Baltimore had 29 dog attacks on postal workers in 2019, putting our city at number 11 on the U.S. Postal Service’s newest list of dog attack rankings. In total, 5,803 USPS employees were attacked by dogs that year, which is actually slightly lower than the previous two years. While dog attacks on USPS workers are […]
With the response to the coronavirus, things are changing day by day, sometimes hour by hour. Phrases like ‘flatten the curve’ are now part of everyday vocabulary. And it is difficult to keep up with all of the changes at the national, state, and local levels. But it is incredibly important for you to do just that. At […]
No one could have foreseen the advent of the coronavirus or COVID-19 epidemic just a few months ago. Its impact on individual and community health, on business, on services, and on the economy as a whole has been swift and substantial. It has hit every sector of the economy and of society in the state, nation, and […]
When the police stop someone for a traffic ticket, it sometimes sets off a series of tragic events that put everyone in danger – the person being stopped, the police officer, and the public. A simple traffic citation becomes a deadly disaster. It starts out as a routine situation. An officer pulls someone over, which […]
The Maryland State Highway Administration (SHA) reports one of the most dangerous jobs in Maryland is providing roadside assistance because the risk of injury or death posed by inattentive drivers is so great. Recently, an SHA worker was hit by a motorist on the Capital Beltway’s outer loop while the worker’s own boss, Greg Slater, […]
The frequency of drunk and drugged driving accidents hasn’t dropped much in Maryland so far, even though the penalties for causing these accidents are more severe, after House Bill 707 (HB707) went into effect October 1, 2019. According to a 2018 Maryland Highway Safety Plan study, drunk driving accounts for about one in three fatal […]
Zirkin and Schmerling Law is very proud to be recognized as the Best Law Firm in Baltimore by the Baltimore Jewish Times. In this first-ever reader poll, the BJT asked its readers for the best of everything in and around Jewish Baltimore. There were four dozen categories for retail and professional businesses. Josh Schmerling, a […]
Laws are created to keep order and protect the public. The court system was created to ensure that everyone follows the rules, and that those who do not are held accountable for their actions. As members of society, we owe each other specific obligations and legal duties under certain circumstances. When these duties exist, they […]
