Maryland Accident Law Blog

Baltimore Metropolitan Council Evaluates Whether To Add Rest Stops For Trucks Between The Beltway And Pennsylvania Line

July 11, 2006 | Lebowitz & Mzhen

Heavy freight traffic on Baltimore highways is causing the Baltimore Metropolitan Council to review whether there needs to be more rest facilities available to truckers. There are currently no designated rest stops between the Beltway and the Pennsylvania line, and the council wants to determine whether more truck parking areas need to be created. The council’s Truck Parking Partnership Study is looking into this issue and will make a recommendation.

According to federal regulations, truck drivers:

-Must park and stop if they’ve been driving for 11 hours straight.

Insurance Companies Handling Auto, Truck, And Motorcycle Accidents In Maryland, Washington DC, Georgia, and Nearby States

July 10, 2006 | Lebowitz & Mzhen

If you are involved in any kind of vehicle-related accident, chances are that you will find yourself dealing with your insurance company as well as the insurance company of the other party involved in the car accident.

Here is a list of what to do when you are in any kind of traffic accident.

Also see the article Making Notes About Your Accident And Injuries on our web site.

Traffic-Slowing Devices To Be Permanently Installed In Salisbury’s Newtown Historic District

July 7, 2006 | Lebowitz & Mzhen

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.

Maryland Car Accident Fatalities Reduced By Laws Placing Limits On Licensed Minors, According To AAA Report

July 5, 2006 | Lebowitz & Mzhen

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.

Sample Of A Demand For Jury Trial Document In A Personal Injury Lawsuit

July 3, 2006 | Lebowitz & Mzhen

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.

Maryland Natural Resources Police Investigate Recent Boating Accidents

June 29, 2006 | Lebowitz & Mzhen

The Maryland Natural Resources Police have had to turn their attention to local waters where a number of boating accidents have recently taken place.

On June 18, In St. Clement Bay near St. Clement Shores, a 10-year-old boy was injured in the head when an 18-foot boat hit a pound net. The child was flown to Washington DC and treated at the Children’s Hospital National Medical Center.

Just one day earlier, the NRP recovered the bodies of two men from the Potomac River. They had died in a boating accident on June 16. Their boat had been found without anyone on board just south of the Woodrow Wilson Memorial Bridge. A third person who survived the accident was taken to a hospital for treatment. The NRP is investigating the cause of the accident.

Samples Of Auto Tort Complaints Filed In Circuit, District, And Federal Courts For Personal Injury Lawsuits

June 27, 2006 | Lebowitz & 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

Sample Of Designation Of Expert Witnesses Document Requesting Physician To Testify On Behalf Of Plaintiff Injured In Car Accident

June 22, 2006 | Lebowitz & Mzhen

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.

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

Family Files $5 Million Dollar Wrongful Death Suit Against Delaware-Based Air Ag Inc. For Negligent Use Of Pesticide Spray

June 21, 2006 | Lebowitz & Mzhen

A Maryland family recently filed a $5 million dollar wrongful death suit against Air Ag Inc. and its owner Robert J. Collins for the death of Edward Louis Brittingham in June 2003. The lawsuit claims that Brittingham died after he was exposed to Warrior, a highly toxic pesticide, when the Delaware-based aerial pesticide application company sprayed it onto a wheat field near a residential area in the city of Berlin.

The suit, filed on June 8 in Worcester County on behalf of Brittingham’s widow and five children, alleges that Air Ag Inc. and Collins were negligent because they “knew or should have known that the pesticide being applied was highly toxic and would cause serious injury including death if improperly or negligently applied.”

Causes for filing wrongful death suits in Maryland include:

Sample Of A Products Liability Complaint For Maryland Courts

June 19, 2006 | Lebowitz & Mzhen

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission says that defective products cause more than 29.5 million injuries and close to 22,000 deaths in the US each year.

Some reasons for why a manufactured product might be defective:

– design defects