Maryland Road Work Accidents
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 [...]
Maryland Bicycle Helmet Laws
UPDATE: We originally posted this article in February 2013 when the Maryland legislature was considering requiring most bicycle riders to wear helmets. However, the bill did not pass. Therefore, only riders who are younger than 16 are [...]
Distracted Driving Information For Drivers
It is almost axiomatic how dangerous distracted driving can be. We hear about it on the news, in lawsuits, and we know that people are being seriously hurt and killed because of cell phone use in automobiles. [...]
Buying a New Car? Get Gap Insurance
Buying a new car is never simple. Between high-pressure sales tactics and weighing the needs of the family (minivan?) versus the needs of self-image (sports car?), there is a lot to think about. Add to that the [...]
Vehicle Maintenance Records
Auto accident cases against businesses and trucking companies often generate reams of information in the discovery process. One important area your lawyers may look into is the maintenance records of the negligent driver’s vehicle. These records can [...]
Johns Hopkins Steps Up To Right A Wrong
Like other Marylanders, we were shocked to hear about allegations against former Johns Hopkins physician Nikita Levy, a gynecologist who may have been photographing and videotaping patients. Levy worked at the East Baltimore Medical Center, and had [...]
Truck Accident Lawsuits
Many lawyers make the mistake of thinking that a Maryland truck accident is just a larger version of an automobile collision. These cases are vastly more complicated, and failure to know the specialized rules for truck drivers [...]
Maryland Bicycle Accidents
Like motorcycle accidents, bicyclists are particularly susceptible to collisions and are less protected from injury, despite helmet laws. For these reasons, when an automobile collides with a bicyclist, the injuries are often devastating and permanent. Several [...]
Johnson & Johnson: First Defective DePuy Hip Trial
The first trial of about 10,000 cases over Johnson & Johnson’s defective DePuy hip replacement devices has started in Los Angeles, California. These hip devices are from a time when Johnson & Johnson and other hip [...]
Using Maps at Trial
Because a judge or jury may not be familiar with the area of a Maryland or West Virginia automobile accident, our lawyers frequently rely on maps and photographs of the scene of the collision to help explain [...]
Maryland Motorcycle Accidents
Some motorcyclists view it as a convenient and cheap and method of transportation, while others view it as a lifestyle. Whether riding an old-time Harley Davidson or the newest sport bike, injured motorcyclists face significant prejudices [...]
Value Of Maryland Workers’ Compensation Cases
Workers’ compensation case values can be difficult to understand. It’s easy to explain some of the usual benefits—lifetime medical care, and the amount of lost wages payable, for example. The difficult part is the final award [...]
Using Property Damage in a Contested 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 [...]
Evidence in Distracted Driving Lawsuits
Many of our Maryland and West Virginia automobile accident clients tell us that they believe the negligent driver was illegally using a cell phone at the time of the collision. Often this is because our clients witness [...]
Five Dollar Footlong Lawsuits
A pair of New Jersey residents and their lawyer have filed what they hope will be a class action lawsuit against fast-food chain Subway. The allegation is simple—the $5 dollar foot-long subway sandwiches are actually missing a [...]
West Virginia Distracted Driving Lawsuits
Effective July 1, 2012, West Virginia has a comprehensive law restricting the use of cell phones by drivers. As the 36th state to ban texting and driving, West Virginia’s legislators clearly agree that cell phone use is [...]
Consumer Alert: Deadly “Monster” Energy Drinks
More and more reports are coming to light about dangerous highly caffeinated beverages like Monster Energy Drinks. These are beverages that contain high amounts of caffeine, additives, and sometimes even alcohol. The manufacturers market them directly [...]
Maryland Distracted Driving Lawsuits
If there is one significant trend we have noticed over the past ten years in our automobile accident lawsuits, it’s that a significant number of accidents are caused by drivers who are distracted by cell phones, [...]
Urgent Preservation Letters To Protect Evidence
One reason why many personal injury victims should quickly contact a lawyer is to help identify and secure evidence that is important to the case. In some situations, this will be general evidence that may come with [...]
Medicare Liens
When Medicare pays expenses of medical care or prescription drugs for a person who was injured in an automobile accident or other personal injury, the victim must repay Medicare if they get money from a lawsuit [...]