The Fila Academy and Owner Larry Fila Declare Bankruptcy After Jury and Court Award $540,000.00 in Damages To Three Students and Their Attorneys

The Fila Academy and its owner, Larry Fila, declared bankruptcy last week seeking to discharge a $540,000 Judgment and stop January trial With 39 more students

Maryland Boating Deaths Hit Twenty Year High

Fatalities on Maryland's roadways have steadily declined, while simultaneously Maryland's waterways have become more deadly.

ATV Crash In Baltimore County Kills Two, Injures Three

A Baltimore County ATV crash killed two and injured three.

Over 50 People Injured In Bus Crash With Two Tractor Trailer Trucks

More than fifty people were injured, two critically, when a Washington, DC bound bus crashed into two tractor trailr trucks on the New Jersey Turnpike.

Yes Baltimore and Washington, That Was An Earthquake

5.9 Earthquake shakes Baltimore and Washington Region

Arundel Mills Construction Site Sees deadly Wall collapse.

The Arundel Mills Slots Parlor Construction site experienced a wall collapse which killed one worker and critically injured another. MOSH will investigate.

High Cost of Gasoline Affecting Travel Plans For July 4th Weekend Vacations

Fewer Drivers Taking To Area Streets For SJuly 4th Vacations Due to High Gas Prices

Maryland Highway Safety Office Focuses on Young Drivers and Crash Avoidance

Maryland Highway Officials recognize the important role drivers education programs play in reducing the number of teen car crash deaths and injuries.

Harford County Tractor Trailer Crash Closes Down I-95

An early morning tractor trailer crash on I-95 in Harford County, Maryland injured one driver and closed down the highway.

Off-Road Crash Kills Harford County Teenager

A Harford County, Maryland Teenager was killed in an off-road crash

Circuit Court Judge Awards Attorney Fees Against Fila Academy and Larry Fila, Jr.

Students' lawyers awarded attorneys fees for obtaining judgment against The Fila Academy and Larry Fila, Jr. for violating Maryland's Consumer Protection Act.

FILA Academy Appeals Anne Arundel County Jury Verdict

The FILA Academy has appealed last month's Anne Arundel County jury verdict awarding three former students more than $140,000.00

Trial date Set for 29 students Suing Fila Academy and Larry Fila, Jr.

A Trial date has been set for January 3, 2012 in the claims of 29 former Fila Academy students against Larry Fila, Jr. and the Fila Academy.

Prince Georges County Multi-Million Dollar Verdict!

Verdict Against Prince Georges County Police Officer is $11.5 million!

Fila Lawyers Seek Nominal Verdict Reduction in Anne Arundel Case

Lawyers for Larry Fila, Jr. have filed a motion with the Circuit Court for Anne Arundel County to reduce the $140,100.00 verdict by a total of $11,800.00

Jury Finds Fila Academy Misled Students

As reported in the The Annapolis Capital newspaper, an Anne Arundel County jury found The Fila Academy and Larry Fila, Jr., of Glen Burnie, Maryland liable to three former students for violating Maryland's Consumer Protection Act by misleading students, and for breach of contract. The jury also found that Larry Fila, Jr. harmed the three students and awarded damages as a result of his intentional infliction of emotional distress upon all three students. The jury's award of $149,100.00 for the three students was reduced by the Court after the judge found $9,000.00 to have been awarded twice for two of the counts .

Anne Arundel County Jury Finds Larry Fila, Jr. and The Fila Academy Liable To Students for Unfair Or Deceptive Trade Practices

Jury finds Larry Fila, Jr. and The Fila Academy liable to three former students for violations of Maryland's Consumer Protection Act and for committing unfair or deceptive trade practices and breach of contract. After a ten day trial in the Circuit Court for Anne Arundel County, the jury also found that Larry Fila, Jr. had intentionally inflicted emotional distress upon all three students. The jury awarded just under $150,000.00 to the three students. The jury's verdict also leads to a Court ordered award of attorneys fees for the students.

Baltimore City Boy Gravely injured in School Bus Fall.

A six-year-old Baltimore City student at Villa Maria School fell from the rear door of a school bus in which he was a passenger and was seriously injured in Baltimore County.

D.C. Man Killed by Hit-and-Run Bicyclist

A bicyclist struck and killed a 78-year-old man near the D.C. Convention center.

Baltimore County Pile-Up Injures Six or More.

A multi-vehicle crash in Baltimore County today injured at least six, some seriously.

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Beltsville/Calverton Crash Kills Man

A crash on Cherry Hill Road in the Calverton/Beltsville, Maryland area killed a passenger in a Chevy Tahoe.

Rally Estimate Wildly Low!

It seems that rally estimates for Saturday may be many times greater than thought!

More Toyota Recalls

Toyota's fall from high-quality grace continues as another one and a half million cars are recalled in the United States and Japan.

Silver Spring Man Killed in Davidsonville Crash

David Shigeru Yamamoto Hepner of Silver Spring, Maryland was killed in a tragic, freak crash with a telephone pole in Davidsonville, Maryland on Monday October 18, 2010.

Hepner was the right rear passenger in a Chevrolet truck driven by Zachary Taylor Bennett of Edgewater. Mr. Hepner had leaned out of the truck's window in order to  address some friends he had identified in a field adjacent to Governor Bridge Road, when the truck swerved to the right and struck a telephone pole.

The victim was taken to Anne Arundel Medical Center where he was pronounced dead. For more go to: http://www.hometownannapolis.com/news/for/2010/10/19-56/Man-dies-after-car-hits-telephone-pole.html