Maryland Accident Law Blog

Importer Bayside Furnishings and the Consumer Product Safety Commission has announced the recall of approximately 9,350 Pirates of the Caribbean Twin Trundle Beds and LaJolla Boat Beds because of concerns that the toy chests pose an entrapment or strangulation hazard to kids.

There is concern that the toy chest lid supports do not stop the chest lid from shutting too fast. The CPSC says that they have received reports of one incident in which a boy, 22-months, was strangled to death after the toy chest lid fell on the back of his head and his neck became trapped.

This is not the first time toy chests have been recalled over entrapment/suffocation worries. One child suffocated while in a toy chest three years ago. In separate incidents in 2001, another child fell while another child suffocated. Both children died from their injuries.

At least 10 other toy chest recalls have taken place over the last 10 years. The Consumer Product Safety Commission says that since 1975, there have been at least 45 reported deaths. At least three children that were injured injured in toy chest-related accidents suffered brain damage. The majority of injury victims are younger than 2 years of age.

Common toy chest-related accidents:

• The chest falls on a child’s hands or neck.
• Suffocation, from children climbing into or get trapped in the toy chest.

Manufacturers of toys and other children’s products are supposed to design and make products that are safe for use. If your son or daughter was injured because of a product defect, you may be able to file a products liability claim or lawsuit to obtain compensation for his or her personal injuries.

Toy Boxes and Toy Chests, CPSC.gov

Bayside Furnishings Recalls Youth Bed Toy Chests Sold at Costco After the Death of a 22-Month-Old Child, CPSC.gov, July 3, 2008

Toy Chests are Not Toys, Washington Post, July 4, 2008

Related Web Resources:

NNCS Toy Safety

Kids in Danger

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In a South Laurel neighborhood in Prince George County, Maryland, residents are renewing their efforts to get officials to install speed bumps after a 7-year-old bicyclist was hit by a speeding motor vehicle earlier this month. The boy sustained serious head trauma.

According to the Montgomery County, Maryland Web site, 214 people died in speeding-related accidents in 2005—accounting for 35% of all Maryland motor vehicle deaths. That same year, 85% of all speeding-related deaths in the United States occurred roads other than US highways.

Residents say that this injury incident is just one more example of why measures need to be taken to slow down speeding drivers. They want speed bumps installed close to the residential areas—especially because so many pedestrians are students going to and from school. In some areas where there is heavy student traffic, there are no sidewalks to keep kids safe.

Briarwood Civic Association President Katrina Meza says that her efforts to have speed bumps installed have been rejected by the Department of Public Works and Transportation.

A Public Works department spokesperson says that a 2004 survey found that no speed bumps are necessary even after taking into consideration the amount of pedestrian traffic, the general speed of traffic, rush hours, and the hours of student commute.

If you or someone you love was seriously hurt in a Maryland injury accident, do not hesitate to contact our personal injury law firm right away. We can prove if a driver, a property owner, your municipal or state government, a doctor, a nursing home, a product manufacturer, or anyone else was negligent and could have prevented the injury accident from happening.

Accident revives push to slow speeding cars, Laurel Leader, May 22, 2008

Related Web Resources:

Speeding Facts

Speed Bumps

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An 11-month girl was injured after she was struck by a van that collided with an MTA light rail train on Thursday in Downtown Baltimore, Maryland. She was taken to Johns Hopkins Hospital’s pediatric center.

The driver of the van was a U.S. Naval Academy midshipman. He also was taken to a local hospital but did not sustain any serious injuries. Several light rail passengers are reporting injuries from the accident.

The motor vehicle collision occurred early in the morning. The van reportedly ran a red light and was struck by the MTA light rail train. The force of the collision caused the van to spin onto the sidewalk and strike the stroller with the toddler in it.

If you believe that someone you love was seriously injured in a motor vehicle accident, you should contact our Maryland personal injury law firm right away. Our motor vehicle accident attorneys also handle cases involving injuries to minors.

Running a Red Light
Running a red light is a commonly occurring traffic violation that can lead to serious injuries for other drivers and pedestrians and cause serious property damage to motor vehicles involved in any related collisions.

According to the NHTSA, there were over 3,500 traffic accidents in Maryland involving red light violations in 1995—resulting in 34 fatalities and 4,256 injuries. Maryland is one of a handful of U.S. states that use red-light cameras in a few areas—including Montgomery and Prince George’s counties—in an effort to prevent people from running red lights.

Types of Accidents from Running a Red Light, include:
• Colliding with cars coming from the left or ride side of the driver’s path that now have green light authorization to move forward.
• Striking a pedestrian.

Rail commute delayed, several injured in downtown collision, Baltimore Sun, March 20, 2008

Red Light Violations in Maryland, NHTSA

Related Web Resources:

D.C. Red-Light Cameras Fail to Reduce Accidents, Washington Post, October 4, 2005

Red Light Running, Insurance Institute for Highway Safety

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The Consumer Product Safety Commission has issued a report that states the number of infant deaths (children under age 5) involving nursery products have increased significantly.

According to the CPSC, 66,400 children were seriously hurt in nurseries in 2006. The number of infant injuries involving nursery products in 200t was 59,800.

The report did not take into account injuries in 2007 when more than one million Simplicity bassinets and cribs were recalled. At least 4 infants died because of the defective infant beds. The Chicago Tribune conducted an investigation that found that CPSC and Simplicity had known that defective infant crib parts and improper installation could lead to suffocation, even death.

The CPSC report cited a number of Infant products associated with infant injuries, including:

• Cribs
• Bassinets
• Strollers
• Infant carriers
• Car seats
• High chairs
• Walkers

Sometimes the cause of the injuries has been a defective product or product failure. Falls were also a leading cause of injuries. 42% of the injuries sustained by infants were head injuries.

Toys have also come under fire as a cause of serious injuries or deaths affecting children of all ages. Last year, 25 million toys were recalled because of defective product concerns.

In the event that your child was injured because of a defective product, the instructions that came with the product was incomplete or unclear, or the product did not come with a failure to warn of potential injuries or hazards, one of our Maryland or Washington D.C. lawyers would be happy to discuss your case during a free consultation.

Nursery-related product injuries on the rise, CNNMoney.com, February 28, 2008

Infant Deaths in the Nursery Increasing, Consumer Affairs, February 28, 2008

Nursery Product Injuries Sending More Children to the ER, NewsInferno.com, February 29, 2008

Related Web Resources:

Consumer Product Safety Commission

Infants & Children, Recall-Warnings

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Police in Maryland are reminding drivers to “exercise caution, especially when children are involved… while driving anywhere near a school bus.” The warning comes in the wake of the new school year and efforts by state and local law enforcement departments to make this school year a safe one with zero injury accidents and wrongful deaths.

Police will be watching for drivers that are not paying attention when driving close to school bus stops. In Annapolis, drivers stopping in school traffic safety zones during the next five days will get a warning. Afterwards, they will receive citations.

Annapolis will also set up radar-speed display boards in school traffic zones. Police officers will stop any driver caught speeding. Stopping at pedestrian crosswalks will also be enforced, as will the use of seatbelts and child car seats. County officers will patrol school zones in cars during times when school buses are in operation.

Maryland’s Penalties for the Following Violations by Motor Vehicle Drivers:

• Failing to stop for a school vehicle: 3 points to the driver’s license and a $570 fine

• Causing an accident because of failure to stop for a school vehicle: a $610 penalty and three points to the driver’s license.

• Failing to stop for a pedestrian at a crosswalk: $80 fine

• Failing to exercise caution when children are around: $70 fine

Statistics show that from 1991-2001, about 26 children died in school bus accidents. 19 of the 26 fatalities were children that had gotten off or were getting on a bus. Half of the student pedestrians were between the ages of 5 and 7.

There were 1,479 school bus accidents that occurred over this same period. 68% of these accidents involved drivers of other motor vehicles.

Losing a child in a school bus-related accident can be very devastating for the family. It can also be very traumatic for a child to sustain serious injuries in a school bus accident, and the psychological and emotional ramification can be long term.

If your child has been seriously injured or killed in a school bus accident because the bus driver or another driver was negligent, you might have grounds to file a personal injury or a wrongful death claim or lawsuit.

Bus safety high on police radar, Hometownannapolis.com, August 20, 2007

School Bus Accident, Online Lawyer Source

Related Web Resources:

Traffic Safety, NHTSA

Back to School Safety, NSC.org

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Colin Matthew Cunningham, a 5-year-old boy, died on Saturday after being struck by a car. The Stevensville boy was running after a group of teenagers when he ran in front of a Jeep Wrangler on Whispering Woods Drive in a townhouse community in Annapolis.

According to police, seven teenagers had crossed the street to play football in a nearby open area. Colin ran after them. After the accident, he was taken to Johns Hopkins Children’s Hospital and later declared dead.

The 18-year-old driver of the Jeep had her 16-year-old neighbor and 14-year-old sister in the car with her. She stopped right after hitting the Colin.

Authorities say that the alcohol did not play a part in the car accident, but they would investigate whether she had been speeding.

Statistically, children—especially boys 5 to 9 years of age—are at great risk of being hit by a motor vehicle in a pedestrian accident. Many pedestrian accidents involving young children take place close to their homes, and pedestrian fatalities is one of the leading causes of injury and death for children.

Children frequently don’t have a great sense of danger. They also are not easily able to judge how fast an oncoming car is going. They also can be very impulsive and may run into the street without looking to see if a car is coming.

Saferoutesinfo.org offers a number of safety tips for children that are old enough to cross the street without adult supervision, including:

• Choose the route with the fewest streets to cross.
• Avoid crossing busy or high-speed streets.
• Be more visible to drivers by wearing bright clothing in the daytime.
• Always look for motor vehicles.
• Do not cross behind or within 10 feet of the front of a bus or other large motor vehicle because the driver can not see this area.
• Stop at the edges of driveways and curbs or edges of the street where no curb exists and look for motor vehicles before proceeding.
• Watch for parked motor vehicles that may be getting ready to back up or pull forward.
• Walk, don't run, across the street.
• If crossing the street at an intersection:
o Obey traffic signs and signals.
o When the signal indicates it is time to cross, check for motor vehicles. Drivers may not obey the rules and turning drivers may not look for pedestrians.
• Look to see if motor vehicles are coming.

Although children need to be careful when crossing the street, it is still the responsibility of car drivers, bus drivers, truck drivers, and motorcycle riders to exercise extreme caution when operating their motor vehicles.

If your child has been injured or killed in a pedestrian accident because a driver acted negligently by speeding, driving under the influence of drugs, or for any other reason, your child and your family are entitled to recovery compensation for pain, injuries, suffering, and other related losses.

Stevensville boy, 5, dies after being hit by car, Baltimoresun.com, August 20, 2007

Key Messages For Children, Saferoutesinfo.org

Pedestrian safety for kids and parents, Safety and Consumer Protection

Related Web Resources:

National Strategies for Advancing Child Pedestrian Safety, Federal Highway Administration

Pedestrian Injuries to Young Children

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The King George, Virginia woman who is accused of hitting four children that were waiting for a school bus in La Plata, Maryland on Tuesday, and then fleeing the accident scene, has been released on $50,000 bond after being charged with failing to stop after an injury accident and DWI (driving while impaired).

Two of the children, boys ages 4 and 10, were seriously injured and were being treated at the Children’s Hospital in the District. A 9-year-old, who was treated at La Plata hospital, has been released. A 17-year-old had also been injured.

Jacqueline Simmonds, 29, was driving toward a methadone clinic when her car went off the road and onto the sidewalk, hitting a group of children who were waiting for their bus at the stop on Glen Albin Road. She didn’t stop her vehicle and instead, kept driving, ran into a stop sign, and stopped 20 minutes later. She failed two sobriety tests.

Simmonds has previous hit and & run and DUI convictions and is currently fighting an addiction to methadone.

In Charles County, parents are calling for greater safety measures at the stop where the accident took place. They are planning to start a petition drive requesting the hiring of a crossing guard, the installation of speed bumps, and the relocation of the bus stop to an area where there is less traffic. This is the second accident at the Glen Albin Road school stop in the last 9 months. A car struck a child who was crossing the street last September.

Injuries to Minors
Children under 18 years of age who have been seriously injured in an accident can only file a lawsuit with the help of a parent, guardian, or another adult.

Serious injuries to minors can be life altering and extremely traumatic. In addition to injuries resulting from a motor vehicle-related accident, common personal injury accidents where minors are injured include:

• Playground accidents
• Amusement part accidents
• Swimming accidents
• Bicycle accidents
• Swallowing cough medicine or cleaning substances
• Pedestrian injuries
• Falls

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A new study recently released by Safe Kids Worldwide says that Maryland is number 12 out of all 50 states and D.C. in a new ranking report of children’s unintentional injury deaths during the summer. The report is called The Safe Kids U.S. Summer Safety Ranking Report.

Maryland’s unintentional injury-related death rate over a five year period was 2.42 children/100,000 kids. The summer season is known as “trauma season” to emergency personnel, since the number of serious injuries and preventable deaths involving children rises drastically during this time.

Vermont, ranked in the report as the number one state, leads the country with 1.63 children for every 100,000 children dying in an unintentional incident during the summertime. New Jersey was # 2 in the rankings. D.C. ranked #3, New York is #4, and Delaware is #5.

According to the report, 17 children a day (2,143 total) died from May –August 2004 because of preventable injuries. 2.4 million children ended up in the emergency room because of unintentional injuries, with many of these injuries resulting in paralysis, brain damage, and other major disabilities.

In another Safe Kids Worldwide study, the five most common causes of children’s injury deaths that can be prevented include:

-- Drowning (increases 89 percent in the summer over the annual monthly
average)
-- Biking (increases 45 percent)
-- Falls (increases 21 percent)
-- Motor vehicle passenger injuries (increases 20 percent)
-- Pedestrian injuries (increases 16 percent)

If your child has been seriously injured or killed because of another’s negligence, it is important that you speak to a personal injury lawyer right away.

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A $10,000 reward is being offered by the Metropolitan Police Department for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the driver of a green SUV that struck and killed six-year-old Crysta Marie Spencer as she crossed 6th Street, NE, near Orleans Place on Monday. Witnesses say Spencer was knocked out of her shoes and thrown into the air after being hit. The driver then ran over her.

Stop signs and a temporary speed bump have been installed at the intersection where she died.

On Wednesday, the District Department of Transportation and the Washington Area Bicyclist Association launched the “Pace Car Program.” Drivers joining the program sign a written pledge to drive at the speed limit, which is 25 mph in most of the District.

According to Jim Sebastian, a DDOT coordinator, a victim struck be a motor vehicle has a greater chance of survival that if the vehicle had been moving at 25 mph instead of 40.

Some statistics and facts regarding injuries related to child pedestrians:

* In 2002, 599 children ages 14 and under died from pedestrian injuries.

* Of these, 460 died in motor vehicle-related traffic crashes.

* The majority of child pedestrian deaths and injuries are traffic-related. Although pedestrian injuries are not as common as motor vehicle occupant injuries, a disproportionate number of the injuries sustained by child pedestrians are severe.

* Children ages 14 and under are more likely to suffer pedestrian injuries in areas with high traffic volume, a higher number of parked vehicles on the street, higher posted speed limits, no divided highways, few pedestrian-control devices and few alternative play areas.

* Child pedestrian injuries occur more often in residential areas and on local roads that are straight, paved, and dry.

Enforcement of traffic laws, including apprehension of hit-and-run drivers, is effective in reducing traffic-related pedestrian death and injury.

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The AAA recently released driving suggestions for teen drivers who may not be used to driving in snow conditions. Here are some of the tips:

· Supervise your teen driver while he or she practices driving in snow or ice; let your teenager practice steering and hard breaking in skidding conditions
· Think about letting your teen driver only drive during daylight hours where they can see the weather and road conditions more clearly
· Try to avoid letting your teen driver’s first experience driving in winter weather be during a big snowstorm
· Remind your teen driver that drinking while driving will only make driving in winter conditions even more dangerous
· Ensure that your teenager’s motor vehicle has emergency equipment, such as a flashlight, cell phone, jumper cables, and an ice scraper.

Here are a few teen driver fatality statistics:

· Teen drivers make up 14% of all motor vehicle-related deaths
· 45% of the time that a teen driver was killed in a car accident, he or she was driving with another teenager in the car
· 1/3 of teen driver fatalities are speeding-related

Common causes of accidents when teen drivers are at the wheel:

· Not paying attention to the roads or weather conditions
· Driving too fast
· Not wearing a safety belt
· Tiredness
· Driving with other teenagers

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Federal officials in the U.S. say that bus drivers who use cell phones while driving may be partially to blame for the 17,000 school children that sustain injuries from school bus accidents each year. In an undercover news report by ABC News and Good Morning America, the reporting team got on school buses to observe a number of bus drivers. Over four days, the news team reported seeing 17 bus drivers dialing their cell phone while driving with school children on the bus. Two bus drivers reportedly stopped using the phone when they saw that a news camera crew was shooting them.

Examples of school bus accidents involving cell phone-using bus drivers:

· A bus driver in Prince Georges County, Maryland lost control of the bus while talking on his cell phone. 30 students were hospitalized.
· An 8-year-old girl lost her right forearm. The bus driver was talking on his cell phone when the accident occurred.

The Governors Highway Safety Association says that all states should make it illegal for bus drivers to use their cell phone when they have passengers riding their bus.

Only the District of Columbia and 11 U.S. states ban cell phone use while driving a bus:

· Arizona
· Arkansas
· California
· Connecticut
· Delaware
· Illinois
· Massachusetts
· New Jersey
· Rhode Island
· Tennessee
· Texas
· DC

The Official Journal Of American Academy of Pediatrics Offers The Following Statistics Regarding School Bus-Related Injuries For Teenagers And Children:

· There were an estimated 51100 school bus–related injuries treated in US emergency departments from 2001 to 2003, for a national estimate of 17000 injuries.
· Ninety-seven percent of children were treated and released from the hospital.
· Children 10 to 14 years of age accounted for the greatest proportion of injuries.
· Motor vehicle crashes accounted for 42.3% of all injuries, followed by injuries that occurred as the child was boarding/alighting/approaching the bus (23.8%). Head injuries accounted for more than half (52.1%) of all injuries among children.
· Strains and sprains accounted for the highest percentage of all injuries, followed by contusions and abrasions (28.3%) and lacerations (14.9%).
· More than three quarters (77.7%) of lacerations were to the head.

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The 41-year-old-woman who was arrested for hitting a toddler and his grandmother with her truck and then dragging the toddler in his stroller under her pickup truck for almost a mile as she left the scene has been indicted for auto manslaughter.

Lazara Arellano de Hogue faces two felony counts of failing to stop her vehicle at the scene of a deadly accident, two charges of vehicular manslaughter, negligent and reckless driving, failing to render aid, and failing to avoid collision with a pedestrian. If convicted for vehicular manslaughter or felony hit-and-run, she could face up to 10 years in prison for each conviction.

The toddler, 3-year-old Elijah Cozart, died as a result of the accident, while his grandmother, Marjorie Thomas, was seriously injured and treated at the Maryland Shock Trauma Center. Thomas is healing slowly and using a walker.

Released since December on $250,000 bail, Arellano de Hogue now is back in police custody. Bail has been set to $2 million.

According to a recent USA Today analysis, the number of people killed in hit and run accidents has grown 20% since 2000.

In 2005, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 974 of the 4881 pedestrians who were killed were victims of hit and run accidents.

According to the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety, nearly 11% of all police-reported vehicle-related accidents involve hit and run, and pedestrians make up 60% of people killed in hit and run accidents.

The AAA Foundation says that their analysis of General Estimates System databases and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s Fatality Analysis Reporting System found that 14,914 people died from hit and run accidents between 1994 and 2003.

The Foundation offers the following tips to help keep pedestrians safe around traffic:

-Obey traffic signals
-Look left, then right, then left again before crossing the street even when in a crosswalk
-Watch for turning vehicles when crossing
-Remain alert and aware of cars as they approach and pass you
-Do not assume drivers see you because you see them
-When sidewalks are not present, walk as far away from the roadway as possible
-If walking at night wear retro reflective and light-colored clothing

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A Towson, Maryland district court judge has reduced the bail of the woman charged in the hit-and-run dragging death of three-year-old Elijah Cozart in Baltimore County to $250,000. Cozart’s grandmother had been pushing him in a stroller across Goucher Boulevard when a 1999 Dodge Ram pickup truck, driven by Lazara Arellano de Hogue, struck Cozart, and his grandmother, Marjorie Thomas, 55 as they were crossing the street. The pickup truck continued down the road, dragging the boy underneath it for nearly 3/4ths of a mile before he tumbled free. He was taken to Good Samaritan Hospital where he was pronounced dead. Thomas is still in the hospital.

Arellano de Hogue, who was arrested on Castle Drive at a home that she shares with her boyfriend, was held at the Baltimore County Detention Center on $2 million bail over the weekend. She claims that she didn’t know she had hit the toddler—only the grandmother, whom she claims she had swerved to avoid.

According to police, however, Arellano de Hogue was seen getting out of the vehicle, pulling the stroller out from under the pickup truck, and driving away.

USA Safekids.org says that:

· In 2002, 599 children ages 14 and under died from pedestrian injuries.

· Of these, 460 died in motor vehicle-related traffic crashes.

· In 2003, nearly 38,400 children ages 14 and under were treated in hospital emergency rooms for pedestrian-related injuries.

· In 2002, 599 children ages 14 and under died from pedestrian injuries.

· Of these, 460 died in motor vehicle-related traffic crashes.

· In 2003, nearly 38,400 children ages 14 and under were treated in hospital emergency rooms for pedestrian-related injuries.

· Children ages 14 and under are more likely to suffer pedestrian injuries in areas with high traffic volume, a higher number of parked vehicles on the street, higher posted speed limits, no divided highways, few pedestrian-control devices, and few alternative play areas.

· Child pedestrian injuries occur more often in residential areas and on local roads that are straight, paved, and dry.

· Children ages 4 and under are at the greatest risk from child pedestrian death.

· In 2002, children ages 4 and under accounted for more than 40 percent of pedestrian injury-related deaths.

· Nearly 10 percent of all child pedestrian-related injuries occur in driveways.

· Children ages 4 and under account for 80 percent of these driveway-related pedestrian injuries.

· Toddlers (ages 1 to 2) sustain the highest number of pedestrian injuries.

· More than half of all toddler pedestrian injuries occur when a vehicle is backing up.

· Children from birth to age 2 are also more likely to suffer pedestrian injuries in parking lots and on sidewalks.

· Nearly two-thirds of child pedestrian deaths are among males.

· African-American children have a pedestrian injury death rate almost twice that of white children.

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A number of Calvert County organizations have teamed together to bring Southern Maryland young drivers the Drive 2 Survive training program. The Drive 2 Survive course will focus on giving teen drivers the “real world skills” to deal with unexpected situations they might experience on the road.

The National Highway Transportation Safety Board says:

· Teenagers are just 7% of all drivers.
· Teen drivers are responsible for 20% of all vehicle-related collisions.
· Young drivers are responsible for 14% of all vehicle-related deaths.

According to the program’s founders, Drive 2 Survive goes beyond basic driver’s education and is an advanced safety and collision avoidance training course.

Enrolling in the program costs $200 and is open to any teenager living in the tri-county, southern Maryland area who has a learner’s permit and has taken Maryland’s mandated classroom and in-car training. You can click on the link below to register and find out more information.

The Maryland Rookie Driver Program is a graduated licensing program that allows teen drivers to build their skills before earning their driver’s license.