Over in Prince George’s County, there is a roller coaster at Six Flags Amusement Park called  “The Batwing.” It is a unique coaster in that rather than sitting upright in a car, your body is actually lifted horizontally to the ground, so it feels like you are flying. According to the website, the ride takes you on an elevation of

As personal injury attorneys, we usually see people when they are in the middle of the worst period of their lives. They are usually recovering from car accidents, or they have been hurt by a doctor, or they have been hurt by a drug that was supposed to help them, or they are in mourning, or they are being dreadfully taken advantage

Since we started operating as an injury law firm back in 1985, we have made it a point to keep an eye on events in the pharmaceutical industry. We do this primarily because we have noticed that, on occasion, pharmaceutical companies release drugs on the market that have no business being there. There are pills that are marketed without sufficient

WMATA appears to be gambling with the safety of its passengers. That might seem like a drastic and heavy handed statement, but it seems that way to us. The first and most obvious problem is its antiquated and outdated sensor equipment on the subway tracks. This is supposed to act as a failsafe that prevents collisions between trains. As we

Despite being one of the more advanced nations on earth, the United States of America still has plenty of laws on the books that make absolutely no sense whatsoever. For instance, in Arizona, it is against the law to open umbrellas on the street for fear that such an action might spook horses.  It is also illegal to wear a fake

12/17/2009 – CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Cincinnati Bengals receiver Chris Henry has died, one day after falling out of the back of a pickup truck in what authorities described as a domestic dispute with his fiancée. There wasn’t much about the death of Chris Henry that made sense. According to reports, Henry wasn’t a mere passenger in the back of that truck.

This story comes from WAVY down in Virginia Beach: A 24-year-old woman who seriously injured two people in a drunk driving head-on collision in March 2009 was sentenced Wednesday to serve four years and six months in prison. Lisa Marie Schettler, a Virginia Beach native, had a blood alcohol level of .44 that night in March. With that much alcohol in

When something happens often it’s easy to get used to it, regardless of how bad it actually is. We read about fatal car accidents every day in theWashington Post or hear about them on the radio. We hear about house fires, oil spills, shootings or other senseless or tragic events every day, but after awhile you become so used to

There have been some very ugly developments in St. Louis, Missouri as of late. Fox News reported that approximately 1800 military veterans have been exposed to the HIV virus after equipment used for dental procedures were not properly sterilized. For a period of almost a year between February of 2009 and March of 2010, dental equipment was placed in a washing

The 4th of July is coming up this weekend, and that means there will be a great deal of celebration all over the country. Here in the Washington, D.C. area, the celebrations get fairly raucous. There are street festivals and concerts on the Mall. Picnics and barbecues will be taking place all over the District, Maryland and Virginia. And the