DC and Maryland Accident Attorney News Blog

The worlds of Kelly Elizabeth Vanaman’s family and friends were irreversibly devastated on the morning of December 8, 2020. That’s when Ms. Vanaman of Frederick, Maryland, was killed on I-270 North at I-370 North. According to a preliminary investigation, a woman driving a blue Nissan Rogue struck debris on the …

If you’ve ever driven in the District, all it takes is about 30 seconds on the road to realize there can be more than a few bad drivers on the road at any given time in Washington, DC. Of course, the same can be said about drivers in any city, …

Written by Personal Injury Lawyer Larry Lapidus You may have missed it, but in late August, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration released an app called SaferCar. With a larger goal of making roads safer, the SaferCar app keeps you up to date on any manufacturer recalls or identified issues …

Written by Personal Injury Lawyer Larry Lapidus Of all the cases where personal injury attorney represents a client, medical malpractice claims can be some of the most intense. Why? Because proving malpractice involves a great deal of attorney expertise. That’s why, if you suspect you have been a victim of …

The 2020 holiday season is unlike any we’ve ever experienced. COVID-19 rates continue to rise, with increasing positive cases, hospitalizations, and deaths. Currently, the United States is rapidly hurtling toward 300,000 deaths from COVID-19. That staggering number might lead you to believe that holiday travel would grind to a halt …

We all know car accidents happen every day. But in the Baltimore-Washington area, fatal car crashes seem to be occurring at a more alarming rate recently. For example, in October alone, there were three fatal car accidents on the Baltimore/Washington Parkway. While investigators are still determining the cause of these …

COVID-19 has seriously hampered the travel and hotel industry since early 2020. Because of restrictions and people’s hesitancy to venture too far away from home, airlines and the hospitality business are genuinely struggling to stay afloat. Prior to COVID, however, Washington, DC had the honor of being named the top …

For decades, organizations such as M.A.D.D. (Mothers Against Drunk Driving) and S.A.D.D. (Students Against Drunk Driving) have successfully raised awareness of the dangers of driving while drunk. Drunk driving continues to be a significant problem and a factor in so many accident-related deaths. In fact, based on numbers from 2016, …

In April of 2019, Maryland National Guard Staff Sgt. Dinora Aracely Flores of Damascus, MD, was stopped in a left-turn lane, waiting to make a left turn. Suddenly, a flatbed truck hit her vehicle from behind, pushing her into oncoming traffic, where a tractor-trailer struck her. Staff Sgt. Flores died …

You’ve probably seen, heard, and read quite a bit about the incident involving Karon Hylton-Brown’s fatal moped crash that happened in the Washington, DC neighborhood of Brightwood Park on October 23, 2020. In case you’re not familiar, reports say Karon Hylton-Brown, a 20-year-old Black man, was riding his electric moped …