Catholic Church Failed to Block Sex Abuses Cases at the Statehouse
The Archdiocese of Maryland paid lobbyists over $200,000 in an apparently failed effort to defeat a statute of limitations forgiveness measure and other pro-victim laws. Professional lobbyists are people whose business is trying to influence legislation, regulation, or other government decisions, actions, or policies on behalf of a group or individual who hires them. Individuals...
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State Senators Approve Child Victims Act
Senate Bill 686, which would remove the civil statute of limitations for child sexual abuse lawsuits and allow survivors to file lawsuits regardless of when their abuse happened, passed with a 42-5 vote. The Senate’s vote comes on the cusp of the public release of the Maryland Attorney General’s report on the history of sexual...
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Maryland AG Vows to Defend Controversial Lookback Provision
State Attorney General Anthony Brown said that since a proposal to abolish the statute of limitations in child sex abuse cases was “not clearly unconstitutional,” his office would defend it in court. The proposal has more momentum than in years past when it failed to pass out of the Senate’s Judicial Proceedings Committee. Advocates for...
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Lawmakers Approve SOL Exception for Survivors of Sexual Abuse
In a major win for survivors of sexual abuse, a legislative panel voted overwhelmingly to relax the statute of limitations in sexual abuse cases. If the bill goes on to pass the Maryland General Assembly, the church is likely to face a crush of new lawsuits, especially in light of the impending release of a...
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MD Public to See Most of AG Sex Abuse Report
A municipal judge ruled that people have a right to see a redacted version of a 456-page Attorney General probe into alleged sexual abuse in the Archdiocese of Baltimore. To balance things, people who were named in the report that did not have a chance to defend themselves in front of a grand jury may...
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Spastic Quadriplegia: What Is It and Why Does It Happen?
Cerebral Palsy (CP) is a neurological condition caused by an injury to or abnormal development of the parts of the brain that control movement, resulting in lifelong motor and muscular disabilities. The injury is most common in utero but can occur during childbirth or shortly thereafter. Babies suffering from cerebral palsy show physical developmental setbacks...
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Sharing the Road: Motorcycle Safety Tips
Now that it’s fall the leaves are changing, the air is turning crisp, and you may be starting to long for that open road. We get it, we’ve got a lot of avid motorcycle riders in our office, we’re right there with you – which is one of the many reasons why we are also...
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Traumatic Brain Injuries- The Silent Killer After a Crash
Accidents happen – but did you know that some accidents have life-changing injuries that may not show their symptoms until after the flashing lights and sirens have faded away? Traumatic brain injuries (or TBIs) are injuries that affect the brain and how it functions. TBIs can occur with any trauma to the head. The most...
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Jury Awards Baltimore City Resident $1.5 Million
One of The Yost Legal Group’s own, Attorney Bruce Powell, received a 1.5-million-dollar verdict for a Baltimore local who suffered from a traumatic brain injury at his job in September of 2018. The man was, at the time, an employee at the Thames Street Oyster House in Fells Point. He had been on break, sitting...
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Allergan Implants More Likely Than Others to Cause Cancer
In 2011, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) identified a link between some textured breast implants and a form of Lymphoma known as Breast Implant-Associated Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma, or more commonly called BIA-ALCL. Despite evidence to suggest there was a link between textured implants and BIA-ALCL, it wasn’t until July of 2019 that the FDA called...
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