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That Lawyer with the Million Dollar Newsletter Sweepstakes!!
Who is that lawyer that’s doing the One Million Dollar Sweepstakes??!?! That’s us! It’s this guy. What’s the catch? No catch! If Baltimore’s pro football team wins the big game in New Orleans in February 2025 and a member of that team wins the regular season MVP, one of our newsletter subscribers, picked at random, […]
Key Bridge Collapse – Lawyers and Potential Causes of Action
As a lifelong Baltimore resident, news of the Key Bridge Collapse is devastating. This is true from a number of angles. First and foremost, the loss of life is horrific. Our hearts go out to the families impacted. Their lives will never be the same and twenty years from now, when others reminisce on the […]
Chesapeake Employers Rewards PolicyHolders
Maryland’s Largest Work Comp Insurer Will Award Millions to Employers Chesapeake Employers’ Insurance Company (CEIWC) will distribute $15 million in surplus profits to policy-holding employers, announced the firm’s board of directors in a media release earlier this year. According to the media statement, CEIWC amassed the surplus due to its healthy financial performance. (Healthy financial […]
Car Crash Death Cases Increased During Pandemic
Maryland Saw More Car Crash Deaths During the Pandemic, Even With Fewer People on the Road… Why Did Fatal Car Accidents Spike During the Covid-19 Pandemic? Lately, we’ve been following a disturbing nationwide trend of increased car crash fatalities in the pandemic era. As we reported late last year, deadly motor vehicle accidents soared in 2020 as […]
Why Winter is the Deadliest Time of Year for Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
Tragedy struck this month in Prince George’s County, Maryland, where two brothers died of suspected carbon monoxide poisoning. Carlos and Luis Carranza were discovered unconscious in their shared home on January 4 by first responders and subsequently declared dead on the scene. A portable generator was reportedly running inside the living room. According to relatives, the […]
There were MORE car crash deaths in 2020 than in 2019
Why did Car Crash Deaths Increase During the Covid-19 Pandemic Era of Far Less Driving? 2020 and the pandemic era has seen a sharp rise in car crash fatalities. And unfortunately, the skyrocketing deaths show no sign of slowing. Less Driving When lockdowns and work-from-home options were instituted in early 2020 to combat the emerging […]
Can You Sue Your Employer If You Got COVID-19 at Work?
Q: Can an Employer Be Sued Directly for Exposing Workers to the COVID-19 Virus (the CoronaVirus)? A: Yes, sometimes. But it’s tough. It depends largely on which state you are in. In Maryland, like many states, workers’ compensation is the exclusive remedy for harms at work. There are limited circumstances where the exclusivity can be […]
Covid-19 (Corona Virus) and Workers’ Compensation
During the Corona Virus crisis, when I see that Amazon is hiring, or so and so grocery hiring, I get scared. When I see that Starbucks or Wal-Mart gave an extra few bucks an hour I know what I’m looking at – hazard pay. Plain and simple, that’s hazard pay. I’m so happy that the […]
It’s Paramount the Law Be Followed
Congratulations Cameron Miles and MMTH!
A huge congratulations to our friend Cameron Miles and his organization Mentoring Male Teens in the Hood on winning the Baltimore Ravens Community Quarterback Award! Cameron has worked tirelessly for years serving the community of Baltimore. Here’s what the Ravens said about Cameron and MMTH: The Mentoring Male Teens in the Hood program provides group […]
