It’s one thing for an unlicensed or uninsured individual to drive a motor vehicle unlawfully on a public road without incident, but it’s a totally different story when someone who is untrained, uninsured or otherwise unauthorized to drive and then crash that car, truck or motorcycle on the street. To…
It’s true that even with extensive training, police officers can be taken by surprise by a traffic situation that results in bodily injury to that patrolman. Over the past several years police departments and law enforcement agencies have put in place safety-related policies for officers whose work is conducted almost…
All manner of individuals travel Maryland’s roadways every day, each of them trusting in their own way that the drivers of all the other vehicles with whom they share the road are each paying attention and doing the right thing. As Baltimore personal injury lawyers and auto/trucking accident attorneys, we…
Almost anyone can be hurt or killed in a traffic accident. That’s a sad fact of life in a densely populated state such as Maryland. Throw in the usual, and mostly preventable causes — such as drinking and driving, operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of prescription medication,…
As citizens of this state, we rely on our police, fire and other emergency responders to provide safety and security to the public as a whole. To us, even as Maryland personal injury lawyers, it is difficult to reconcile any connection of a public servant with a negligent act that…
It is understandable to think that personal responsibility is sadly lacking when we read of hit-and-run accidents in Rockville, the District, Hagerstown and Frederick. It is an unfortunate fact that some drivers do not take civic responsibility very seriously when they are the cause of an injury-related car wreck or…
There is nothing more wrenching for a family than to find out that a loved one has died in a tragic and fatal traffic accident. Individuals who lose their lives on Maryland roadways more often than not have died in vain and the surviving family members have little with which…
A head-on traffic accident can be one of the most severe roadway collisions that can happen to a family sedan or minivan. The deadly effects of this kind of car wreck is that the force of the impact is usually about twice what it would be if one moving car…
These days parents entrust the safety and well-being of their kids to friends and family with the understanding that these people will whatever necessary precautions are required to ensure that the children will the well cared for during trips to and from school and other extracurricular events. Unfortunately, automobile, trucking…
It’s time again to remind drivers in Annapolis, Rockville, Baltimore and the District to be alert when approaching police patrol cars and other emergency vehicles stopped on the roadside; this is because injury accidents do happen to law enforcement officers and emergency personnel while doing their jobs on Maryland’s highways…