By Danny Jacobs A Dundalk woman reached a confidential settlement earlier this month in a medical malpractice lawsuit against her doctor and a Baltimore hospital, claiming they did not properly diagnose a heart ailment. Donna Jankowiak, Dr.

By Danny Jacobs Testimony from a vocational expert is not required in an appeal of a Workers' Compensation Committee award, the Court of Appeals ruled last week in upholding the reduction of an award to an injured airline employee.

By Danny Jacobs The National Football League's pension system continues to pay players less than they are entitled to for disabilities caused by on- field injuries, a lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in Baltimore claims.

By Danny Jacobs Baltimore County Public Schools will provide monitoring reports on all of its homeless students for two years as part of a settlement last week with three homeless families who alleged their children were not given immediate enrollment, adequate transportation and free lunches at county schools as required by federal law.

By Danny Jacobs Thomas G. Bodie, soon to be 68, realized he was not the same physically when injuries forced him to give up tennis after playing for 55 years. Then, he found he was a little more forgetful and realized he'd lost some of the "fire in the belly," as he described it.