Car-for-hire companies operating in Maryland – specifically Über and Lyft – can be uniquely difficult to deal with when it comes to determining fault, liability, and insurance coverage if you’re injured by one of their drivers. You don’t want to fight either company alone. What you need is a lawyer – an auto accident personal […]
Hurt at work in Maryland? Now what? Here we are in what is hopefully the tail end of the COVID-19 pandemic. Many of us have spent some time over the past few months working less, working with restrictions, or at the very least wondering if our jobs will still be there the next day. What […]
Any time someone dies in an accident, a wrongful death lawsuit may be filed. Such lawsuits are usually handled by personal injury lawyers on behalf of the deceased person’s family or estate. The purpose of this legal action is to compensate the family or the estate of the deceased for pain and suffering, lost income, and […]
Scooters and mopeds have been popular forms of transportation in Maryland for some time now. After a rocky start, the dockless ride share Lime bike revolution has finally taken off here, too. Predictably – and in the city of Baltimore, especially – there’s been a significant increase in the number of people injured in electronic […]
When you’ve been riding for years – and most of us learned how as kids – it’s hard to think of a bicycle as dangerous. Of course, it’s rarely the bike itself that’s a problem; it’s more often environmental factors and, specifically, less-than-sufficiently observant drivers of motorized vehicles that cause bicycle accidents. Maryland cyclists are […]
E-Cigarettes and other personal vaporizers, or “vaping” devices, have really caught on as an allegedly safer alternative to tobacco smoking. Here in Maryland, vape shops, as the retail outlets that sell these devices are popularly known, have popped up all over the place. Sadly, evidence is emerging that vaping really isn’t all that safe. Aside […]
You can’t walk away from it: Any time you put people on foot near people behind a wheel there’s an accident in the making. And what if you’re the pedestrian who’s injured in such an accident? Don’t think your victimhood automatically gets you rewarded. You’ll need a lawyer – a good personal injury lawyer experienced […]
Think you’ve been a victim of medical malpractice? You do have recourse: You can take legal action against the medical care professionals you think responsible for it. But in Maryland, as pretty much anywhere, actually, the burden of proof lies with you. And proof is seldom easy, even if you’ve suffered injuries medical malpractice might […]
If you’re like most safety-conscious Maryland bikers, you’ve already put your motorcycle away for the winter. But maybe you’re a natural-born risk-taker, and a little snow on the road doesn’t phase you. If that’s the case, you undoubtedly still recognize that even a light dusting of snow can hide icy spots and you’ve got to […]
¯ Fa-La, La-La-Laaaah, La-La, La, Laaaah! ¯ Once again, ’tis the season – for sleet and snow and ice and cold and, in many, if not all, parts of Maryland, road conditions that make winter driving so much … fun. It comes as no surprise, of course, that winter brings with it a rise in […]