You get in an accident. The other driver’s insurance company denies the claim. Your question is: what do I do if my car insurance claim is denied? Insurance companies deny car accident claims for good reasons and bad. The reality is insurance companies make money by taking premiums and not…
A recent study conducted by the Highway Loss Data Institute found that collision avoidance systems installed on 2013-2017 BMW models showed claim rate reductions in collisions, property damage, and injuries. This shows that this technology has the potential to reduce auto collision and injury rates. As we are seeing with…
I’m always reading about how State Farm and Allstate dominate auto insurance nationally. Our accident lawyers seem to see more of GEICO than any other insurance company. This morning, I found an article with auto insurance market share data that lists the top 5 car insurance companies by market share…
Pedestrian Deaths Rose in 2018 Pedestrian deaths in Maryland jumped 25 percent in 2018 to a 28-year high. We had 48 pedestrian deaths in 2017 and that jumped to 60 in 2018. We are not the only ones. The national average is also at a 28-year high, according to a…
Our law firm handles a lot of brain injury cases, both from childbirth and from traumatic collisions like a car or truck accident. Below are questions we are frequently asked about these claims. Traumatic brain injury overview A traumatic brain injury (TBI) is caused by force impact or force to…
According to a study from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), teenagers have the highest car accident rate of any age group in the country. After years on the decline, teen driving fatalities have been on the increase. The rate of teen driver fatalities went up nine percent from 2014…
Car accidents generate a lot of harmful force. When a car suddenly collides with something or gets hit by another vehicle, the occupants inside get forcefully propelled in the direction of the impact. Inside the confines of a car, this physical propulsion is usually stopped by another impact with a…
If you have a herniated disc injury, the results of your MRI will be crucial to the settlement value or trial value of your case. The insurance adjusters and lawyers will probably spend more time debating the significance of your MRI than any other part of your case. Why is…
I read an interesting article in the European Spine Journal titled “The association between a lifetime history of a neck injury in a motor vehicle collision and future neck pain: a population-based cohort study.” Yes, that’s a big title. But the study looked at an incredibly simple issue: are neck…
As a matter of law, I believe that the uninsured motorist carrier cannot require any statement – recorded or otherwise – from their insured after a car accident. Notwithstanding the fine print language in almost every Maryland car insurance contract that requires a statement, Maryland law requires your own car…