August, 2010 | Cohen, Snyder, Eisenberg & Katzenberg, P.A.

Maryland Pension Fund in Toyota Product Defect Litigation

On behalf of Cohen, Snyder, Eisenberg & Katzenberg, P.A. | Aug 31, 2010 | Product Liability

Maryland will feature prominently going forward in the product defect claims against Toyota Motor Corporation that allege accidents caused by sudden accelerations attributed to both system flaws and floor-mat issues.The state's public pension fund - the Maryland State...

Reducing Car Accidents Goal of DWI Enforcement Campaign

On behalf of Cohen, Snyder, Eisenberg & Katzenberg, P.A. | Aug 30, 2010 | Car Accidents

Reducing car accidents throughout Maryland is the explicit goal of Checkpoint Strikeforce, a DWI/DUI enforcement campaign officially launched on August 24 by Lt. Governor Anthony G. Brown, safety advocates and law enforcement officials. The program is a six-month...

Deadly Consequences in Race Event Truck Accident

On behalf of Cohen, Snyder, Eisenberg & Katzenberg, P.A. | Aug 27, 2010 | Truck Accidents

Tragically reminiscent of a race accident in February 2008 that killed eight people and injured five others in Accokeek, Maryland, a government-sanctioned off-road race for truckers in the Mojave Desert resulted in the truck accident deaths and injuries of even more...

Board Meets with Doctor Concerning Improper Stent Charges

On behalf of Cohen, Snyder, Eisenberg & Katzenberg, P.A. | Aug 16, 2010 | Medical Malpractice

Members of Maryland's Board of Physicians met with Dr. Mark G. Midei in a closed-door "case resolution conference" August 4 in Baltimore to address allegations that he placed stents unnecessarily into potentially many hundreds of patients during the period he...

Maryland Jury Awards $2 Million-Plus Med. Malpractice Award

On behalf of Cohen, Snyder, Eisenberg & Katzenberg, P.A. | Aug 12, 2010 | Medical Malpractice

A major medical malpractice award recently issued from a Montgomery County Circuit Court jury, with the plaintiff's attorney stating that the jury "understood this case" and "absolutely did the right thing." On August 1, 2006, Yesenia Rivera, then a 24-year-old Silver...

NHTSA Study has Positive Findings for Truck Rollovers

On behalf of Cohen, Snyder, Eisenberg & Katzenberg, P.A. | Aug 9, 2010 | Truck Accidents

Commercial truckers ply Maryland highways non-stop and with loads ranging from produce and retail goods to animals and hazardous materials. The sheer volume of commercial trucks on state roads results, predictably, in a large number of truck accidents, many of them...

State Senator Discusses Medical Malpractice

On behalf of Cohen, Snyder, Eisenberg & Katzenberg, P.A. | Aug 5, 2010 | Medical Malpractice

A prominent state leader cites medical malpractice as an issue that Maryland needs to closely examine and potentially make changes to as the state implements federal health care reform.Sen. Thomas "Mac" Middleton, a Charles County Democrat and chair of the state's...

$34 Million to Restaurant Workers in Carbon Monoxide Case

On behalf of Cohen, Snyder, Eisenberg & Katzenberg, P.A. | Aug 3, 2010 | Workers' Compensation

Maryland workers' compensation law bars employees from filing lawsuits against their employers for injuries received pursuant to their employment. This prohibition precluded 20 employees who suffered carbon monoxide poisoning while working at Ruth's Chris Steak House...