Maryland Accident Law Blog

A man who says that actress Lindsay Lohan was drunk when she drove her Mercedes into his van two years ago is suing her and the Ivy Restaurant for personal injury.

Raymond Ortega says that Lohan, under 21 years of the age at the time of the accident, was eating at The Ivy in Hollywood where she became drunk. She then drove away from the restaurant and crashed into his truck just a few minutes later. The lawsuit blames “The Ivy” for serving alcoholic beverages to a minor, thereby playing a role in the injuries sustained by Ortega.

In his lawsuit, Ortega says that he is suing Lohan for lost wages, pain and suffering, medical bills, and damage to his motor vehicle. Ortega says that Lohan drove recklessly to escape the paparazzi and was watching them instead of the road. He is suing Lohan and the Ivy for more than $200,000.

This is not the first time that Lindsay Lohan has been sued because of a car accident. Grandeur, Inc., is suing the star for $3,624.84 in Small Claims Court for striking a company van in Beverly Hills. She is also being sued by Ilex Harris and Eddie Palmington, who claim that she hit their motor vehicle in an unrelated car accident.

Lohan is currently in rehab. She was recently arrested for DWI after police arrested her and found a substance believed to be cocaine.

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A multi-car accident in Hughesville at Siesta Fields Place and Maryland Route 231 on Tuesday left four drivers injured. Three of the injured had to be flown to hospitals because the extent of their injuries were so serious.

Robert Charles Hall Jr. was driving his 2005 Dodge truck East on Rt. 231 when he started passing in a no passing zone. As he tried to get back in the right lane, his truck hit a 2002 Lexus that was being driven by Elvis Michael Ward.

Hall’s truck spun out of control and into the westbound lanes, where his car was hit by a 2004 Mazda Tribute driven by Clara Diane Gilley. William Joseph Johnson, in his 1999 Chevrolet Tracker, then rear ended Gilley’s Tribute.

Halls’ vehicle, however, kept going down the westbound lane, where it hit a 2003 BMW X3 being driven by Joseph Leslie Hardin. Hall’s truck caught on fire.

Hall, Gilley, and Johnson were all incapacitated because of the crash, and they were flown via helicopter to P.G. General Hospital. Ward sustained minor injuries and was treated at Civista. Hardin was not injured.

Maryland State Police say that driver error and speeding were likely factors in the multi-car crash.

If you have been seriously injured in a car accident that was caused by a negligent party, it is important that you call a personal injury lawyer immediately. You will very likely need help covering your medical bills, additional recovery costs, or lost wages. You also may be entitled to compensation for your pain and suffering. We can take all of these factors into consideration when assessing your claim for you.

The negligent party’s insurance company will very likely try to negotiate a settlement directly with you, and the settlement amount may be much smaller than what you’d received if you had your own lawyer. If you hire us as your personal injury attorneys, we can deal with the insurance companies for you and make sure that we demand the maximum recovery that you need.

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A 30-year-old woman has been preliminarily charged by Washington D.C. police with aggravated assault while armed, after the vehicle she was driving barreled through the Unifest church-sponsored festival last night. The term “armed” refers to the 1991 Volvo that she was driving. At least 40 people were injured in the car collision, and seven of the injured persons were children. Fortunately, there are no fatalities and nearly all of the injured persons have been released from hospitals.

As she was plowing her vehicle through the festival, people tried stopping her by throwing strollers and other debris in her path. The vehicle had been moving at about 70mph, and adults had to push children aside in attempt to keep them out of harm’s way.

The driver, Tonya Bell of Maryland, is in police custody and has been treated for an ankle injury. Many have wondered why she wasn’t apprehended after she was noticed driving erratically earlier. She had even collided with an unmarked police car just 20 minutes before the street festival accident occurred.

According to police, they had followed Bell’s car but were ordered to stop because her traffic violation did not pose a threat to the policemen’s safety. Toxicology reports are pending, and witnesses have reported seeing Bell laughing and smoking as she drove through the festival.

A 7-year-old girl who had been riding with Bell at the time of the incident has been taken into Child Protective Services. She was not injured during the accident.

D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty is calling the incident one of the “worst serious traffic accidents…in the District of Columbia” history.

More charges against Bell, who struck two police officers (who where thrown off their motorcycles) when they drove in front of her, are pending. The two officers sustained minor injuries from the collision.

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Maryland State Police have revealed the names of those who were injured last Saturday in Fruitland, Maryland, when a Hispanic male driving a Pontiac Sunfire GT on Route 13 struck a Pontiac Grand Am and a Honda Ridgeline pickup. The driver is believed to have been driving under the influence. His passenger, also a Hispanic male, was declared dead at the car accident scene.

According to police, the drunk driver had been speeding through the Route 13 and Hayward Avenue intersection, when he struck both the Pontiac Grand Am and the pickup, as he tried to squeeze between the two of them at a stoplight while avoiding police. A police trooper had been chasing after the driver of the Pontiac Sunfire, who was driving his vehicle at a speed of more than 100 miles an hour.

The Pontiac Grand Am, driven by Charles Dvorak Sr., overturned at the median. The car had also been occupied by Dvorak’s wife Doris, and their children Rebecca, 10, and Charles Jr., 12. All of them were treated for non-life threatening injuries and later released from Peninsula Regional Medical Center. The occupants of the Honda Ridgeline, Tyrone and Virginia Strand, were also taken to PRMC where they were later released.

Injuries resulting from the negligence of another driver can be serious and life altering. There may even be injuries that seem minor at the time but later prove to be chronic and long-term—requiring constant medical treatment and care. This is why it is important that you speak with a personal injury lawyer right away if you have been injured in a car accident or any other kind of motor vehicle accident caused by the negligence of another driver or party.

There is a good chance that the negligent party’s insurance company will try to contact you immediately and work out a settlement agreement. There is also a very good chance that you will be offered a settlement that is not the maximum amount that you could receive for your accident.

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