Thousands of People are Injured or Killed Each Year Because of Fatigued Truck Drivers
Each year, over 200,000 accidents occur between large trucks and automobiles killing approximately 4,000 people and severely injuring thousands more. Most collisions occur during good weather conditions on straight roadways. A large number of accidents are due to sleep-deprived truck drivers. Despite the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration setting industry regulations which limit the number...
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Alert Today – Alive Tomorrow: How to Avoid The Dangers of Distracted Driving
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), approximately nine people are killed and more than 1,000 are injured in the United States each day as a result of distracted driving. The increased popularity of cell phone use in recent years has drivers paying less attention to the road and more attention to...
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Maryland Drivers Ignore School Buses’ Red Flashing Warning Lights, Needlessly Endangering School Children
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) boasts that students are 70 times more likely to get to school safely than traveling by car. Buses are also equipped with many safety features bright yellow paint, flashing red lights, and stop sign arms to direct and navigate traffic. But Maryland drivers are often ignoring the bright...
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Increasing Motorcycle Fatalities in Maryland
The Governors’ Highway Safety Association’s most recent report indicates that nearly 5,000 people are killed in motorcycle accidents each year. Even with Maryland’s strict helmet laws, motorcyclists are still dying at a higher rate than other motorists. When a motorcycle rider does survive a crash, their injuries can be life-changing. Injuries such as fractures, loss...
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Injury During Spinal Surgery
Spinal surgeries can be very long and involved procedures. Despite the fact that it is not common, patients are at risk of a spinal injury during surgery – such as nerve root or spinal cord damage resulting in paralysis, numbness, loss of bladder and/or bowel function, limited mobility or disabling pain. Sometimes the hardware implanted...
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Traumatic Brain Injury
A TBI (Traumatic Brain Injury) is known to be the leading cause of death from sports injuries. Even mild TBIs can have serious and long-lasting consequences. TBI disrupts the normal function of the brain. Normally caused by a blow to the head or a penetrating brain injury, for example, a soccer player who falls and...
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Enhanced Underinsured Motorist Coverage – What Every Maryland Driver Needs to Know
Effective July 1, 2018, Maryland insurance companies will begin to offer Enhanced Underinsured Motorist Coverage (“EUIM”) to individuals with private passenger automobile insurance policies, including motorcyclists. Commonly referred to as “stacking”, this new coverage will allow you to combine, or “stack”, your underinsured motorist coverage (UM) with the policy limits of the at-fault driver, ultimately...
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Important Reminders for Personal Injury Plaintiffs
How Can You Help Your Lawyer in a Personal Injury Lawsuit? As a plaintiff in a personal injury matter, you are the most important part of your lawsuit. What you do (or don’t do) matters. Understanding this dynamic and completing key tasks will help your attorney to represent you more effectively. More specifically, during the...
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Paralysis Caused By Spinal Surgery
An ideal outcome in spinal surgery is dependent of the coordination of efforts by the surgeon, anesthesiologist, and neurophysiologist. Because patients are under general anesthesia during surgery, techniques for examining the nervous system for potential injuries can be somewhat limited. Intraoperative spinal cord monitoring (IOM) allows the surgeon to record the electrical signals transferred along...
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The Causes of a Traumatic Brain Injury
Headaches, dizziness, concussion, loss of consciousness, forgetfulness, depression and nausea are some of the symptoms of traumatic brain injury. Traumatic brain injuries, or concussions, can be caused by blunt force to the head. According to the Centers for Disease Control, car accidents are one of the leading causes of traumatic brain injuries. Car accident victims...
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