Recent Blog Posts
Financial Redress After A Bar Fight
Everyone loses their cool at one time or another. But high emotions combined with alcohol can be a tragic combination, as reports related to bar fights demonstrate: As a man was leaving a local Bethesda bar at 2:00 one morning, another individual struck him, and he tumbled to the ground. That’s when a third… Read More »
Will Your Credit Score Survive A Divorce?
As though divorce itself isn’t bad enough, some people discover they have an ex who has destroyed their credit rating once the final papers are signed. It could mean they no longer qualify for loans. You can avoid that fate by taking financial matters into your own hands. Organize Your Finances While it’s always… Read More »
Transitions In Shared Custody Situations
If you are finding that the kids’ transitions from one parent to another is confusing and frustrating for everyone, know that the back-and-forth can be much easier. How can parents make the transition less like a ball bouncing from house to house and more like a smooth, simple part of life that is drama-free… Read More »
Maryland Crash Data
For anyone who feels like they are taking their life in their hands when they hit the road, they have good reason to be nervous. In just the first nine and a half months of 2024, there have been over 448 road fatalities here in the Free State. The crash data in Maryland is… Read More »
Surgical Mistakes
Whether an operation takes place on the wrong knee, the wrong section of the spine, or something else, when someone undergoes a surgical procedure only to discover later that the wrong part of the body was attended to, it’s absolutely bad news of the worst kind. Medical mistakes that involve removing or operating on… Read More »
Speeding Vehicle Runs A Light, Causing 4-Car Crash
When a teenager sped through a red light in Baltimore, it careened into two other vehicles, one of which smashed into a fourth. Sadly, the teen was killed in the crash, and two other individuals had to be hospitalized. When a tragedy like this occurs, there are no winners. What recourse do victims of… Read More »
Youth Sports And Concussions
In the NFL, concussions are so commonplace that there were over $500 million in claims over the past two years. After completing a baseline health assessment, players may be eligible for compensation for up to 60 years if they later acquire a qualifying condition such as dementia, Lou Gehrig’s Disease, or other issues related… Read More »
Are Your Adult Kids Freaking Out About Your Divorce?
These days more and more people over the age of 50 are splitting up, and many are discovering the unhappy truth that relationships among adult children can get pretty ugly. What’s going on that makes gray divorce so complicated, and what can be done to mitigate the issues? Higher Divorce Rates for Seniors In… Read More »
You Don’t Need To Suffer Poor Health Impacts Associated With Divorce
Over the years numerous studies have documented the link between divorce and poor health outcomes. Social scientists have noted that the mortality rate is 20 percent higher for people who’ve gone through a divorce than it is for those who are still married. The health impacts of divorce are very real, which is not… Read More »
Buckle Up!
The number of lives that are estimated to have been saved by wearing seatbelts in the past several decades is sobering: 374,276. The number of serious injuries avoided is even greater. It’s encouraging that more than nine out of 10 of people wear seat belts these days, given the remarkable safety impacts of buckling… Read More »
