in the workplace so this sounds like a good plan.
Workers' Compensation Section of the Maryland Association for Justice (formerly the Maryland Trial Lawyers Association) will present a "beyond the basics" on Maryland's workers' compensation seminar on November 11, 2008 at 1:00p.m.-4:30p.m. at Sheraton City Center on 101 W. Fayette Street in Baltimore, Maryland.
The topics of this Maryland workers' compensation seminar are:
Creative Settlement Agreements
The New and Improved Workers’ Compensation Jury Instructions
A Few Ideas for Better Results in Maryland Workers Comp Cases
5 Things That Annoy Workers' Comp Insurance Commissioners and 5 Things They Appreciate
