Being a lifelong participant in any outdoor sport or activity would seem to prepare a person for the various and specific dangers involved. While this may be the case in general, when it comes to bicycle riding, safety must be paramount in a rider’s mind when negotiating public roadways with…
As a Baltimore injury accident attorney, I understand the healthful benefits and feeling of freedom that bicycling provides to people. In fact, with energy conservation on everyone’s lips and green living all the rage, biking to school, work or the store makes more sense now than ever in the past.…
It won’t be long before the promise of spring weather entices more and more cyclists out onto the roads in and around cities like Annapolis, Bethesda and D.C., among others. As Maryland traffic accident injury attorneys, the staff at Lebowitz & Mzhen Personal Injury Lawyers can see a shift toward…
Maryland State Police last month charged a Hollywood woman with negligent driving in a fatal traffic accident that left a local bicycle rider dead. Police state that 20-year-old Kathy May Lee contributed to the October 5 accident that killed Curtis Andrew Leymeister, a 47-year-old resident of St. Mary’s County. As…
The dangers of biking in an urban setting were brought home again recently during a memorial ride held in honor of a local Baltimore bicycle enthusiast who was killed in a traffic accident last August. Sixty-seven-year-old John Yates was killed in a truck-bicycle accident by a hit-and-run trucker while he…
It’s a tragedy when anyone dies, but fatal traffic accidents can usually be avoided. In the case of car-bicycle collisions, the bicycle rider is always the loser. As a Baltimore motorcycle and bicycle accident attorney, I have represented numerous victims of senseless auto, bike and motorcycle accidents over the years.…
A teenager riding his bike on Maryland Route 108 in Elkridge was struck and killed by a passing motorist. Fatal accidents involving bicycles and other two-wheelers happen frequently in the warmer months. Any time a young person loses his or her life it is a tragic event, not only for…
A tragic story of a bicycle rider killed in Ocean City, MD, recently came to light and it reminds us all of the inherent dangers that bike riders face when traveling on Maryland’s public roadways. The accident happened on Maryland’s Coastal Highway as a 23-year-old woman was having a relaxing…