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Personal Injury

How Much of a $25,000 Settlement Will I Get?

To start, there is never any guarantee that your case is worth $25,000. Every case is different. Moreover, even a case that receives an award for $25,000 from one judge or jury may receive a completely different amont from another judge or jury based on the same facts. If you are settling your case, you are avoiding many of the

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Car Accidents, Insurance

DC Council Bill 26-0057: Higher Auto Insurance Limits Explained

For 40 years, Washington, DC, has required the same mandatory minimum limits for car insurance. This has been one of the many reasons why it is so difficult for accident victims to get the compensation they deserve. This is not about a payout. It is about accident victims who cannot afford to pay their hospital bills for an accident they

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Car Accidents, Insurance

How Much Car Insurance Do You Need?

Our car accident lawyers are acutely familiar with the relevant tort law in our licensed jurisdictions, but also with the relevant insurance law. And just as importantly, we see every day how carrying auto insurance in the event of a car accident plays out in real time. But when you are purchasing a vehicle, whether a sedan or a large

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News, Personal Injury

Meta Trial Over Social Media Harm Explained

The Meta social media harm case represents the potential for precedent that could enable victims of these platforms to recover damages. Meta is facing well over 1,000 lawsuits for social media harm from various plaintiffs as part of in re: Social Media Adolescent Addiction/Personal Injury Products Liability. As there are so many lawsuits pending across several districts, the U.S. District

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News

The Science Behind What Causes Traffic

As the United States grows and evolves, innovators fix many of our modern problems. Evolutions in medicine extend lives for millions. Technology enriches us and enables communication like never before. Yet, traffic remains utterly unsolved. While we have come up with new ideas that improve our ability to circumvent traffic, such as Waze or Google Maps, at best, these solutions

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Car Accidents, Personal Injury

How to Get a Rental Car After a Car Accident

After over 70 years of practicing personal injury law in Washington, DC, Maryland, Virginia, and South Carolina, we have noticed that perhaps the most common question is how to get a rental car after a car accident. The short answer is that it is not always possible. However, there are steps you can take to get a rental car even

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Car Accidents, Personal Injury

The Boulevard Rule in Maryland Car Accidents

In simple terms, the rule gives drivers on a “favored” roadway, typically a main thoroughfare or boulevard, the legal right-of-way over vehicles entering from side streets, driveways, or unfavored roads. In Maryland, courts uphold this rule, in no small part, because of how burdensome the contributory negligence defense is to a plaintiff seeking compensation in a personal injury trial. Meanwhile,

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Car Accidents, News

$242 Million Verdict: Legal Analysis of Tesla’s Autopilot Crash

The United States, and eventually humans around the globe, may eventually face the prospect of autonomous vehicles becoming the norm. However, in 2025, especially in Maryland, Washington, D.C., and most of the United States, that reality has yet to take shape. Currently, in 2025, we are in an awkward transition phase where semi-autonomous vehicles are on the road, none of

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