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Distraction remains the top cause of crashes, which is why there is such an emphasis on the dangers of texting while driving. Other behavior can be equally distracting, but texting has been shown to be as distracting as being intoxicated with alcohol, and so warrant special attention.]]> The Maryland State Police are also going to be giving distracted driving, along with impaired and aggressive driving special attention, too. With the holidays approaching, the state police will have special teams watching for drunk drivers and they are likely to stop any other examples of poor driving they see.
Their goal, of course, is zero fatalities in the highways of Maryland. While it may seem optimistic, there are many concrete actions we all can take to help reach the goal.
With all the congestion and construction, slowing down and paying attention to the road conditions and the drivers in your vicinity can be a good start. Aggressive driving in heavily congested areas and near construction zones can easily trigger additional crashes.
A dangerous phenomenon occurs when one car accident causes a traffic slowdown, which then causes additional crashes, as drivers who are going too fast fail to react in time. Slow down and arrive at your destination, not an emergency room.
CBS Baltimore, "Could Where You Live Increase Your Chances Of Being In An Accident?" Meghan McCorkell, November 11, 2014]]>
In fatal crashes, the driver cannot answer any questions concerning his or her condition prior to the crash, and for drivers who survive a motor vehicle accident, they may not realize they were drowsy or may be to reticent to admit to a police officer that they fell asleep at the wheel.]]> There is no objective test, unlike a blood alcohol test that can provide factual evidence as to a driver's condition. Additionally, the forms that police fill out when completing an accident investigation may not contain questions that allow researchers to determine if drowsiness was an impairment that contributed to the crash.
To determine more accurately the scope of the problem, the AAA Foundation commissioned a study to estimate with greater precision the number of drowsy drivers involved in motor vehicle accidents.
Their findings suggest that 21 percent of all fatal car accidents involved a drowsy driver, and that equates to approximately 6,400 deaths every year. This significantly greater than the 5,000 deaths over a 5-year period that the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) had calculated.
Their broader findings also suggest that there are approximately 328,000 motor vehicle crashes that involve a driver impaired by drowsiness, and that about 109,000 result in injuries or death of a motorist.
Drivers typically underestimate the risk drowsy driving poses and overestimate their ability to cope.
AAA.com, "Prevalence of Motor Vehicle Crashes Involving Drowsy Drivers, United States, 2009 – 2013," November 2014]]>
The large number of vehicles involved in the has created another problem. Not enough airbags. Even though issues involving these airbags have been simmering for a decade, apparently no one expected it would eventually grow as large has it has.]]> The large number of vehicles involved in the has created another problem. Not enough airbags. Even though issues involving these airbags have been simmering for a decade, apparently no one expected it would eventually grow as large has it has.
Takata does not keep millions of spare airbags in inventory, which means current supplies of replacement airbags could be exhausted relatively quickly. This has led one manufacturer to indicate it would follow a unique path.
Toyota stated that the defective airbags have only been used on the passenger side of vehicles. So, to prevent further injuries from defectively exploding airbags, they intend to turn off the bags and place a sticker that warns that the airbag has been disabled.
The warning label would also advise that no one ride in the front passenger seat until the airbag is replaced.
GM has said it will not disable airbags, and if a shortage develops, they will issue loaner vehicles. Honda had not indicated what it would do, as it has the most vehicles subject to the recall, at five million.
Some are questioning if this is a good strategy. While the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has given clearance, there are concerns that this could lead to more injuries than if they left the airbags functioning.
CNNMoney.com, "The fix for exploding airbags may be more deadly than the problem," Chris Isidore, October 31, 2014]]>
The good news is they work in the vast majority of instances, as they should. But during the last 10 years, some airbags from the manufacturer Takata have exploded and injured or killed motorists in the vehicles during car accidents.
This has now led to an enormous recall by auto manufacturers, which now stretches to encompass 7.8 million vehicles.]]> It has also led to a call by congressional investigators to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) for an explanation from that agency. The airbag recall involves more than five million Honda vehicles, but also millions of vehicles from numerous other manufacturers.
The congressional scrutiny for the NHTSA comes on the heels of the GM ignition switch recall and other high profile automotive safety failures. The effectiveness of the NHTSA has been questioned in relation to these recalls, and in both cases, they did little investigate the issues.
Another problem caused by the size of the recall is the lack of available parts to make the necessary repairs. With millions of vehicles affected, most Honda owners in the Baltimore area will not be able to go to their dealer and have their vehicle fixed "immediately" in spite of NHTSA's recommendation.
The defective airbags are most likely to explode in humid conditions, so owners in Florida and other humid regions may receive the first replacement parts. The NHTSA site that identified affected vehicles has been down much of this week, while Honda published a 1-800 number to call for information.
It will be interesting to see what information the congressional requests uncover.
Bloomberg.com, "Honda Air-Bag Deaths Draw Congress Query as Recalls Widen," Jeff Green and Craig Trudell, October 22, 2014]]>
Also of concern is the fact that sunrise and sunset now coincide with many commuters' drives to work and back home. Glare caused by the sun on the horizon can blind drivers and lead to sudden slowdowns on every type of road.]]> You should slow down at this time of day, leave an adequate amount of following distance and make sure you visor is in position to block the sun when you round a corner and suddenly find your vision compromised by the sun directly in your face.
You should also beware of deer in the fall, with November being the month when collisions are most likely. Deer predominate in rural areas, however, they are found throughout Maryland and collisions can happen anywhere. Deer are most active near dawn and particularly around dusk, so be vigilant at those times of the day.
Maryland ranked 17th in likelihood of a deer-car collision, but our neighbors West Virginia and Pennsylvania ranked first and second respectively, so if you are driving in western Maryland, it may be a good idea be even more alert to the potential for deer on the highway.
If you are faced with a deer darting across the road, don't panic and attempt to swerve to avoid the animal. You risk the loss of control of your vehicle in the maneuver and crossing the centerline into oncoming traffic or running off the road, where you could strike a utility pole or tree.]]>
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) estimates that at any given moment during daylight hours there are 100,000 drivers texting. They also estimate that 600,000 drivers are using a cellphone during that same period. Yet according to the hard numbers, there were only 3,328 highway fatalities linked to distracted driving.]]> Part of the discrepancy could be due to the fact determining if a car accident was caused by cellphone or texting distraction is not always apparent. If phone records are not examined by investigators after a crash, it may appear that could have fallen asleep or been engaged in some other negligent driving behavior.
The need to do something about the problem has led to a new law in Maryland that sets a $5,000 maximum fine, a year in jail and 12 license points as a penalty for a distracted driving crash caused by cellphone or texting that causes serious injury or death.
The law, known as "Jake's Law," after a 5-year-old who died when the car he was riding in was struck in the rear by a driver who was texting at the time. that driver was only fined $1,000 for the accident that caused the boy's death, which was probably far less than the cost of damage to the vehicles.
While stricter laws and better enforcement can help, one survey suggest that only half of drivers believe they are likely to be caught violating these laws.
Consider, if you have children, would even $5,000 seem adequate punishment for a driver who violated the law and caused them to die? Whatever the call or text, it is never going to be worth another person's life. Turn off your phone when you drive. Always.
Source: Fredericknewspost.com, "Very real dangers of texting while driving" Editorial Board, October 6, 2014]]>
But how many drivers panic and forget, especially here in Maryland, where they may not encounter an icy road but once or twice every couple of years?]]> An autonomous car, equipped with the latest sensors and a computer that could execute millions of calculations per second to determine exactly just the right amount of angle to steer and when to brake or accelerate, would never make that mistake and could avoid many car accidents.
And therefore, it is likely that autonomous cars would be much safer, most of the time, than human controlled vehicles. But ironically, that which would make us safer most of the time would likely make us less safe when the computer could not arrive at a solution.
Because we would lose what little experience we do have, because we would never have to operate a vehicle. This phenomenon has been seen in recent airplane crashes, where seemingly minor problems quickly overwhelm the pilots and they are left foundering, unable to save themselves or their aircraft.
This may seem like an abstract discussion, but cars are rapidly gaining many features that are pushing them toward autonomy. Given the terrible death toll that results every year, increasing the presence of these features is inevitable.
However, this autonomy may bring a new, but different, set of problems when it arrives.
NPR.com, "Hands-Free, Mind-Free: What We Lose Through Automation," September 29, 2014]]>
But you are, and at 100 fps, you are covering the distance of a football field every three seconds. If you are daydreaming, lulled into a state of highway hypnosis, are chatting with a passenger or worst, texting on a cellphone, how long will it take for your mind to recover its focus on the situation in front of your vehicle should something go wrong?]]> One second? You have traveled 30 or more feet. Two seconds? You are up to 60 feet. Five seconds? That is 160 feet. If the cars in front of your vehicle were paying attention, they may have already stopped. In much less distance.
Such a circumstance may have occurred Friday, near Hagerstown in western Maryland, and the resulting chain reaction crash involved five vehicles and shut down Interstate 70 for more than an hour.
In this case, it appears that there were no severe, life threatening injuries from the multiple car accidents, which included one vehicle rolling on its side in the median. If a driver had been speeding or if there had been a semi-truck with a distracted driver, the results could have been much worse, and there could have been catastrophic injuries or fatalities.
It always pays to pay attention to what traffic is doing as far ahead as you can see, as it permits you the time necessary to avoid a devastating car accident.
WUSA9.com, "5 car crash causes temporary I-70 westbound closure," September 26, 2014]]>
And you were hit by them, you would expect to be able to collect some compensation for your damages, whether they are minor physical damage to your vehicle, or the compensation necessary to replace your totaled vehicle and cover your medical expensed from various personal injuries.
But what happens in less straightforward situations? What happens if you are in a car as a passenger and the driver is texting or driving too fast for conditions? If they crash in a single-car accident and you are injured, can you sue the driver?]]> Yes, typically you can. If they were negligent, and their negligence caused your injuries, you should be able to recover damages from them, even if they were a friend.
Such an accident happened near Camp Springs, according to Maryland State Police last week, when the driver of a car apparently lost control of the vehicle as it attempted to take an off-ramp. The car crashed, striking a light pole and catching fire.
One passenger was dead at the scene and the other was taken to a hospital with serious, "life-threatening" injuries. The driver fled from the accident scene and was apprehended by police.
The report does not indicate if it was something other than reckless driving, but the crash occurred around 3:00 a.m., and a disproportionate number of accidents at that hour involve alcohol. Nonetheless, the fact the driver attempted to run away does make him look very responsible.
The family of the deceased passenger and the injured surviving passenger should be able to sue the driver and his insurance company for compensation for his negligence.
WUSA.com, "Police: Driver ran from fiery car in crash that killed Md. woman," September 19, 2014]]>
Ordinarily, the benefit of receiving a cardiac stent far outweighs the risks of stent surgery and the necessary postoperative treatment. There are however sizeable risks to consider if you are fortunate enough to have the time and accurate information about your condition to do so. Recently, more than 500 patients at St. Joseph's Medical Center in Towson, Maryland were advised they may have received cardiac stents unnecessarily and to consult with their private physicians. These patients didn't have the time to realize they didn't need the stents to begin with and are now faced with questions about their medical future.
Stents when needed do save lives. They are deployed to open clogged arteries and allow greater blood flow to the heart. The need for a stent is based in part on the level of occlusion or interruption of normal blood flow in the particular vessel at issue. Some vessels are primary and are thus critically important to the heart's vitality and need good blood flow at all times. Other vessels are secondary or "collateral" and a blockage there is less significant and often requires no treatment.
Approximately 30 percent of stent patients form scar tissue around the stent. Over time, the scar tissue captures plague that flows naturally through the vessels and is what usually has caused the clot formation necessitating the stent placement. Studies have show that a second clot or blockage is more likely to occur at the stent site than in other portions of otherwise smooth vessel. Many interventional cardiologists who perform stenting procedures now use a "drug eluting" stent, which slowly emits a drug over time to prevent or diminish the scarring and clotting that may occur at the stent site. Because these drug eluting stents are relatively new to the market, the long term consequences to patients is uncertain. Indeed they are FDA approved, but as we have seen in other drug recall cases, FDA approval does not guarantee safety.
A clot that forms in a vessel may travel to the lungs or the brain and cause an embolism or stroke. These events are frequently life threatening and can, at minimum, change significantly the quality of a patient's life. Patients usually are prescribed blood thinning agents such as Plavix ® after stent surgery to prevent clots and stroke. Again, although FDA approved, the long term use of such drugs may cause complications and may interfere with the need for emergency surgery should that become necessary. Surgeons must deal with those on blood thinners and must take emergency action to normalize the patient's coagulation factor before operating. Otherwise, a patient may bleed to death on the operating table.
Allergic reactions have also been reported following stent surgery. One study conducted by researchers at Northwestern Memorial Hospital found instances of reactions to the polymer used in the stents and reported instances of severe complications and death. An allergic reaction such as those reported may require premature discontinuance of the anti-coagulation drugs such as Plavix®, which can cause other complications.
Weill Cornell Medical College has an excellent online resource for questions about stents. We encourage our readers to review that site and its references for further information.
The lawyers at Belsky, Weinberg & Horowitz, LLC are representing individuals with claims against St. Joseph's Medical Center and Dr. Mark Midei.]]>
As with most other business and investment decisions, attorneys are forced to evaluate the merits of malpractice claims and perform a cost-benefit analysis to ensure, to the extent possible, that the time and money invested will bring a return of that investment and adequate compensation to the victim after case expenses and attorneys' fees are paid. Many potential clients contact our office with legitimate negligence claims that we must reject because the cost of pursuing those claims will exceed the likely recovery. Thus, there is a group of small malpractice claims that fall into the proverbial "black hole" where the claim is legitimate but simply cannot be pursued economically.
It's very unfortunate that the costs of litigation are so high. There is essentially no limit at the trial level on the number of expert witnesses a given party may call to support their position. Costs of litigation, including expert fees, trial exhibits, medical records, PowerPoint presentations and the like, can easily rise above $100,000.
Although in Maryland the General Assembly created the Health Claims Dispute Resolution Office as an administrative prerequisite to state court litigation, where the concept in its creation was to streamline malpractice litigation by limiting the number of experts who can be called in a particular field, creating a "fast track" for "trial" of the case, and formulating helpful procedural rules not present in the Maryland Rules of Civil Procedure, the sad reality is that health claims arbitration in Maryland is never used, i.e., the parties waive out of the process at a very early stage, primarily because the findings of the three member arbitration panel who would decide the case have no binding effect in the sense that the losing party can appeal the decision de novo, which means the appeal results in a second trial with more witnesses and lots of wasted time and resources at the arbitration level.
The Maryland General Assembly should consider creating specialized trial courts to deal with medical malpractice claims, where the judges and staff are trained in the nuances of medical malpractice litigation, and who can assist litigants by promptly and efficiently dealing with issues the arise consistently in such cases, such as expert qualifications, compliance with conditions precedent to litigation such as certificates of qualified experts, discovery disputes,and issues related to the scientific, medical and factual validity of the evidence proposed for admission at trial. Specialized malpractice tribunals could also formulate specific procedural rules that limit the length of trial depending on the complexities of the medicine, and restrict parties from indulging in expert "overkill" or spending the opposing party "into the ground." These courts could provide a forum for expedient and efficient resolution of the smaller claims that are presently rejected for the above-stated reasons by most malpractice law firms in the state.
The time has come for specialized malpractice tribunals whether or not health claims arbitration remains a prerequisiteto full blown litigation in state court. Please feel free to post your opinions on this subject on the Belsky, Weinberg & Horowitz medical malpractice blog or contact our attorneys for more information.]]>
In today's Baltimore Sun, reporter Tricia Bishoplooks at the use of stents and the risks they bring. According to the article, until recently, use of cardiac stents to open blocked arteries has been all the rage and was seen as a relatively safe procedure when compared to open heart coronary bypass surgery. Since the 1990s, stents have been increasingly used and have generated more than $1 billion of revenue for Maryland's hospitals.
In the wake of close to 600 claims against Mark Midei, M.D.- the once preeminent interventional cardiologist at St. Joseph's Medical Center in Towson, Maryland -- for unnecessary stenting of patients with little or no artery blockage, the health care community is now taking a hard look at the risks and benefits of cardiac stents and is now trending away from using them in favor of medications or bypass surgery. According to statistics from the state Health Services Cost Review Commission, stenting procedures in Maryland will drop by 25% this year (from 14,255 to 10,650).
Some of the comments and opinions expressed by those interviewed are rather remarkable. Most striking are the comments of Dr. William O'Neill, executive dean of clinical affairs at the University of Miami's Miller School of Medicine. Dr. O'Neill, who was hired by St. Joe's to review Dr. Midei's patient charts, claims that he found "no unwarranted stents."
With all due respect to Dr. O'Neill, our firm and many others have hired top flight interventional cardiologists to review Dr. Midei's charts and in many instances, there was absolutely no blockages whatsoever. Many patients' own cardiologists have also reviewed Dr. Midei's films and reports and cannot reconcile the reported findings against the films. Thereferring cardiologists have reviewed the data at the request of theirpatients who received the now well known yet cryptic letter from St. Joe's warning patients to consult with their physicians about possible harm. In more than a few cases, patients report that the treating doctors have simply shrugged their shoulders in dismay and have offered apologiesfor referring them to Dr. Midei.
Dr. O'Neill is also quoted as suggesting that physicians who perform stenting on borderline patients, i.e., those with close to 70% blockage, will now "be afraid that some angry patient or angry attorney or disgruntled colleague or competitor is going to turn him in for doing unnecessary procedures." Once again, when the goings get tough, the defensive medicine argument rears its ugly head. Dr. O'Neill further justifies unnecessary stenting by stating that "[f]or some of these doctors, it was like, 'I'm here, so let me go ahead and put a stent in.'"
One must wonder whetherDr. O'Neill intends to offer the same opinions in court as he has in today's article in the Baltimore Sun.
At least four studies over the last four years have found that stenting generally is not without some significant risks, even with the most recent development of the drug-alluding stent that was hailed a few years ago by Dr. Midei as the "hottest thing in cardiology in years."
The Baltimore Sun should be commended for its ongoing effort to bring to light the continuing issues related to the actions and possible harm caused by Dr. Midei. Many in the community are understandably perplexed and disappointed that a physician could invade his patients' rights and expose them to such unnecessary risks. Dr. Midei has many supporters, but he has many injured and very concerned patients as well.
Belsky, Weinberg & Horowitz continues to represent patients in medical malpractice cases, including those who have received stents unnecessarily. Please contact the firm for more information.]]>
Add Florida to the list of states that have rejected limiting damages in certain types of medical malpractice lawsuits. The Sunshine State's top court has ruled that limitations on non-economic damages "imposes unfair and illogical burdens on injured parties" when medical malpractice has occurred and there is more than one claimant.
Non-economic damages are money awards made to compensate the victims of medical malpractice for pain and suffering. The damages have long been a target for Republicans, who say that medical malpractice insurance premiums for doctors have skyrocketed because of "runaway juries" awarding multi-million dollar verdicts. High premiums, they say, have caused many doctors to leave the profession or to locate to states with caps. In many states, Republicans have been successful in enacting legislation that limits the amount of money that juries can award as part of measures aimed at tort reform.
But, the Supreme Court of Florida last month threw out the caps on damages, finding them to be unfair to multiple claimants in medical malpractice lawsuits and it rejected arguments that the caps are needed to handle rises in medical malpractice insurance premiums down and to keep doctors from leaving the medical profession.
"The statutory cap on wrongful death noneconomic damages fails because it imposes unfair and illogical burdens on injured parties when an act of medical negligence gives rise to the multiple claimants. In such circumstances, medical malpractice claimants do not receive the same rights to full compensation because of arbitrarily diminished compensation for legally congizable claims," the court said.
As a result, the court said Section 766.118 of the Florida statutes violated the equal protection clause of the Florida constitution. Equal protection is the concept that all persons are equal before the law.
Multiple claimants/survivors are affected differently and far less favorably than when there is only a single claimant/survivor, the court explained. The court noted a case it decided in 2000 where it had explained that the death of a wife who leaves only a surviving spouse to claim a $250,000 per incident cap is not equal to the claim of a wife who leaves a surviving spouse and four minor children. "In a larger context, under section 766.118, the greater number of survivors and the more devastating their losses are, the less likely they are to be fully compensated for those losses," the court said.
And, the Florida court noted that the Texas Supreme Court had also struck down the caps as unconstitutional, ruling that, in the instance of people catastrophically injured by medical negligence, it was unreasonable and arbitrary to limit their recovery. Other state supreme courts - Illinois, New Hampshire - have also struck down caps on non-economic damages upon a similar rationale.
The Florida court also took a hard look at the reasons expressed by the supporters of caps on non-economic damages and found them lacking. The Florida Legislature had claimed that the cap on non-economic damages was needed because Florida was in the midst of a medical malpractice insurance crisis of unprecedented magnitude. Sunshine State politicians had argued that increased medical malpractice liability insurance premiums had resulted in doctors leaving Florida, retiring early from the practice of medicine and refusing to perform high-risk procedures, thereby limiting the availability of health care.
The court noted that the conclusions reached by the lawmakers were not supported by the available data. Indeed, the court noted that the government reports it had examined showed that the numbers of doctors in both metropolitan and non-metropolitan areas had increased, not decreased and that applications to medical school had increased.
The court also examined insurance claim activity, noting that a study revealed that in Florida cases which resulted in payments of $1 million or more over a five-year period, only 7.5 percent involved a jury trial verdict - refuting the image of runaway juries entering verdicts in exorbitant amounts to sympathetic plaintiffs. "Such statistics led the authors of the study to conclude that jury trials constitute only a very small portion of medical malpractice payments," the court said.
Reports have failed to establish a direct correlation between damages caps and reduced malpractice premiums, the court said, relying on Weiss Ratings, which evaluates the performance of the malpractice insurance industry. Based on data acquired from 1991 until 2002, the median malpractice premiums paid by physicians in three high-risk specialties - internal medicine, general surgery and obstetrics/gynecology - rose by 48.2 percent in states that had damages caps, but in states without caps, the median annual premium increased at a slower rate - by 35.9 percent.
The court also noted the opinion of the executive director of the Center for Justice and Democracy, who stated that the current "malpractice premium crisis" was nothing more than an underwriting cycle. During years of high interest rates and excellent profits, the insurance companies compete with each other by underpricing premiums, she explained. Then, when investment income dropped, the insurance industry responded by sharply increasing premiums and reducing coverage.
The Florida court ruling stemmed from the death of a young mother shortly after childbirth. Michelle McCall had received prenatal medical care at a United Air Force clinic as an Air Force dependent. The lawsuit was filed by her estate, McCall's parent and the father of McCall's son against the United States. The federal trial court determined that the economic damages in the case amounted to $980,462.40. The court also concluded that the non-economic damages totaled $2 million, including $500,000 for McCall's son and $750,000 for each of her parents. But, because of Florida's statutory cap on wrongful death non-economic damages based on medical malpractice claims, the recovery was reduced.
Although the medical malpractice case started in federal court, it went back to state court to decide the challenge to the statutory caps under the Florida Constitution.
Unlike Florida's top court, Maryland's Court of Appeals has upheld caps on damages.
The Baltimore personal injury lawyers at Belsky, Weinberg & Horowitz have been fighting against caps on damages in medical malpractice cases for quite some time. Call us at 1.888.588.5297.
Stiffer penalties for distracted driving and an expansion of Maryland's little known "move over" law have already seen action by Maryland lawmakers.
"Jakes' Law," legislation named after a five-year-old boy who was killed in an accident involving a texting driver, has been approved by both houses of the Maryland legislature but is presently in a conference committee where differences between the two bills are being worked out. Under the new law, drivers would be assessed 12 points against their driver's license, would be guilty of a misdemeanor and could be subject to imprisonment for up to one year and a maximum fine of $5,000. In addition, the 10-year maximum sentence for manslaughter would apply.
Presently, a violator is subject to one point against their driving record and a $70 penalty unless the activity contributes to an accident; in that case, the penalty is $100 and three points assessed against the driver's record.
In the accident involving Jake Owen, the at-fault driver was acquitted of manslaughter and reckless driving and ordered to pay a $1,000 fine. Owen's family campaigned for passage of the tougher law.
The bill also requires drivers to provide authorities with their cellphone numbers, the identity of the service carrier and any email address linked to the device if there is a reasonable suspicion that the person had been talking or texting at the time of the crash.
Maryland is one of 12 states that prohibit the use of handheld phones by all drivers.
Maryland's Motor Vehicle Administration reports that from 2008 through 2012, there were 53,878 traffic crashes involving at least one distracted driver. Fatalities occurred in 229 of the accidents, while injuries resulted in 19,790 of the accidents.
The General Assembly has also passed a bill that requires drivers coming upon a properly registered tow truck that is stopped, standing or parked on a highway and using emergency lights to change lanes or, if a lane change cannot be made, to slow down - the same as is required when approaching an emergency vehicle with flashing lights that is stopped or parked. Violation is a misdemeanor carrying a $500 maximum fine. The bill is an expansion of the existing "move over" law which was passed in 2010 and was aimed at getting Maryland drivers to slow down or to move to another lane when coming upon an emergency vehicle such as an ambulance.
Current Maryland law requires drivers to move over to the next lane when they approach an emergency vehicle that is stopped on the side of the road with its lights on or to slow down if they are unable to move over.
Twenty-nine states, including Maryland, have enacted "move over" laws. Maryland is one of a handful of states that didn't include tow trucks in its initial "move over" legislation.
While many are unaware of the law, the Motor Vehicle Administration has publicized the law on its highway monitors. But the law is enforced. According to a story in the Baltimore Sun, police issued more than 2400 citations in 2013 to those who failed to move over when coming upon emergency vehicles.
Baltimore personal injury lawyers, Belsky, Weinberg & Horowitz, have many years of experience with auto and motor vehicle accident matters. Contact us via our website or call us at (888) 588-5297 for a free consultation.
Disbarment - the loss of a law license - is an extreme sanction. Yet, in a recent case, Maryland's top court rejected an attorney's argument that his emailed criticism of several of Maryland's government and legal officials was protected as free speech and upheld the decision to yank James Albert Frost's law license.
An attorney's knowingly false statements impugning the integrity and qualifications of several judges and public legal officers constitute a violation of the Maryland Lawyer's Rules of Professional Conduct (MLRPC) and are not protected speech under the First Amendment to the United States Constitution, the Court of Appeals has ruled.
In addition, where an attorney repeatedly makes false allegations about the qualifications or integrity of "a judge, adjudicatory officer or public legal officer," without any explanation or investigation into the allegations, he has demonstrated a lack of fitness to practice law and disbarment is an appropriate sanction, the state's top court said.
But the decision was not unanimous. Judge Robert N. McDonald said he couldn't agree with the majority decision because the primary purpose in an attorney discipline proceeding is to protect the public from inept lawyers, not to protect public officials from criticism. McDonald said he would suspend Frost for his failure to respond adequately to the AGC's inquiry but was not comfortable disbarring him based on what appeared to be an expression of opinion.
Frost was admitted to the Maryland Bar in June 1972. He does not maintain an office for the practice of law. In April 2012, he wrote an e-mail to his ex-wife calling various Maryland state judges and officials, among other things, "lawless," "corrupt," "weak" and described one high-placed Maryland political leader as a "pretty boy politician." Frost was apparently angry over what he described as an "illegal arrest" that resulted in his spending 87 days in county jail.
Frost emailed a copy of the communication to three attorneys, including George Meng, a Maryland personal injury lawyer. Frost did not know Meng. Meng responded by emailing Frost and asking why the email was sent to him. Meng also directed Frost to the rules for lawyers' conduct and asked Frost to explain how the email was not a violation of those rules. Frost's only response was to snail mail Meng a letter that did not respond to the question. Meng then filed a complaint with the Attorney Grievance Commission (AGC) of Maryland. The lawyer/investigator for the AGC sent a copy of the complaint to Frost and asked for a response in about 30 days. Frost said his statements were protected by the free speech clause of the First Amendment and, in a second letter, Frost scolded the AGC for getting involved. The AGC asked Frost to substantiate his claims. Although he sent copies of his letters to the members of the AGC, Frost did not provide a substantive response to the Bar Counsel's requests for information.
In an evidentiary hearing for which Frost did not appear, the judge noted that Frost had made several statements knowing them to be false and with reckless disregard for their truth or falsity. The judge also found that Frost violated the rules when he failed to provide a substantive response to the AGC's letters. The hearing judge found by "clear and convincing evidence" -- a very high legal standard - that Frost's actions were a violation of several sections of Maryland's rules of conduct for attorneys.
Under those rules, an attorney is expected to respond to a lawful inquiry from the AGC, even if the attorney views the complaint as frivolous. In addition, another rule provides that a lawyer shall not make a statement that the lawyer knows to be false concerning the qualifications or integrity of a judge or a public legal officer or a candidate for election.
The AGC recommended disbarment for the unsubstantiated badmouthing of the judicial and political officials. Frost asked the court to dismiss the case, arguing that his statements were protected by the Free Speech Clause of the First Amendment and that there was insufficient service of process.
The decision then went up to the Court of Appeals. The court concluded that the facts were as established by the hearing judge and agreed with the hearing judge that Frost had violated the rules of professional conduct.
The court then turned its attention to the proper remedy for the violation. Sanctions are put into place to protect the public and the public's confidence in the legal profession, not to punish attorneys, the court said. Sanctions protect the public when they prevent conduct and remove those who are unfit to continue in the practice of law. The court noted that it had recommended disbarment in a similar case.
The Maryland personal injury lawyers at Belsky, Weinberg & Horowitz are experienced in negligence, auto accident, medical malpractice and other types of legal matters. Contact us through our online contact form or call us at (888) 588-5297 so that we can help you with your legal matters.


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SAN FRANCISCO, CA -- (Marketwire) -- 12/13/12 -- Stipple, the leader in image-based commerce and advertising, today announced that it is now the web's largest source of commerce-enabled, revenue-generating images, and has raised an additional $3 million of funding from Sands Capital to accelerate its growth and product innovation. By the end of 2012, Stipple will have over 100 million accurately tagged and monetize-able images. All publishers in Stipple's network and developers using its API earn affiliate and advertising revenue as their audiences interact with "Stipple'd" photos.
"Since the explosion of Pinterest, the entire advertising industry has been captivated by the idea of being able to advertise, buy and sell products inside a photo on any website or device," said Rey Flemings, founder and CEO, Stipple. "Unfortunately, these capabilities have remained largely non-existent because of the complexity, time, and cost of accurately tagging the billions of photos published to the web every day. Stipple is the only company in the world to accurately tag images at enterprise scale, with no gimmicks and no crowdsourcing."
In November, Stipple tagged 12 million images. In December the company will tag more than 80 million images. "Stipple is now tagging more images per day than our competitors tag per month," commented Mr. Flemings. The company's current image tagging rate is greater than 1 million images per day, with 100% accuracy. Hundreds of the world's leading merchants, including Nike, L'Oreal, Zappos, and Nordstrom, are leveraging Stipple to tag tens of millions of their images per month.
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Stipple is also announcing two key executive hires with deep domain expertise to further accelerate growth plans. Darr Gerscovich comes from LinkedIn and Yahoo!, where he led global marketing teams focused on Fortune 500 advertisers and publishers. Darr will run Stipple's marketing organization. Stephanie Palmer, formerly of Luminate and Meebo, built their global business development teams while partnering with the world's most recognized publishers. Stephanie will head up distribution working directly with Stipple's ever-growing network of publishers.
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SYS-CON Events announced today that Windstream, a leading provider of advanced network and cloud communications, has been named "Silver Sponsor" of SYS-CON's 16th International Cloud Expo®, which will take place on June 9–11, 2015, at the Javits Center in New York, NY. Windstream (Nasdaq: WIN), a FORTUNE 500 and S&P 500 company, is a leading provider of advanced network communications, including cloud computing and managed services, to businesses nationwide. The company also offers broadband, phone and digital TV services to consumers primarily in rural areas.
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The major cloud platforms defy a simple, side-by-side analysis. Each of the major IaaS public-cloud platforms offers their own unique strengths and functionality. Options for on-site private cloud are diverse as well, and must be designed and deployed while taking existing legacy architecture and infrastructure into account. Then the reality is that most enterprises are embarking on a hybrid cloud strategy and programs. In this Power Panel at 15th Cloud Expo (http://www.CloudComputingExpo.com), moderated by Ashar Baig, Research Director, Cloud, at Gigaom Research, Nate Gordon, Director of T...
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The definition of IoT is not new, in fact it's been around for over a decade. What has changed is the public's awareness that the technology we use on a daily basis has caught up on the vision of an always on, always connected world. If you look into the details of what comprises the IoT, you'll see that it includes everything from cloud computing, Big Data analytics, "Things," Web communication, applications, network, storage, etc. It is essentially including everything connected online from hardware to software, or as we like to say, it's an Internet of many different things. The difference ...
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Cloud Expo 2014 TV commercials will feature @ThingsExpo, which was launched in June, 2014 at New York City's Javits Center as the largest 'Internet of Things' event in the world.
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An entirely new security model is needed for the Internet of Things, or is it? Can we save some old and tested controls for this new and different environment? In his session at @ThingsExpo, New York's at the Javits Center, Davi Ottenheimer, EMC Senior Director of Trust, reviewed hands-on lessons with IoT devices and reveal a new risk balance you might not expect. Davi Ottenheimer, EMC Senior Director of Trust, has more than nineteen years' experience managing global security operations and assessments, including a decade of leading incident response and digital forensics. He is co-author of t...
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ARMONK, N.Y., Nov. 20, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced that it is bringing a greater level of control, security and flexibility to cloud-based application development and delivery with a single-tenant version of Bluemix, IBM's platform-as-a-service. The new platform enables developers to build ap...
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Explosive growth in connected devices. Enormous amounts of data for collection and analysis. Critical use of data for split-second decision making and actionable information. All three are factors in making the Internet of Things a reality. Yet, any one factor would have an IT organization pondering its infrastructure strategy. How should your organization enhance its IT framework to enable an Internet of Things implementation? In his session at Internet of @ThingsExpo, James Kirkland, Chief Architect for the Internet of Things and Intelligent Systems at Red Hat, described how to revolutioniz...
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Technology is enabling a new approach to collecting and using data. This approach, commonly referred to as the "Internet of Things" (IoT), enables businesses to use real-time data from all sorts of things including machines, devices and sensors to make better decisions, improve customer service, and lower the risk in the creation of new revenue opportunities. In his General Session at Internet of @ThingsExpo, Dave Wagstaff, Vice President and Chief Architect at BSQUARE Corporation, discuss the real benefits to focus on, how to understand the requirements of a successful solution, the flow of ...
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The security devil is always in the details of the attack: the ones you've endured, the ones you prepare yourself to fend off, and the ones that, you fear, will catch you completely unaware and defenseless. The Internet of Things (IoT) is nothing if not an endless proliferation of details. It's the vision of a world in which continuous Internet connectivity and addressability is embedded into a growing range of human artifacts, into the natural world, and even into our smartphones, appliances, and physical persons. In the IoT vision, every new "thing" - sensor, actuator, data source, data con...
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"BSQUARE is in the business of selling software solutions for smart connected devices. It's obvious that IoT has moved from being a technology to being a fundamental part of business, and in the last 18 months people have said let's figure out how to do it and let's put some focus on it, " explained Dave Wagstaff, VP & Chief Architect, at BSQUARE Corporation, in this SYS-CON.tv interview at @ThingsExpo, held Nov 4-6, 2014, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA.
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Focused on this fast-growing market's needs, Vitesse Semiconductor Corporation (Nasdaq: VTSS), a leading provider of IC solutions to advance "Ethernet Everywhere" in Carrier, Enterprise and Internet of Things (IoT) networks, introduced its IStaX™ software (VSC6815SDK), a robust protocol stack to simplify deployment and management of Industrial-IoT network applications such as Industrial Ethernet switching, surveillance, video distribution, LCD signage, intelligent sensors, and metering equipment. Leveraging technologies proven in the Carrier and Enterprise markets, IStaX is designed to work ac...
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C-Labs LLC, a leading provider of remote and mobile access for the Internet of Things (IoT), announced the appointment of John Traynor to the position of chief operating officer. Previously a strategic advisor to the firm, Mr. Traynor will now oversee sales, marketing, finance, and operations. Mr. Traynor is based out of the C-Labs office in Redmond, Washington. He reports to Chris Muench, Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Traynor brings valuable business leadership and technology industry expertise to C-Labs. With over 30 years' experience in the high-tech sector, John Traynor has held numerous...
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Bit6 today issued a challenge to the technology community implementing Web Real Time Communication (WebRTC). To leap beyond WebRTC's significant limitations and fully leverage its underlying value to accelerate innovation, application developers need to consider the entire communications ecosystem.
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The 3rd International @ThingsExpo, co-located with the 16th International Cloud Expo - to be held June 9-11, 2015, at the Javits Center in New York City, NY - announces that it is now accepting Keynote Proposals. The Internet of Things (IoT) is the most profound change in personal and enterprise IT since the creation of the Worldwide Web more than 20 years ago. All major researchers estimate there will be tens of billions devices - computers, smartphones, tablets, and sensors - connected to the Internet by 2020. This number will continue to grow at a rapid pace for the next several decades.
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The Internet of Things is not new. Historically, smart businesses have used its basic concept of leveraging data to drive better decision making and have capitalized on those insights to realize additional revenue opportunities. So, what has changed to make the Internet of Things one of the hottest topics in tech? In his session at @ThingsExpo, Chris Gray, Director, Embedded and Internet of Things, discussed the underlying factors that are driving the economics of intelligent systems. Discover how hardware commoditization, the ubiquitous nature of connectivity, and the emergence of Big Data a...
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Almost everyone sees the potential of Internet of Things but how can businesses truly unlock that potential. The key will be in the ability to discover business insight in the midst of an ocean of Big Data generated from billions of embedded devices via Systems of Discover. Businesses will also need to ensure that they can sustain that insight by leveraging the cloud for global reach, scale and elasticity.
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SYS-CON Events announced today that IDenticard will exhibit at SYS-CON's 16th International Cloud Expo®, which will take place on June 9-11, 2015, at the Javits Center in New York City, NY. IDenticard™ is the security division of Brady Corp (NYSE: BRC), a $1.5 billion manufacturer of identification products. We have small-company values with the strength and stability of a major corporation. IDenticard offers local sales, support and service to our customers across the United States and Canada. Our partner network encompasses some 300 of the world's leading systems integrators and security s...
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IoT is still a vague buzzword for many people. In his session at @ThingsExpo, Mike Kavis, Vice President & Principal Cloud Architect at Cloud Technology Partners, discussed the business value of IoT that goes far beyond the general public's perception that IoT is all about wearables and home consumer services. He also discussed how IoT is perceived by investors and how venture capitalist access this space. Other topics discussed were barriers to success, what is new, what is old, and what the future may hold. Mike Kavis is Vice President & Principal Cloud Architect at Cloud Technology Pa...
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Cloud Expo 2014 TV commercials will feature @ThingsExpo, which was launched in June, 2014 at New York City's Javits Center as the largest 'Internet of Things' event in the world. The next @ThingsExpo will take place November 4-6, 2014, at the Santa Clara Convention Center, in Santa Clara, California. Since its launch in 2008, Cloud Expo TV commercials have been aired and CNBC, Fox News Network, and Bloomberg TV. Please enjoy our 2014 commercial.
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Even though they're revamping their layouts to be more inviting, dollar stores remain defined by their relatively limited selections. That's primarily because they're much smaller than the typical supermarket of about 7,500 square feet, or about three times the size of a typical 7-Eleven store. So don't expect any fresh produce or meat counters.
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The Dodgers' woes are a form of "cosmic comeuppance?"
Apr 29, 2011, 2:59 PM EST
Call me crazy, but I think the Dodgers' current woes are the result of Major League Baseball allowing an overly-leveraged dilettante into the ownership club and then watching as that dilettante did even worse things to the franchise's business than anyone could have imagined.
George Vecsey of the New York Times has another theory, however: he says the Dodgers are being impacted by "a communal curse" visited upon the organization because, over 50 years ago, Walter O'Malley decided to move the team from Brooklyn to Los Angeles. Vecsey calls it "The Flatbush Curse."
Anyone who has read this blog for a while knows how I feel about curses. At best they're little psychological tools people use to cope with perceived injustices. At worst they're cynical fabrications used to sell books and t-shirts and stuff. The common denominator is that, for any given "curse" there are a dozen better reasons why a given misfortune has taken place.
But let's say there was a Flastbush Curse. Let's say some little old woman from Brooklyn called it into being on New Year's Day 1958 with great drama, gesticulation and the spilling of lamb's blood. Even if that happened, isn't this the worst curse ever? Before it was invoked, the Dodgers won nine pennants and one World Series. After it was invoked they won nine pennants and five World Series, in a far shorter period of time.
It's almost enough to make you think that the current problems of the team have some other explanation than the move to Los Angeles. A move that, by far, was the smartest thing the Dodgers ever did.
- The Dangerous Mabry - Apr 29, 2011 at 3:03 PM
What about signing Jackie? That was a pretty smart move as well. Still good for the Dodgers to this day. I'm quibbling with the "by far the smartest thing the Dodgers ever did" statement, because the rest of the post is spot on.
- tomemos - Apr 29, 2011 at 3:13 PM
Oh, for heaven's sake. There's nothing baseball writers like more than to blame something bad on a wholly unrelated event from sixty or more years ago (see: Dan Shaughnessy and the Curse of the freaking Bambino). The reason they love it is they can write a whole column that basically goes, "Look how knowledgeable I am!" So many baseball writers are just that awkward kid you knew in junior high who loved trivia a little too much.
- Old Gator - Apr 29, 2011 at 3:13 PM
If you lived in a house that used to be owned by a Santera like I did, you'd be whistling a different tune, bubba. The spirits don't fool around. Don't believe me? Sit down for a quiet game of Ouija Scrabble some time and make direct inquiries. It may well be that they don't have it in for the Bums because when irate Brooklyn fans petitioned them to wreak revenge on the O'Malleys, the spirits couldn't understand Brooklynese. Of course, that was a long time ago. Now, to understand what Brooklyn wants, they'd only need to be able to speak Russian.
- SmackSaw - Apr 29, 2011 at 3:25 PM
When all this started in 2009, I stated "Somewhere in Brooklyn, an old gypsy is smiling." I should've wrote a book. If I did it now, Vecsey would claim I stole it.
- mkd - Apr 29, 2011 at 3:32 PM
That whole article was utterly nonsensical. The gist of it seems to be that Brooklyn fans wanted to curse the O'Malleys, but while the LA Dodgers were owned by them they won nine pennats and five World Series. It wasn't until after the hated O'Malleys were gone that the curse kicked in? How does this make sense? And at the end he says that the curse has been transferred to the new owners? Dude, what curse?!! At least with old hexes (White Sox-Black Sox, Red-Sox-Bambino, Cubs-Goat) you had literally generations of futility to point to, but this…this is just flat out stupid. I mean jebus what's next, the Curse of the Yankees?
- clydeserra - Apr 29, 2011 at 3:35 PM
The little old woman's ire is misplaced. She should have been paying more attention to the epic stadium battle in the 50's between the welfare O'malley's and the Robert "where is the check from GM" Moses.
- heyblueyoustink - Apr 29, 2011 at 3:40 PM
Now, while I believe in Feng Shui, Voodoo, Hoodoo, and crazy old Italian Grandmother curses, I believe this is simply the case of letting some clown who specialized in "designing" and "building" parking lots of all things play at running a legitimate once proud sports franchise…….
Either that or the Phanatic has been taking Wicca classes……
- Utley's Hair - Apr 29, 2011 at 4:34 PM
If that's the case, maybe the Phanatic should look closer to home—the Bank—and use his powers for good. Or if he needs to channel the evil, the Feesh and Bravos need to be put in their place. (And eff-ing with JDub would be okay, too. )
- jimbo1949 - Apr 29, 2011 at 4:39 PM
My reaction when I read the column last night: wonder if George sprained his tongue sticking it that far into his cheek.
However, he did grow up a Brooklyn fan. Perhaps he knows from whence he speaks
- yankeesfanlen - Apr 29, 2011 at 6:00 PM
Well that's correct. Vecsey's kinda cool.
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