{"id":195383155,"date":"2011-03-12T09:05:55","date_gmt":"2011-03-12T09:05:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=195383155"},"modified":"2011-03-12T09:05:55","modified_gmt":"2011-03-12T09:05:55","slug":"jury-finds-maryland-liable-for-failing-to-include-a-sidewalk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=195383155","title":{"rendered":"Jury finds Maryland liable for failing to include a sidewalk"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From Greater Greater Washington by David Alpert<br \/>\nA Prince George&#8217;s County jury found the state of Maryland liable for the death of a pedestrian because they didn&#8217;t install a sidewalk.<br \/>\nA driver hit and killed Kelay Smith on Pennsylvania Avenue in District Heights in August 2008. There is a 200-foot gap in the sidewalk, forcing people to walk along the road with fast-moving traffic.<br \/>\nAccording to the Post, one of the officers investigating the crash said, &quot;There shouldn&#8217;t be any pedestrians walking alongside the road,&quot; but residents say they have no choice since nearby apartment complex have fences that prohibit walking anywhere else.<br \/>\n&#8230;<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/greatergreaterwashington.org\/post\/9641\/jury-finds-maryland-liable-for-failing-to-include-a-sidewalk\/\">https:\/\/greatergreaterwashington.org\/post\/9641\/jury-finds-maryland-liable-for-failing-to-include-a-sidewalk\/<\/a>oldId.20110312090555499<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From Greater Greater Washington by David Alpert A Prince George&#8217;s County jury found the state of Maryland liable for the death of a pedestrian because they didn&#8217;t install a sidewalk. A driver hit and killed Kelay Smith on Pennsylvania Avenue in District Heights in August 2008. There is a 200-foot gap in the sidewalk, forcing &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=195383155\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Jury finds Maryland liable for failing to include a sidewalk&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"1","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-195383155","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biking-in-maryland"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195383155","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=195383155"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195383155\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=195383155"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=195383155"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=195383155"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}