Drunk Driving Accidents During Brunch Hours in Maryland

  October 18, 2019  |   

Drunk driving accidents often result in debilitating and life-threatening internal injuries. While you might not expect it, intoxicated driving crashes happen at brunch more frequently than you may think. According to a recent analysis conducted by QuoteWizard, more than 10 percent of nationwide drunk driving crashes happen around brunch. To be sure, fatal drunk driving… Read More

Baltimore County Considers Rail Crossing Safety After Car Crash

  October 1, 2019  |   

Car accidents that cause life-threatening internal injuries happen too frequently at rail crossings in Baltimore County. Indeed, according to a report from NBC News, a car and train recently collided at a dangerous rail crossing. Reporting just after the collision indicated that the victim sustained life-threatening injuries. Although the car accident victim is expected to… Read More

Fatal Alcohol-Fueled Head-On Crash in Hughesville

  September 17, 2019  |   

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

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

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