Category Archives: Personal Injury
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 »
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 »
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 »
