Latest Blog Posts By Category

• Birth Injuries
  • Failure to diagnose birth injuries can result in lifelong issues
    A parent's love for his or her child is a love that most say has no equal. Childbirth can be one of the most emotional and stressful times for the ...
• Birth Injury
  • Medical malpractice options protect victims
    This blog recently discussed the importance of medical malpractice options for victims injured by medical negligence. Birth injuries can also result ...
• Brain Injury
  • Experimental treatment could change brain injury recovery
    A traumatic brain injury likely occurs very suddenly and unexpectedly. It may occur when a person is playing football or skiing. Car accidents also ...
• Car Accidents
  • Why You Should Purchase Underinsured Motorist Coverage
    This past week we had to tell a mother and father that the most we could recover against a driver who lost control of her vehicle and killed their son ...
• Construction Workers' Accidents
  • 10 most common OSHA violations on construction sites and other workplaces
    Most people would like to think they are safe while at work. Unfortunately, that is not always the case. In fact, according to the most recent data ...
• Consumer Alerts
  • McGowan & Cecil's Consumer Alerts
    Welcome to McGowan & Cecil's Consumer Alerts. These are being provided in order to help our clients should they or their family be injured by the ...
• Failure to Diagnose
  • Patient struggles after doctor's failure to diagnose heart attack
    Maryland readers may be interested in a recent report released by medical experts from the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine ...
• Firm News
  • Come to the Main Street Festival, Hosted by the Laurel Board of Trade
    The Main Street Festival is known as the number one hotspot each year for family-friendly fun in Laurel. This year, it is hosted by the Laurel Board ...
• In the News
  • Personal Injury Claim Concerns During the COVID-19 Pandemic
    At McGowan & Cecil, our attorneys deeply understand the difficulty, frustration, and pressure that an injury can bring into your life. You will not ...
• Industrial Workers' Accidents
  • 2 Killed In Industrial Accident When Lift Truck Tips Over
    When you are a worker at a construction site or industrial facility, you know that you face a risk of injury every day, even if safety procedures are ...
• Injuries
  • The Top 10 Arguments a Defense Attorney/Insurance Company Will Make to Deprive an Injured Person from Being Fairly Compensated For Their Injuries
    That the accident was your fault. Even if you are injured in a rear end collision they will argue that you made a sudden stop or that you struck the ...
• Medical Malpractice
  • Pharmacists often miss dangerous drug combos
    The pharmacy is supposed to check for counter-indications Adverse reactions to medications cause hundreds of thousands of emergency room visits, ...
• Motorcycle Accidents
  • Understanding the problem of distracted driving
    Distracted driving is an increasing problem in our society today. Each day in the United States 9 victims are killed and nearly 1,200 victims are ...
• Municipal Lawsuits
  • Washington Metro faces lawsuit for subway incident
    A lawsuit against the Washington Metro was filed as a result of a preventable subway incident that took the life of a woman. Millions of people use ...
• Nursing Home Neglect
  • Nurse neglects standards of care, injures nursing home resident
    Each nursing home resident has a unique story, and each requires different standards of care. Nursing home facilities in Maryland and every state have ...
• Pedestrian Accidents
  • Maryland Pedestrian Fatalities on the Decline
    Pedestrian fatalities are a major problem in states across the country. Drivers may be distracted, drunk or drowsy while behind the wheel and simply ...
• Personal Injury
  • Will You Lose Your Medicare Coverage When You Settle Your Personal Injury Case?
    Many people who are seriously injured in an accident that was not their fault must rely on Medicare to pay for some or all of their medical bills, ...
• Social Security Administration News
  • SSA announces new disability and benefits information campaign
    The Social Security Administration's acting commissioner Carolyn Colvin wants every American to know that Social Security Disability Insurance serves ...
• Social Security Disability
  • Are stroke victims eligible for SSDI?
    The repercussions of a stroke can be devastating, physically, emotionally and financially. People may be left unable to work and drowning in a pile of ...
• Social Security Disability Benefits for Illness
  • Social Security's compassionate allowance list
    Social Security is aware that some conditions can severely impede your ability to work and even care for yourself. As a result, they have put together ...
• Social Security Disability Benefits for injuries
  • Report: Many families don't seek SSI for mentally ill children
    When people in Laurel think of someone who is mentally ill, they picture an adult, not a child. Yet the fact is that thousands of children in the U.S. ...
• Surgical Errors
  • Surgical errors are a common cause of medical malpractice
    Maryland readers may agree with the characterization of a surgical procedure as a delicate ballet. Each member of the surgical team relies on the ...
• Truck Accidents
  • I-95 Multi-Vehicle Crash Started By Semi-Truck
    A portion of I-95 north of Baltimore was shut down earlier this week after a semi-truck collided with a courtesy vehicle and two other cars stopped on ...
• Workers' Compensation
  • Will You Lose Your Medicare Coverage When You Settle Your Personal Injury Case?
    Many people who are seriously injured in an accident that was not their fault must rely on Medicare to pay for some or all of their medical bills, ...
• Workplace Accidents
  • Accident prevention tips for small businesses
    An on-the-job accident is not only problematic for the employees who are hurt by it, but it is also problematic for the business. When injured ...
• Workplace Injuries
  • Will workers' compensation cover any injury on the job?
    Are all workplace injuries going to be covered by workers' compensation? By legal standards, not all injuries are covered, even when the injury takes ...
• Workplace Safety
  • 5 Things to do if you are injured in an accident during the Coronavirus Epidemic
    1. Contact a lawyer specializing in personal injury claims ASAP. They can best help you safely navigate through the mine field created by the ...
• Wrongful Death
  • Patient's hospital fall leads to worsened medical condition
    Hospitals across the country assess patients when they arrive. Some patients are considered high-risk because of factors like age, medications and ...