Poll Finds Support for Abolishing Contributory Negligence in Maryland

  August 22, 2019  |   

Maryland is just one of four states that still follow the common-law rule of contributory negligence. This means an accident victim cannot receive any compensation if a court finds they are even 1-percent at-fault for their injuries. So even if the defendant is 99 percent responsible, they walk away and have to pay nothing. In… Read More

Fourth Circuit Says DWI Accident Victim May Seek Criminal Restitution

  August 12, 2019  |   

Most people know they can file a personal injury lawsuit if they are injured in an accident. But in some cases, victims may also seek compensation through the criminal justice system. Federal judges can award “full and timely restitution” to a victim as part of a criminal sentence. In a July 26 decision, the U.S.… Read More

Fatal Alcohol-Fueled Head-On Crash in Hughesville

  June 27, 2019  |   

Investigators believe that a man who was traveling the wrong way in Southern Maryland was probably impaired when he slammed into another vehicle, killing the driver; in a head-on crash. The accident occurred on Route 5 near the Huckleberry Drive exit. According to police and witnesses, 47–year–old Timothy Markin, of Silver Spring, was on the… Read More

National Guard Soldier Killed in Rear-End Collision in Baltimore County

  April 8, 2019  |   

Baltimore County Police informed reporters that a Dinora Aracely Flores, a 33-year-old Staff Sergeant of the Maryland National Guard, was the victim of the deadly crash that occurred on the morning of Tuesday, April 2nd in Reisterstown, Maryland, just outside of Camp Fretterd. Preliminary information indicates that Sgt. Flores stopped and waited to make a… Read More

Maryland Moves to Relax Motorcycle Laws

  March 27, 2019  |   

Last month, the Maryland legislature received proposed legislation that aims to relax laws that govern motorcycle riding. The proposed legislation, Maryland House Bill 917, would require the Motor Vehicle Administration to change its guidelines for motorcyclists and would repeal current provisions of Maryland law that prevent motorcyclists from engaging in behaviors known as “lane-splitting” and… Read More

New Study Addresses Opioid Use in Maryland Car Accidents

  February 11, 2019  |   

Car accidents in Maryland result in thousands of personal injuries each year and numerous preventable deaths. According to a recent study conducted by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and published in the journal Accident Analysis and Prevention, Maryland residents and officials need to be paying closer attention to opioid-related motor… Read More

Man Killed in Pedestrian Collision in Glen Burnie, Maryland

  January 9, 2019  |   

The Anne Arundel Fire Department reported that, on December 1st, an unidentified man died in a pedestrian crash.   First responders reported a man struck by an oncoming vehicle near Interstate-97 North in Glen Burnie, Maryland died at the scene. The driver remained at the scene of the accident, and no charges are filed. Notably,… Read More

Several Injured in Charter Bus Accident in Maryland

  November 26, 2018  |   

On the morning of October 17th, a charter bus carrying at least 40 Maryland high school students suffered a fatality in a deadly collision outside of Baltimore.  According to information provided by local law enforcement officers, this charter bus was one of a group of three buses carrying students from local Catholic high schools. The… Read More

Runaway Car Plows Into High School Students | The Jaklitsch Law Group

  October 26, 2018  |   

As four children waited for a bus to take them to Montgomery Kennedy High School, a Jetta veered off the road and hit them.   Police are still investigating the wreck, which involved a Ford Five Hundred and a Volkswagen Jetta. Apparently, the Ford driver pulled out of a gas station without adequately looking for… Read More