A 32-year-old woman from Bowie, Maryland, has been charged with multiple crimes after an accident that claimed the lives of five children and one adult. The woman crashed her sport utility vehicle into a tree after she drove off Route 301 close to Pointer Ridge Drive....
Motor Vehicle Accident
Wrong-way crash turns fatal in Maryland
A Maryland man is facing a number of charges after he caused a three-car accident by driving the wrong way down Interstate 195. At approximately 1:30 a.m., on March 15, state troopers were called to the scene on the Patapsco River Bridge due to reports that a Toyota...
The effect of the opioid crisis on Maryland’s roadways
A new study released by researchers at the John Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health is providing insight into the role opioid abuse plays in deadly accidents on Maryland's highways. The "Heroin Highway" cuts right through the western part of the state, along the...
1 killed, others injured in Maryland car accident
When a teenager heads away to a cheerleading competition, the worst news parents expect to hear is that someone broke an arm or a leg in a bad fall -- not that their child has been injured or killed in an accident on the road. Unfortunately, that's what happened after...
What happens to a your body in a car crash?
Cars are made out of steel, hard plastic and fiberglass, mostly. Human bodies are pretty soft by comparison. A car accident takes about 200 milliseconds to happen. In that time, this is what can happen to your car and your body: Your car comes to a screeching,...
Maryland drivers warned to watch for deer on the roads
Maryland drivers are being urged to exercise an abundance of caution during the latter part of November because deer are mating. That means there are lots of deer on the move, and many of them spring suddenly onto the road. In 2016, the Maryland Department of Natural...
This is your post-car accident action plan
The moments following an auto collision will always be a blur. Even if it's a minor fender-bender, it's likely that you'll feel jarred and confused as the adrenaline starts pumping through your veins. Don't feel like you're any less of a person because of this: It's a...
BMW averts fire risks with 1.6 million-car recall
All products sold in the United States should be free of dangerous defects. Nevertheless, even the most well-respected manufacturers of luxury products have been known to make mistakes. The manufacturers of the most expensive vehicles, like BMW, Mercedes and Lexis,...
5 example personal injury scenarios
In the typical personal injury law practice, lawyers see a wide variety of cases. Often the most common relate to car accident injuries, as it's in these accidents that one party is often at fault for another party's injuries. However, there are numerous other...
Common types of personal injury accident cases
Personal injury attorneys represent plaintiffs who have suffered injuries in countless types of accidents. At our law firm, just when we think we've encountered every accident scenario imaginable, a unique factual scenario presents itself. That being said, we do see...