On behalf of Schlachman, Belsky & Weiner, P.A. posted in Car Accidents on Friday, May 18, 2012
A four-car accident this week is still be investigated according to the Maryland State Police. The accident occurred Tuesday afternoon along state Route 33 at Leehaven Road.
Investigators on the scene said that a 60-year-old woman, who was driving a Ford SUV, was waiting to turn onto Leehaven Road off of Route 33 when a Toyota car struck her from behind. The impact of the collision sent her car into the opposite lane of Route 33, where it struck a Chevrolet SUV. That SUV went off the road and crashed into a utility pole, knocking it down. A fourth vehicle skidded off the road in order to avoid the crash.
On behalf of Schlachman, Belsky & Weiner, P.A. posted in Car Accidents on Tuesday, May 8, 2012
A tragic car accident occurred over the weekend when the driver of a Saturn was killed on the Baltimore, Maryland, Beltway early Saturday morning.
Maryland State Police said that the accident happened in the Anne Arundel County section of the highway near Md. Route 2. The eastbound lanes of the highway were closed for approximately five hours.
On behalf of Schlachman, Belsky & Weiner, P.A. posted in Car Accidents on Friday, May 4, 2012
We've been hearing in the news about all of the things that can be distractions when we are driving. With the advanced technologies available to us, we can easily be distracted by our cellphone, GPS, stereo as well as passengers in our car. A recent study released this week suggests that the anticipation of receiving a text or call is distracting enough to cause a car accident for teen drivers.
The study was developed by the Harborview Injury Prevention and Research Center at the University of Washington. What researchers concluded is that future calls or potential text messages are an additional source of distraction and could contribute to more car accidents.
On behalf of Schlachman, Belsky & Weiner, P.A. posted in Car Accidents on Wednesday, April 25, 2012
Spring is the time of year where more teens are likely to be involved in a car accident. With prom and graduation celebrations about ready to get underway, The Maryland Community Crime Prevention Institute, the Department of Public Safety and the Sykesville Facility are teaming up to put together a program for teens with one message in mind - drive safely or risk death from a car accident.
The program is conducted at the Sykesville Driver Training Facility and the instructors have high school students participate in a tactical driving course wearing DUI goggles, participate in a field sobriety test, and listen to lectures and testimony from drivers who have been involved in accidents.
On behalf of Schlachman, Belsky & Weiner, P.A. posted in Car Accidents on Friday, April 20, 2012
When you are involved in a serious car accident, the first thing that you expect is to be taken to the hospital to be treated for your injuries. But, a recently released study shows that those who are seriously injured and transported by a helicopter have a better survival rate than those transported by an ambulance. Will this mean changes to how ambulances respond to car accidents?
The study doesn't go into why a helicopter transfer is better, but there are some obvious reasons. One possibility is that a helicopter can travel faster than an ambulance and a helicopter has a medical team on board. An ambulance has trained personnel onboard, but not a doctor or a nurse.
On behalf of Schlachman, Belsky & Weiner, P.A. posted in Medical Malpractice on Tuesday, April 10, 2012
Preparing for the arrival of a baby is exciting, but sometimes frightening if you don't know what to expect. Most mother's who have been through child birth understand the process and pain that you go through, but in the end it's all worth it. Now, imagine a freak accident during your cesarean section that leaves you with a third-degree burn on the side of your stomach. This unfortunate incident happened to a woman in 2010 and she is now suing the doctor and hospital for medical malpractice.
The incident occurred in March 2010 during her cesarean-section delivery. During the procedure, the woman said that she smelled smoke and her mother, who was beside her daughter during the delivery; saw a flame shooting up from her daughter's left side. The doctor saw the flame and patted it and put it out. He told the patient there was nothing to worry about and that there had been a small fire.
On behalf of Schlachman, Belsky & Weiner, P.A. posted in Car Accidents on Wednesday, April 4, 2012
Wearing your seatbelt is second nature to many drivers, but for some younger drivers it's not. And for one teen, not wearing her seat belt has landed her in the hospital in critical condition after a three-car accident along Maryland Route 152.
The accident occurred Sunday evening when a woman, 28, was driving south along Route 152 and allegedly ran a red light at the intersection of U.S. Route 1. She hit another car driven by a 17-year-old girl, who had a green light. The teenager's car then spun and hit a pickup truck. During the crash, the teenage girl was ejected from her vehicle because she was not wearing her seatbelt. She was flown by helicopter to Shock Trauma where she is listed in critical but stable condition.
On behalf of Schlachman, Belsky & Weiner, P.A. posted in Child Injury on Friday, March 30, 2012
The Worcester County State's Attorney's Office issued new charges last week in the Ocean City car crash that resulted in serious injuries to a mother and her infant child. The 47-year-old driver was under the influence of drugs, according to authorities, when his pick-up truck rear-ended the victim's car as she was stopped at a red light.
The driver is charged with several counts; including causing life-threatening injuries by motor vehicle while impaired by a dangerous substance, aggressive, reckless and negligent driving, possession of illegal drugs and failing to control speed to avoid a collision. One has to wonder if the allegedly negligent driver has car insurance that could help the mother and her child pay for their medical bills and other expenses they have incurred as a result of the accident.
On behalf of Schlachman, Belsky & Weiner, P.A. posted in Wrongful Death on Tuesday, March 20, 2012
It's hard for anyone to understand why anyone would want to go on a shooting rampage and kill innocent people, but with today's media coverage of such events, it seems like it is happening more often. Schools are on high alert and take every threat seriously not only for the safety of their student populations, but to protect themselves from potential wrongful death lawsuits.
Recently a 19-year-old boy was making threats to go on a shooting rampage at the University of Maryland. Campus police were able to trace the messages back to the boy's computer and police arrested him. A subsequent search of his dorm room and his parents' home found no guns, but officials feel that they need to take every threat seriously and this incident illustrates that.
On behalf of Schlachman, Belsky & Weiner, P.A. posted in Car Accidents on Tuesday, March 13, 2012
The driver of a vehicle isn't the only person in a car that needs to remain calm and in control, the passengers do too. This week a woman was charged with three counts of reckless conduct in connection with a multi-car accident that occurred Feb. 19.
The accident occurred when the woman, a passenger in the front seat of a Ford Explorer, began arguing with a passenger in the back seat. She asked the driver to pull the car over, but before he had a chance to do so, she grabbed the steering wheel and turned it hard towards the right. The driver of the Explorer lost control of the vehicle and it overturned and then crashed into two other cars.
