{"id":224618566,"date":"2012-02-13T18:02:46","date_gmt":"2012-02-13T18:02:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=224618566"},"modified":"2012-02-13T18:02:46","modified_gmt":"2012-02-13T18:02:46","slug":"punitive-damages-for-drunk-drivers-in-maryland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=224618566","title":{"rendered":"Punitive Damages for Drunk Drivers in Maryland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>from Maryland Injury Lawyer Blog<\/p>\n<p>There is a bill in the Maryland General Assembly that would authorize punitive damages against drunk drivers who caused &quot;injury or wrongful death while operating a motor vehicle.&quot; Punitive damages would be available against drunk drivers: (1) With a blood alcohol concentration of over .15; or (2) With a blood alcohol concentration of over .08, and was driving on a suspended or revoked license or had entered a plea of nolo contendere or received probation before judgment within the last 5 years.<\/p>\n<p>The Maryland Chamber of Commerce opposes this bill. Why? [No real reason given in the article] &#8230; <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/rss.justia.com\/~r\/MarylandInjuryLawyerBlogCom\/~3\/5argK9C1ycw\/punitive_damages_for_drunk_dri_1.html\">https:\/\/rss.justia.com\/~r\/MarylandInjuryLawyerBlogCom\/~3\/5argK9C1ycw\/punitive_damages_for_drunk_dri_1.html<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>from Maryland Injury Lawyer Blog There is a bill in the Maryland General Assembly that would authorize punitive damages against drunk drivers who caused &quot;injury or wrongful death while operating a motor vehicle.&quot; Punitive damages would be available against drunk drivers: (1) With a blood alcohol concentration of over .15; or (2) With a blood &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=224618566\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Punitive Damages for Drunk Drivers in Maryland&#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":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-224618566","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bike-laws"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224618566","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=224618566"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224618566\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=224618566"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=224618566"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=224618566"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}