The national wrongful death and serious injury law firm of Charles Jerome Ware, P.A., Attorneys and Counsellors, is regarded as a leader in the areas of personal injury, survivorship, and wrongful death actions in the mid-Atlantic region --- including Maryland, Washington, D.C., Pennsylvania, Delaware, New Jersey and Virginia.
Attorney Charles Jerome Ware is renowned and consistently ranked among the best attorneys and legal counsellors in the United States. [GQ Magazine, The Washington Post, The Baltimore Sun, The Columbia Flier, USA TODAY, The Howard County Sun, The Anniston Star, The New York Times, et al.]
[See generally, G. Calabresi, "The Cost of Accidents: A Legal and Economic Analysis" (1970); "Law, Economics, and Philosophy: A Critical Introduction, with Applications to the law of Torts (M. Kuperberg & C. Beitz, ed. 1983]
In Maryland, permissible wrongful death beneficiaries include the wife, husband, parents and child of the deceased [see, Maryland Cts. & Jud. Proc. Art., Annot. Code, Sect. 3-904 (2005)].
Maryland Statistics
Serious or severe injuries can have life-long and life-altering ramifications for victims.
In 2009, there were 512,925 injury-related hospital Emergency Department (ED) visits by injured persons, 60,451 injury-related hospital discharges, and 3,474 injury-related deaths in Maryland. These cases incurred injury-related deaths in Maryland. These cases incurred over $227 million in ED charges and $85 million in hospitalization charges. There were 9,000 injury-related ED visits per 100,000 Maryland resident in the year 2009.
There were 1,060.6 injury-related hospital discharges per 100,000 Maryland residents, and the state's injury-relate death rate was 61 per 100,000, in 2009.
Statistically, men in Maryland were more likely than women to suffer a fatal injury in 2009.
Overall, the leading causes of injury-related ED visits in Maryland in 2009 were: (1) falls, (2) being struck by a person or object, and (3) motor vehicle traffic incidents.
Generally, the leading causes of injury-related hospitalization were: (1)falls, (2) poisoning, and (3) motor vehicle traffic accidents.
Finally, the leading causes of injury-related deaths in Maryland in 2009 were: (1) poisoning, (2) motor vehicle related incidents, and (3) firearms.
["Injuries in Maryland - 2009 Statistics on Injury-Related Emergency Department Visits, Hospitalizations and Deaths," October 2011, Center for Health Promotion and Education, Family Health Administration, Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (MDHMH); www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/Injuries]
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