In our last post, Five Insurance Tips to Help You Survive a Motorcycle Accident, we discussed the proactive steps necessary to ensure that you will be taken care of if you get into a serious motorcycle accident. This post...
Motorcyclists are a breed apart from other motorists—they share a unique bond with each other, and carry a mystique about them. There are several stereotypes, to be sure, but the critical differences between a motorcycle accident and a standard...
It doesn’t matter if your case is a “tiny” automobile accident fender bender or a massive multi-million dollar birth injury medical malpractice case—you should hire the best lawyer possible. You can take the path of least resistance by randomly...
Maryland bus and taxi accident cases are somewhat different from other accident cases, largely because of insurance law, but also because of factors unique to those cases. Here’s an outline of some issues that lawyers and their clients should...
Some people mistakenly believe that because they did not wear a seat belt when involved in a Maryland automobile accident, that they are not entitled to a car accident settlement. People on bikes or motorcycles sometimes make the same...
The Maryland legislature is considering a bill that would permit victims of drunk drivers to recover punitive damages in civil lawsuits. House Bill 987, sponsored by Delegates Waldstreicher, Anderson, Barkley, Conaway, Lee, Malone, Simmons and Smigiel, is similar to...
Most plaintiffs question the need for various discovery questions asked of them. These questions come in the form of written questions (interrogatories) or questions asked at deposition. In many cases, these questions have no real relevance to the case,...
Probably about half of all automobile accident trials are what we call “damages only” case. That means the insurance companies agree their driver caused the accident, but we are arguing over the degree of injury and the amount of...
More children are killed by car crashes than by any other single cause (NHTSA, children ages 1 to 12 in the United States). Maryland Car Seat Laws The Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene keeps a list of...
Road workers have dangerous jobs. They often work on the side or in the middle of well-traveled roadways and highways, and it seems that many people ignore warning signs to slow down near work areas. Road Worker Injury Statistics...
