Owings, MD Personal Injury Attorneys

Lawyers for Auto Accidents, Defective Products, and Premises Liability in Owings, Maryland

People may be injured in many situations where others fail to protect their safety and health. Motor vehicle accidents can take place on highways or local roads. People may be injured while visiting other people's homes or commercial properties. Consumer products can cause injuries due to defects, or people may suffer harm while receiving medical care. When accidents and injuries are caused by negligence, understanding what steps to take is not always easy.

The attorneys at Farmer & Klopfer provide legal help for people in Owings who have been seriously injured in accidents or other situations involving negligence. We can handle the complex legal and financial details involved in personal injury claims, ensuring that our clients will be able to focus on their recovery. With decades of experience recovering compensation for injury victims, we can make sure all issues involved in our clients' cases will be addressed correctly.

Car Accidents

People in Owings may suffer serious harm in collisions that take place on local roads and nearby highways. Our team can help clients address car accidents such as:

Rear-End Collisions

A driver who is following too closely behind someone else, traveling at an excessive speed, or is distracted by their smartphone or something else may not be able to stop before striking another vehicle. Rear-end accidents may take place at intersections, in school zones, on highways, or in other locations. The injuries that can occur in these collisions may include traumatic brain injuries, herniated discs in the spine, or whiplash that may tear the muscles, tendons, and ligaments in the neck and shoulders.

Head-On Collisions

The most deadly accidents will often involve vehicles that collide front-to-front. On the rural two-lane roads around Owings, head-on crashes may occur when drivers become drowsy while driving at night, operate vehicles while intoxicated, or lose control on curves. The combined speed of the vehicles involved in a head-on collision can lead to devastating brain injuries, spinal cord injuries, internal organ damage, and other forms of bodily harm that could lead to permanent disabilities or wrongful death.

T-Bone Collisions

Side-impact collisions may take place at intersections when drivers run stop signs, disobey traffic signals, or do not yield to oncoming vehicles when making turns. The sides of a passenger vehicle have very little structural protection, and a person sitting on the side of a car may be directly harmed by the impact of another vehicle. A T-bone accident may lead to spine injuries, fractured ribs, damage to internal organs in the chest and abdomen, injuries to limbs that may result in amputations, and other forms of bodily harm.

Defective and Dangerous Products

Consumers who purchase and use products should be able to expect that those products will not injure them. Manufacturers, distributors, and retailers may be held responsible if their products cause people to suffer injuries. Product liability cases can address injuries that may occur because of issues such as:

Design Defects

Errors may be made during the design stage of creating a product, causing it to be unsafe. For example, a toy may be designed with parts that could serve as choking hazards for small children, or a children's product such as a high chair or baby swing may be designed with straps that could cause a child to become entangled and experience strangulation.

Manufacturing Errors

A product may become unsafe due to errors during the production process. For example, the wrong materials may be used when producing a vehicle's brakes, preventing them from working correctly, or the wrong formulation may be used for a pharmaceutical drug, causing it to become unsafe.

Failure to Warn

Products may cause people to suffer injuries due to a lack of warnings about potential hazards. Examples may include power tools that do not include warnings about unsafe uses of these products or safety systems that do not come with instructions on how to ensure that these devices provide people with the proper protection.

Premises Liability

When injuries occur at retail stores, other businesses, restaurants, farms, or residential properties, victims may need to determine whether the property owner was responsible. A property owner may be liable for an injury that occurred because they did not take the proper measures to address hazards on their property and protect visitors from being injured.

Falls may occur at grocery stores, restaurants, or other businesses when people slip on slick surfaces or trip over hazards. Slip and fall accidents may be caused by spills that were not cleaned up quickly, inadequate lighting in dark areas of a store, or a failure to place warning signs in locations that have been recently mopped. Trip and fall accidents can occur because of hazards in parking lots, on sidewalks, in the aisles of a store, or other locations. Issues such as potholes, damaged handrails, or dangerous stairwells may play a role in these types of cases.

Negligent security may also lead to injuries at businesses or in locations like parking garages or apartment buildings. A property owner's failure to install security systems, make sure door and window locks are functioning, or provide proper lighting could lead to crimes such as robberies or assaults, and the owner may be liable for the injuries that occur in these situations.

Dog bites may take place when someone is visiting someone else's property. A dog's owner may be responsible for injuries caused by their animal, or a property owner may be liable for injuries caused by a dog on their property that they knew was dangerous.

Medical Malpractice

People who receive care at medical facilities may suffer harm if doctors, nurses, or other providers are negligent. Issues such as misdiagnosis, improper administration of medications, failure to provide the proper treatment in an emergency room, errors made during surgery, or birth injuries may be addressed through medical malpractice claims.

Boat Accidents

People who use boats or engage in water-related activities in Chesapeake Bay or other local waterways may suffer injuries in boat accidents. These accidents may be caused by the negligence of boat operators, boat or equipment rental companies, or other parties. Injuries may occur due to collisions between boats, capsizing, swimmers struck by boats, or fires on boats.

Contact Our Owings Personal Injury Lawyers

After suffering a serious injury, legal representation may be needed to ensure that you can obtain compensation. At Farmer & Klopfer, our lawyers are ready to work with you to determine who was responsible for your injuries and hold them liable for the harm you have suffered. Contact our Owings, MD personal injury attorneys at 301-843-3890 to schedule your free consultation today.