In Linthicum Heights last week, Maryland State Police, the Department of Transportation, the Federal Highway Administration, the State Highway Administration, and people from the private sector gathered at the Maritime Institute of Technology to come up with a plan to reduce the number of fatalities, injuries, and motorist crashes that…
A Delaware man was arrested for driving under the influence this weekend in Maryland. Maryland State Police say that Frederick Neil Cline was speeding and driving eastbound on Route 50 in a westbound lane when his car collided with Gavin Jay Bayline’s car. Bayline, a Salisbury resident, sustained non-life threatening…
In Salisbury’s Newtown Historic District, pedestrians and drivers can rest a little easier when navigating through their streets. Devices designed to slow traffic are going to be permanently added to the neighborhood. A landscaped median will be installed at the entrance of Route 13 and at Division and Mill Streets,…
The AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety has released a report saying that restrictions imposed on teen drivers by the state of Maryland may be working. According to the report, measures known as “graduated driver licensing” can reduce car accident fatalities involving young drivers by 20%. Limits for licensed minor drivers…
If your personal injury case cannot be resolved during mediation, then you may have to go to court. Below, we have included a sample of a court document that we filed in District Court in the state of Maryland demanding a jury trial for our client, the plaintiff, who was…
Every year in the United States, about 3 million car accidents result in injuries. According to the US Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 2 million of these injuries are permanent and approximately 40,000 of them result in death. Personal injury cases based on car accident claims tend…
If you are the plaintiff in a personal injury suit, you may need to ask a medical expert to testify as a witness on your behalf. This person can verify the extent of your injuries and testify for you in court. Below, we have included a sample of a document…
Failure to wear a seat belt can sometimes affect the outcome of a personal injury lawsuit. In some states, failure to wear a seat belt can decrease the amount of compensation a plaintiff can receive. In other states, evidence of failure to wear a safety belt cannot be considered when…
In a case that is being ruled a pedestrian error, a high school student was hit by an SUV after she jumped out of a moving car and ran across the street on Route 99 in Howard County on Thursday, May 19. Mount Hebron High School student Jamila Haley Palmer,…
On May 17, 2006 at 7pm, Maryland cycling groups from Hagerstown, Frederick, and Baltimore will join cyclists across the country in a Ride of Silence to honor cyclists who have been killed or injured on public roads. The Ride of Silence was started in 2003 when an endurance rider was…