Approximately 20 percent of the millions of burn injuries that occur each year in the United States are the result of a vehicle fire. Additionally, an estimated 600 people die each year from vehicle fires. Most of those deaths...
Household fires are the leading cause of burn injuries and fire-related deaths in Maryland. Many of those fires are the result of defective products and could have been prevented. Two common defective products are faulty wiring and defective electrical...
Car accidents happen every day and given the mileage we cover it is likely that we will all have a car wreck during our driving career. There is never a good time to have a car wreck, but when...
Every year there are hundreds of thousands of car accidents resulting in an insurance claim. Insurance companies are there to make money by charging premiums, but to make a profit they must save all the money they can by...
Typically, workers’ compensation claims require the occurrence of some type of “accident” while on the job. However, some working conditions cause ailments or illnesses that progress slowly over time. These ailments, if diagnosed as a disease and attributed to...
Every year in the United States, more than 2 million people sustain a thermal burn injury: a burn caused by heat or fire. Thermal burn injuries are the most common type of burn injury, and make up approximately 85...
Every year, millions of Americans undergo a surgical procedure. Some are relatively simple, such as root canal surgeries; others – like brain and spinal cord surgeries – are highly complex. Unfortunately for patients, too many of the surgeries performed...
The smoking-cessation aid Chantix (varenicline) has recently been linked to increased heart problems for people who have cardiovascular disease. According to the FDA, Chantix is more likely than a placebo to cause an increased risk of heart problems, including...
The following news article excerpt featuring co-founding partner Alan Horwitz appears in The Baltimore Examiner. The article is reproduced by permission below. To see how it appears in the Examiner, go to: www.examiner.com/courts-in-baltimore/disaster-racked-americans-are-finding-out-the-insurance-deck-is-stacked With the unprecedented number of natural...
The following news article excerpt featuring co-founding partner Alan Horwitz appears in The Baltimore Examiner. The article is reproduced by permission below. To see how it appears in the Examiner, go to: http://www.examiner.com/courts-in-baltimore/who-is-legally-responsible-when-a-drunk-driver-crashes-after-leaving-a-bar By John Peige Baltimore Courts Examiner
