Poll Finds Support for Abolishing Contributory Negligence in Maryland August 22, 2019 | lmsXpect3 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
Maryland State Police Investigate Fatal Wrong Way Crash in Prince George’s County July 6, 2019 | lmsXpect3 A wrong way crash on Route 50 in Prince George‘s County left one person dead and another with serious injuries. Maryland State Police are continuing to investigate a fatal wrong way accident that happened Saturday, June 15, 2019. They are attempting to determine the underlying factors which led to the crash occurring. CBS Baltimore news… Read More
Fatal Alcohol-Fueled Head-On Crash in Hughesville June 27, 2019 | lmsXpect3 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 | lmsXpect3 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 | lmsXpect3 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 | lmsXpect3 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 | lmsXpect3 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 | lmsXpect3 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 | lmsXpect3 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
Contributory Negligence Laws in Maryland | The Jaklitsch Law Group August 29, 2018 | lmsXpect3 How Maryland Contributory Negligence Laws May Affect Your Case Contributory negligence is a term that the average Maryland resident has likely never heard of. However, once you’ve found yourself in the middle of a personal injury case, this term may become devastatingly familiar. Contributory negligence is a defense tool. In the event that… Read More