Maryland, Virginia & D.C. Car Accident Lawyers Blog

When you walk into a Washington D.C. metro area car dealer’s showroom, salespeople will tell you with considerable enthusiasm about their vehicles’ safety features. Typically prominent in those discussions are a pair of coveted ratings from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS): Top Safety Pick+ and Top Safety Pick. The IIHS’s annual tests determine…

A truck accident can leave you with debilitating injuries that are painful and costly to treat. The pain and suffering you feel following one of these wrecks, in conjunction with your financial losses, can be totally overwhelming. Fortunately, that feeling may be relatively short-lived if you are able to successfully pursue a personal injury lawsuit.…

Surgical procedures can be invasive and hard on the human body. Even when a surgery is necessary for the protection of a patient’s life, it can cause unwanted and painful side effects. When Silver Spring residents choose to undergo operations, they must know what risks and outcomes they may experience as a result of their…

Nursing home injuries can be devastating not only for victims but for their families as well. Because of that, it is important for victims and their families to be familiar with legal protections for them and their loved ones. Liability for nursing home abuse Several different parties may be liable for nursing home injuries, neglect…

As the Journal of Law and Mobility reports, the 2016 fatal collision of a Tesla driver using autonomous driving mode launched a national conversation about product liability and autonomous vehicles. Subsequent incidents have only furthered these questions. In Virginia as elsewhere in the US, product liability lawsuits have rested on legal assessment tools to determine…

For many people, summer brings the promise of ample time off. Combined with agreeable weather, it makes the season perfect for road trips. Yet, sitting at the wheel for long stretches of time can fatigue motorists. If you find yourself yawning or nodding off after a day of driving, you are likely feeling the effects…

The law may entitle those involved in a slip-and-fall incident in Maryland to damages. Their eligibility will depend on negligence and proximate cause, as with all personal injury claims. Maryland laws for personal injury claims are stricter than most, which can affect the preparation of a case. Comparative negligence As the Maryland Court of Appeals…

A birth injury is an adverse effect that occurs during your labor or delivery, sometimes due to a mistake by a member of your health care team. While some define a birth injury specifically as impairment of your newborn baby’s function, adverse events during birth can also have a negative effect on you. Birth injuries…

If you live anywhere in the greater Washington, D.C. area, including Bethesda, Maryland, you know how heavy the traffic is at virtually all hours of the day and night. What you may not realize, however, is that Washington, D.C. has a serious drunk driving problem. The Washington Post reports that law enforcement officers made an…

After a traumatic car accident, the first thing most people want to do is heal. After that, the question usually arises of who should pay for that recovery.  Some victims look to the other driver whose negligence or recklessness contributed to or caused the injury. There could be another party to blame, at least in…