Automobile Accidents

• Maryland Legislature Considers Criminal Liability for Adults Giving Alcohol to Minors

  Steve Silverman | February 17, 2009 6:03 PM | 0 CommentsBaltimore, MD

  Maryland personal injury lawyers a re closely watching a bill in this season of the Maryland General Assembly which will impose criminal liability on adults providing alcohol to minors. Intended to...

• Out of State Automobile Accidents-What law Applies?

  Steve Silverman | February 06, 2009 11:24 AM | 0 CommentsBaltimore, MD

  I recently represented a Maryland resident who was driving in Delaware when his car was hit head-on by by another Marylander who was driving in the opposite direction. My client suffered...

• Contributory Negligence in Maryland for Maryland Personal Injury Cases

  Steve Silverman | February 05, 2009 3:48 PM | 0 CommentsBaltimore, MD

  The Doctrine of Contributory Negligence adversely affects many personal injury plaintiffs in the State of Maryland. Basically, if a victim is found to share in the responsibility for an accident,...

• Woman Dies in Baltimore Beltway Crash

  Shannon Weidemann | April 19, 2007 5:13 PM | 0 CommentsBaltimore, MD

  A 46-year-old woman from Towson was killed in an accident on the Baltimore Beltway on Wednesday evening. She died from her injuries at St. Joseph Medical Center. The victim was driving east on the inner loop of the Baltimore Beltway between Dulaney Valley and Providence roads about 8 p.m. Wednesday when she lost control of a 2001 Toyota Highlander, state police said.The car struck another...

• Mayor Hit by Unlicensed Driver

  Shannon Weidemann | February 15, 2007 11:13 PM | 0 CommentsBaltimore, MD

  Mayor Sheila Dixon was on her way to her son's basketball game when the SUV she was a passenger in was hit by another car. The driver of the other car did not have a driver's license. He was trying to make a right-hand turn from Clifton Avenue onto Denison Street around 1:30 p.m. when he struck the right front bumper of the 2004 Ford Expedition carrying the mayor, according to a police...

• Teen Killed in Fiery Single Car Accident

  Shannon Weidemann | January 20, 2007 10:21 PM | 0 CommentsBaltimore, MD

  A 17-year-old Ogletown teen was killed when the SUV she was driving struck a tree and burst into flames.The 2004 Jeep Liberty was being driven by the girl on Old Cooch's Bridge Road east of Iron Hill. High speeds, as it went around a curve, was probably a factor. The posted speed limit for the curve is 15 mph. She was wearing her seat belt and paramedics had to pull her from the burning...

• Car Accident Injures School Official

  Steve Silverman | May 10, 2006 4:04 PM | 0 CommentsBaltimore, MD

  Nancy Mann, the interim Superintendent of Anne Arundel County schools was involved in a wreck Monday. Mann ran a red light on her way to a meeting and crashed into another car which was passing through the intersection. She was treated at Baltimore Washington Medical Center and released.According to the Baltimore Sun:Myshawn Ball, 34, of the 500 block of Millshire Drive of Millersville and...