Maryland Personal Injury Lawyer Blog

The young daughter of a man killed while riding his motorcycle has been awarded a $1 million verdict for damages.The jury award was part of $2.8 million in total damages given to the survivors of a man who died when a car struck his motorcycle on a busy boulevard in a beach town.The family expressed some degree of satisfaction even though no amount of money will bring their loved one back. They were very appreciative that the jury awarded his child double what they had requested.As an experienced trial attorney have reviewed many cases of motorcycle accidents and have completed same with favorable results.According to court records the victim who worked as a manager for a major retailer was riding his motorcycle when a car driven recklessly by a motorist collided with him, resulting in his death.The negligence claim was based on the fact that the car driver failed to yield the right of way to the motorcycle driver,resulting in his death.The suit sought damages for pain, suffering and mental anguish.After the issue of liability was determined by the Judge the jury assessed how much damages should be paid to the victim's survivors.In addition to $1 million awarded to his 5-year-old daughter his parents will each receive $500,000 under the verdict and another $798,000 was awarded for economic damages, including $4,200 for funeral expenses. If you or a loved one has been a victim of a motorcycle accident please call my office at 800 320-0080 or visit me at one my conveniently located offices in either Rockville or Baltimore.

The local state troopers found a woman comatose and face down in the street after a horrific 3 car crash that they believed she she caused on Interstate 95. But at last her vindication is complete.She finally has settled the last of her claims, which total $11 million.The victim, 47, cannot walk and can barely speak since the accident. She can only communicate with a pencil and paper and said she needs to use the money to pay for her long term medical needs and to build a handicap-accessible house she shares with her two teenaged children.This is how our legal system should work to help victims receive justice and help those in need.On a sunny day in May the plaintiff left work at a Medical Center to attend her children's preschool graduation.They were just little children then, and neither of them can remember me walking or talking, the victim said. She was driving a loaner car because her car was in the shop for service.According to the Highway Patrol report,the victim crashed into a semi-trailer truck after she improperly changed lanes shortly after pulling onto the interstate. Her car then crashed into another truck then back into the first one. She was ejected through the rear side window after the driver's seat collapsed and her safety belt failed.She still had glass stuck in her hair when the police officers found her. The crash closed I-95's northbound lanes for 3 hours during the afternoon rush hour. She was unable to dispute the police accident report because she was comatose and has subsequently never regained any memory of the crash As an experienced accident attorney I have reviewed many cases of auto accident claims and completed same with favorable results.Her attorney's experience told him the accident didn't happen the way the police report said it did.Initially he went after the 2 trucking companies, which quickly settled even though they believed the plaintiff was was at fault.But while working those cases there was a breakthrough when they found a one-paragraph statement in investigators' field notes from an armored-car driver which was never cited in the police report. His statement indicated he cut off the victim causing her car to swerve and crash into the trucks.He deserves credit for coming back to the scene and giving a truthful statement. The armored car company was the last party to settle after a jury found it acted in bad faith by not paying the victim's claim.The victim also settled with the makers of the car because of design flaws that contributed to the accident and her injuries.The victim and her family will use the settlement for her lifetime care.If you or a loved one have been a victim of a car accident please call my office at 800 320-0080 or visit one of my conveniently located offices in either Rockville or Baltimore.

At 6 feet 1 and 375 pounds,the victim was an active police deputy who was told by the County Sheriff that might one day fill his shoes.Although he had never failed a physical examination he was obese by medical standards and it was recommended that Chandler consider bariatric weight-loss surgery which he was told was less risky than continuing to live in his physical state.But the former deputy who is now brain damaged and confined to a wheelchair, broke down in tears when he faced the media after a jury awarded him and his family $178 million in medical negligence and fraud damages at the hands doctors and staff at his local hospital.According to records the victim was treated at the hospital for two months. He was originally admitted to undergo a laparoscopic gastric bypass surgery but the day after his surgery the victim collapsed in respiratory failure and was placed in critical care.As an experienced malpractice attorney I have reviewed many cases of medical malpractice and have completed same with favorable results.Then for eight days the plaintiff showed signs of complications when fluids from his bowels leaked into the abdomen. Finally his doctor took him back into surgery where the leak was fixed. The hospital's own expert witness testified that most bariatric doctors would have taken the victim back into surgery as soon as he showed symptoms of fluid leakage and definitely no later than the sixth day after his surgery.By that point the patient's blood pressure dropped to the point that he suffered a low-flow stroke in which the brain is not getting enough blood. He then went into a coma for more than two weeks and while he was on the respirator, no lubricated eye drops were given to the victim which resulted in burning his retinas and causing permanent loss of eyesight.
The plaintiff still suffers from numerous ailments and can't speak intelligently and can't walk, feed, clean or bathe himself. This tragedy occurred because the victim had a relatively inexperienced doctor doing this surgery and managing the patient. The lawyer went on to explain the doctor's inexperience and how it failed to meet the hospital's advertised accreditation which equated to fraud.The hospital president testified that the doctor had performed at most 21 bariatric surgeries but in order to meet the standards of the American Society Bariatric Surgery's Center of Excellence seal, he was required to have performed 50.The seal also required that the doctor should have completed at least 20 hours of bariatric education courses,but he had taken only one class. And that accreditation seal was being advertised on pamphlets given to potential surgery patients of the hospital's Bariatric Surgery Center. It was also shown on the documents the doctor used when speaking at informational forums at the hospital.The jury found that the pamphlets as well as other advertising tools that contained the seal, were acts of fraud and said the hospital knowingly allowed the doctor to perform paid surgeries he was not accredited for. Another blatant act of fraud was the hospital's advertising of its bariatric center. The ads sold an illusion that the hospital had a "team" of doctors and nurses committed to bariatrics. But when patients arrived at the hospital all of whom had pre paid it was another story.The plaintiff showed up the day of the surgery and found hidden in the middle of 10 pages of documents a paragraph that says 'we are all independent surgeons and not part of a team'.The plaintiff's family was pleased by the award sum and the fact that their loved one, who has over $250,000 a year in medical bills, will be taken care of for the rest of his life. But they said he would trade it all to be the man he once was.If you or a family member has been the victim of medical malpractice please call my office at 800-320-0080 or visit one of my conveniently located offices in Rockville or Baltimore.

A jury has awarded a $1.1 million verdict to a man who sued his landlord after falling down the stairs at his apartment.The victim and his family moved into the apartment after losing their home due to foreclosure. The plaintiff fell down the back stairs and subsequently developed symptoms consistent with lumbar strain and disk injury.As an experienced trial attorney I have reviewed many cases of slip and fall and have completed same with favorable results.The victim sued the property owner alleging that he failed to keep the stairs clear of slippery algae and did not install a handrail which is required by local code rules. The victim, who was employed as a houseman for a wealthy family, was unable to perform his job because of the pain and was forced to quit.
The plaintiff and the defendant who is a retired general contractor took the case to trial. After a 14-day trial the jury awarded the victim $1,070,801 for economic losses, including $850,000 for future lost earnings.If the defendant had only provided the minimum
protection of the building code required handrail which costs less than $100 and spent an hour of time fixing the stairway this lawsuit wouldn't have been necessary and the plaintiff would still be working in the job he held for 10 years, the jury concluded. The plaintiff subsequently moved back to his native Mexico to save money, but hopes to return back to the U.S. to work here again and desires to find another house in the same school district. The plaintiff is married with four children.If you or a loved one has been a victim of a slip and fall accident please call my office at 800 320-0080 or visit one of my conveniently located offices in either Rockville or Baltimore for a free initial consultation.