Articles Posted in Car Accidents

Paramount Insurance is a MAIF type insurance company in every way that matters to a Maryland accident lawyer. Honestly, it might be worse.  

Defendants in car accident cases frequently look to pass the buck of responsibility, usually claiming the injury victim caused or contributed to the car accident. In some cases, the facts are such that the idea of such an allegation would fall flat before it even began. In these cases, when…

Personally, I find it a little odd when car accident victims swear at the at-fault driver after an accident. I know people cause car accidents and I don’t have great expectations of those strangers. But that is a minority view. The f-bomb is de jure at car accident scenes in…

I do not know if it is a trend or whether I’m just noticing it more often. But I think our firm is seeing more cases than ever where the medical expert designated by the defendant is not the appropriate expert. Instead of matching the expert to the facts, they…

Let me begin this post with a disclaimer. I am a Maryland accident lawyer who handles serious injury cases only. My law firm does not handle property damage or minor injury claims. But, without a doubt, property damage claims are vexing for the vast majority of people who are involved…

Metro Verdicts Monthly this month provides a graph on its cover showing the median verdicts and settlements in motor vehicle accident death cases. In Maryland, the median is $457,152; Virginia’s death case median is $487,500. Why so low? While a death case in a truck accident case is probably three…

Maryland’s new DWCP (Driving While on Cell Phone) law starts tomorrow. Here are the details: 1. What is Maryland’s Cell Phone Law? The new Maryland law will prohibit all Maryland drivers from using a cell phone without a hands free device while operating a motor vehicle in motion on a…

Everyone hates people who text while driving. Everyone. Even, notably, those who text while driving themselves. In response, we have passed a lot of laws to ban texting while driving. How are they working? The early returns are not good. The recent report by the Highway Loss Data Institute listed…

Baltimore drivers are among the worst in the country, according to the Baltimore Business Journal. The Baltimore Business Journal’s source is Allstate, which would normally make me, ah, question the source. But Allstate has no real motivation to spin this (besides justifying the obscene car insurance prices they charge in…

In Prince George’s County v. Brent, the Maryland Court of Appeals answers the question that will probably never be asked again: can you sue the agent after a successful case against the master? (Sneak preview: the answer is yes.) The case involves an accident at the Branch Avenue (Route 5)…