Substandard Hospice Care Leaves Dying Patients in a Lurch and Family Members Frustrated
Hospice care is palliative. It is reserved for those patients whose end is near, and who wish to spend their final days in comfort – usually at home. While all patients deserve compassion, there is something special about hospice patients, who trust their caregivers to help them in their end stages – and to help…
Read MoreAdditional Workers’ Compensation Benefits for Law Enforcement, Firefighters, and Paramedics
Police officers, firefighters, and other public safety workers are often exposed to increased risks, dangers, and health hazards. Maryland’s workers’ compensation laws recognize the added stress public safety workers face, and afford public safety employees additional benefits because of those stresses. We wanted to outline those benefits here, so that the people who protect us…
Read MoreI Got Hurt Driving Home from Work. Is This a Work Injury?
If you get hurt while you’re driving either to work or home from work, generally that’s not going to be a covered workers’ compensation claim. It’s called the “going and coming rule,” which means when you’re going to and coming from work, you are not generally covered by workers’ compensation. However, there are exceptions…
Read MoreDebunking Common Myths About Car Insurance
Car insurance rates are an enigma. You pay one price, your spouse pays another, and your neighbor pays yet another price for a service that the law requires all drivers to purchase. Because there is so much “mystery” surrounding car insurance, people tend to fill in those gaps with erroneous information. We want to set…
Read MoreCTE Identified in a Living Person for the First Time
A news story on CNN in November 2017 describes how researchers have discovered the first case of a living person who was identified with chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE). Dr. Bennet Omalu, who is the lead researcher in the study which was published in the journal Neurosurgery, told CNN that the subject of the case in…
Read MoreCongratulations, Bruce Plaxen and David Muncy, for Being Selected by Super Lawyers Again
Plaxen Adler Muncy, P.A. is proud to announce that firm founder Bruce Plaxen has been named to the Maryland Super Lawyers list for 2018. This is his 12th consecutive year being included on the list. We are also proud to announce that David Muncy, the firm’s newest partner, has been named to the 2018 Maryland…
Read MoreWhat Causes Deadly Head-on Collisions?
If you have ever witnessed a head-on crash between two vehicles, it is not a sight that you are likely to be able to get out of your mind. When two powerful vehicles traveling in opposite directions collide, the outcome is usually catastrophic. The larger the vehicles and the greater the rate of speed each…
Read MoreRear-end Car Accidents and Lower Back Pain
Rear-end car crashes are the most common types of collisions. Even when you are hit at a “low” speed, you can still sustain serious injuries. One of the more common types of injuries involves the sacroiliac joint, and it can lead to chronic back pain. Because doctors tend to misdiagnose these injuries, a car accident…
Read MoreWhat Are the Dangers of Broadside Collisions?
A broadside collision, also called a T-bone or side-impact collision, occurs when the front end of one vehicle crashes into the side of another vehicle. The crashes often occur at intersections, but they can also occur in multiple-vehicle crashes. The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) reports that while 52% of passenger vehicle deaths in…
Read MoreNegligent Doctors Are Not Being Held Accountable for Their Actions
Every state has a state medical board, which oversees the care and conduct of hospitals and doctors. When a doctor’s negligence causes injury or death, the state medical review board reviews the incident, and decides whether to take some form of disciplinary action against the doctor and/or hospital. More often than you think, however, a…
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