School District Pays $3.9 Million in Sexual Abuse Lawsuit
Lawsuit Won for Failing to Stop Abusive Paraeducator The Tahoma School District recently paid a sexual abuse survivor $3.9 million to resolve a child sexual abuse lawsuit. The School District negligently continued to employ Bryan Neyers, a former para-teacher, after receiving allegations that he was sexually abusing and grooming students. The lawsuit was filed on...
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“Why Should I Retain The Yost Legal Group for My Personal Injury Claim?”
If you live in Maryland, more money might be the best reason to hire a Baltimore-based personal injury attorney to handle your case. Victims with attorneys get over three times more money than victims without attorneys. For starters, an attorney is a good legal advocate. A great attorney is the best legal advocate. With that,...
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Introducing The Yost Legal Group Privacy Policy
Valuing Your Data Privacy and Protection for Over 30 Years The Yost Legal Group has been in operation, serving the people of Maryland and around the world, for over 30 years. With tens of thousands of past and current clients, we have been a respected and trusted law firm right here in Baltimore City, Maryland...
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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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Kernicterus
Despite advances in neonatal care, preventable injuries to newborns are still prevalent in the United States. Jaundice, a common medical condition in infants, is characterized by yellow tinting of a newborn’s skin and the whites of the eyes (conjunctiva). This yellowing is a sign that there is too much bilirubin (a substance formed by the...
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Cardiac Arrest During Spinal Block
While general anesthesia is used for many surgical procedures, and local anesthetics are usually given by injection into a very specific part of the body that needs to be numbed, an injection of numbing medication into a patient’s back allows a whole region of the lower body to be pain-free without putting the patient to...
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PREVENTABLE MEDICAL MISTAKES IN HOSPITALS
Hospital-acquired conditions, also known as “never events”, are particularly awful medical mistakes that should not ever occur. Some examples of these preventable errors include: Operating on the wrong place on the patient’s body Discharging a newborn to the wrong parents Leaving a foreign object, such as a scalpel or sponge, inside the body Mismatched blood...
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Pets Deserve Legal Protection Too
According to the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) more than 60% of Americans have a pet and more than 35% of pet owners consider their pet to be a member of their family. Despite these statistics, Maryland has done little to enact and enforce laws designed to protect pets. As in other states, it is a...
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Happy Thanksgiving from The Yost Legal Group!
The attorneys and staff at The Yost Legal Group wish you and your family a happy and safe Thanksgiving! Please remember that Thanksgiving is one of the busiest travel periods of the year. People throughout Maryland will be anxious to arrive at their destinations, and this can often lead to impatient and aggressive driving. Please...
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Happy Veterans Day from The Yost Legal Group
Veterans Day is an important time to reflect on the incredible sacrifices that our men and women in uniform have made to defend our freedoms. At The Yost Legal Group, we deeply appreciate your bravery, dedication and commitment. Please join us today in showing your respect to the veterans who have served this great nation. The...
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