Category Archives: Personal Injury
The Problem With Bounce Houses
Who wouldn’t want to play in a bounce house? They’re colorful, full of happy kids, and give youngsters the kind of active play so many parents fear has otherwise been replaced with screen time. But parents should be advised: the perception that bounce houses are safe is 100 percent false. That’s according to a… Read More »
Elder Abuse
Older Americans across the country experience abuse, exploitation, and neglect. Oftentimes, victims are too frail to protect themselves as the people they depend on for care are the very perpetrators of the abuse. Other times they are victims to strangers to take advantage of their vulnerability and naivete. If you or a loved one… Read More »
Child Danger: Pesticides
While we all understand that pesticides are poisons that can be dangerous to anyone, many parents do not realize that 13 percent of all poisoning incidents involving children occur in someone else’s home. If your child suffers from pesticide poisoning in the home of a friend or neighbor, or perhaps at a park or… Read More »
Distracted Driving In Maryland – What You Should Know
These days it seems Americans are so accustomed to multi-talking that we’ve come to believe we are invincible when it comes to doing multiple tasks in addition to driving. And it’s true– people get away with eating, texting, and other activities while behind the wheel every day. Unfortunately, it’s really a game of Russian… Read More »
Dangers Related To Space Heaters
When a public housing project went up in flames in the Bronx, it was just one of about 1,700 fires in the United States that were blamed on space heaters every year. The Bronx fire resulted in 19 deaths and over 30 hospitalizations—all the result of a malfunctioning space heater. While many people rely… Read More »
Move Over!
Dozens of troopers are hit while assisting motorists on the side of the road every year. In addition to these tragedies, many motorists are killed annually as they attempt to change a flat tire or deal with a disabled vehicle on the roadside. Working on behalf of Maryland motorists, emergency responders, highway construction workers,… Read More »
Highway Fatalities
For unknown reasons, a vehicle in Prince George’s County careened off of the road and into a tree at 2:00 a.m., killing two occupants and sending a third to a local hospital. Days earlier, another driver in Forestville died the same way. Tragically, these are just three of hundreds of fatal crashes that have… Read More »
Construction Site Accidents
With construction going on everywhere you look, it’s not surprising that construction site accidents are on the rise. One worker in the Fairfield area recently fell into a trench and found himself buried neck deep in the trench. A month before that accident, a wall crushed two workers on a Fells Point construction site. … Read More »
When Vehicles Collide Into Buildings
Imagine settling into a quiet evening at home, when suddenly an SUV comes careening in through your front window! That’s exactly what happened in a Hampden home in May of 2021. Fortunately, in this instance no one in the home was injured, although the driver of the SUV had to be hospitalized. In another… Read More »
Is The School Bus Stop Safe For Kids?
When we send our kids off to school, we anticipate they’ll learn a lot and come home to us safely. For some of us, however, those ideas fall apart when a disastrous accident occurs at the school bus stop. More than 600,000 students ride school buses across this state. What could be worse than… Read More »
