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…