Category Archives: Personal Injury
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 »
Wrongful Death In Maryland
Anyone who’s lost a loved one due to the recklessness or negligence of someone else knows the agony of real loss. Whether it was a dangerous workplace environment, a drunk driving incident, a cavalier daycare worker, a careless surgeon, or an enraged bully, there is a strong likelihood that you may be eligible for… Read More »
Driveway Accidents
No one thinks their child will be harmed while playing in their own yard or that of a neighborhood friend. But tragically, accidents in driveways occur all too often. A Charles County 9-year-old was killed by a vehicle backing out of the driveway recently, becoming another number in the list of catastrophic deadly driveway… Read More »
Who Is Liable For Your Fall?
Sure, anyone can fall just because they’re not paying attention or because they’re clumsy. Even so, plenty of falls are preventable. That’s right, all too often falls are the result of environmental influences that, had they been addressed in a timely manner, would have posed absolutely no danger. If you’ve experienced a fall that… Read More »
Speeding Kills
After speeding through a red light, a 24-year-old man smashed his vehicle into a light pole, then a tree, and finally, a fire hydrant. Rescue workers arrived to find the man had died. Not many months before this tragic accident, a speeding vehicle crashed head-on into a tractor-trailer, killing the driver. The theme of… Read More »
Road Rage And Civil Lawsuits
We hear a lot about road rage these days. Who hasn’t seen a crazy driver speeding, veering in and out of traffic, tailgating, or refusing to allow another driver to merge or change lanes. This is all common stuff on American roadways. While these behaviors are frightening in and of themselves, sometimes motorists actually… Read More »
Problems With Therapy Camps For Troubled Teens
Were you at your wit’s end when it came to your teen’s attitude and behavior? Maybe you’d tried everything you could think of to develop a connection and some trust, but your efforts were rewarded with rebellion and outright dangerous behaviors. As a last resort, you investigated youth camps for troubled teens, and settled… Read More »
Sideswipe Collisions
When one vehicle sideswiped another on Solomons Island Road early one morning, and then went on to smash into yet another vehicle, three individuals wound up in the hospital. It was one of many serious accidents that occur on roadways across the country every day. Causes of Sideswipe Accidents While sometimes sideswipe collisions are… Read More »
Impaired Driving In Maryland
There were reportedly 14 collisions over Memorial Day weekend 2024 in the state of Maryland that were suspected to be related to alcohol. That’s a lot of pain and misery for a little partying. Some other recent accidents involving drugs and/or alcohol include: A woman who was standing near her car on the shoulder… Read More »
Tesla Vehicles Endanger Everyone On The Road
Zipping through stop signs without so much as a pause, one Tesla driver –Geoffrey Fowler–is finding out that, even after employing the software updates sent to users’ phones, the vehicles are anything but safe. And because the technology allowing drivers to leave the driving to the vehicle is in cars on roadways across the… Read More »
