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Maryland Lieutenant Governor Michael Steele was treated and released at a local hospital last week after he was involved in a car accident. Maryland State Police say the Chevrolet Suburban that Steele was traveling in was hit by a Chevrolet Cavalier at an intersection of Dorsey Road and Ridge Road in Hanover near the Baltimore Washington International Airport. The driver of the Cavelier was 19-year-old Baltimore resident Brittany Laporte. Preliminary reports are citing driver error.

Paramedics drove Steele and the two troopers who were riding with him to the Baltimore Washington Medical Center in Glen Burnie where they were treated and released. Steele reportedly went home to rest afterward.

If you are injured in a car accident, you should act quickly to find witnesses and preserve the evidence to prove your case to an insurance company.

A 28-year-old La Plata woman was arrested on August 1, 2006, for driving while intoxicated, driving while impaired, negligent driving, fleeing and eluding, hit and run, and failure to drive on right side of the road.

Sabrina Rae Cutlip was apprehended by police who followed her after she became involved in a hit and run accident in the parking lot of the CVS Pharmacy on Crain Highway in La Plata.

A hit and run incident is a failure by a driver involved in an vehicle-related accident to stop and remain at the scene of the accident.

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 occur on Maryland’s highways as a result of vehicle-related accidents.

The Strategic Highway Safety Plan will include initiatives focusing on seven emphasis areas:

1. Prevention of impaired driving

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 injuries and was taken to the Peninsula Regional Medical Center for treatment.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says that due to alcohol-related car accidents in 2001:

-nearly 18,000 people were killed.

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, while four-way

stop signs will replace a blinking light at Division and Isabella Streets. Curbs located between Mill Street and Route 13 on Isabella Street will be bumped out and landscaped to cause traffic in the area to slow down.

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 in the state of Maryland include:

*Not being able to carry passengers younger than 18 years of age when driving unaccompanied by a qualified supervising driver during the first 5 months of being licensed.

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 injured in a car accident. We have redacted the names of the parties involved for purposes of confidentiality.

Download Demand for Jury Trial document

This Demand For Jury Trial document is provided by the Maryland-based personal injury law firm of Lebowitz and Mzhen.

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 to stem from incidents involving:

-hit and run drivers

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 that we filed in Circuit Court where we designated a particular physician as an expert witness for our client, the plaintiff, who was injured in a car accident. We have redacted the names of the individuals involved for purposes of confidentiality.

Download Sample Of Designation Of Expert Witnesses Document

This document was filed by the Maryland-based personal injury lawfirm of Lebowitz and Mzhen.

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 determining the plaintiff’s damages.

In Maryland, more than 120 state law enforcement agencies are cracking down on passengers and drivers who don’t wear safety belts. The “Click It Or Ticket” campaign is part of a nationwide initiative to reduce auto accident deaths and increase Maryland’s 91% safety belt use rate.

State law enforcement groups have set up more than 100 seat belt checkpoints and enforcement zones where individuals not wearing seat belts will be ticketed. Special attention will be paid to safety belt use at night.