Firm News

The Social Security Administration has announced a 2.8% increase to the Cost-of-Living Adjustment (COLA) for 2026. The increase will impact over 75 million Social Security and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) recipients. Payments will increase for those receiving SSI beginning December 31, 2025, while Social Security retirement benefits, which will increase by an average of $56… Read More

On Saturday, several people were injured in a multi-vehicle collision involving an ambulance and a tractor-trailer that shut down all lanes of I-795 at Westminster Pike. Baltimore County Police reported that a Carroll County ambulance, which was responding to a call in Baltimore County, was struck broadside at the intersection by a speeding tractor-trailer. The… Read More

Early Tuesday, the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, Maryland collapsed when a fully loaded cargo ship leaving the Port of Baltimore struck it. Officials reported that the vessel collided with the bridge’s central column, which carries the north and southbound lanes of Interstate 695, though the exact cause of the accident is still unknown…. Read More

Attorney Bryan J. Chant of LeViness, Tolzman & Hamilton recently announced the filing of a civil rights lawsuit against Baltimore Curriculum Project, City Springs Elementary School, Baltimore City Board of School Commissioners, Laura Doherty, Rhonda Richetta, and Timothy Korr. According to the lawsuit filed in the United States District Court for the District of Maryland,… Read More

LeViness, Tolzman & Hamilton P.A. is pleased to announce that Partner Bryan J. Chant secured a settlement of $250,000 against a delivery driver who crossed the center line crashing into the firm’s client in Anne Arundel County, Maryland. Our client underwent various treatment but ultimately relied on radiofrequency ablations, which are also called rhizotomies or… Read More

LeViness, Tolzman & Hamilton P.A. is pleased to announce that Partner Bryan J. Chant secured a settlement of $165,000 against a negligent driver and Allstate Insurance Company for a near complete rotator cuff tear. Our client was struck by a negligent driver leaving a shopping center on the Eastern Shore. The negligent driver’s quickly offered… Read More

LeViness, Tolzman & Hamilton P.A. is pleased to report that Partner Bryan J. Chant secured a jury verdict for an injured gentleman in the Circuit Court for Howard County. Our client was driving on Interstate 95 in Howard County when a phantom vehicle was swerving through traffic at speeds over 100 miles per hour.  Nationwide… Read More

We congratulate Paul Tolzman, Esq. of LeViness, Tolzman & Hamilton, on being included in the prestigious legal organization Lawyers of Distinction. Lawyers practicing both civil and criminal law in over a dozen practice areas may be nominated to become a member. The Lawyers of Distinction selection committee uses their own independent criteria and peer and… Read More

On July 19, 2018, Partner Bryan J. Chant secured a settlement in the amount of $100,000 from Travelers Insurance Company with respect to a client who sustained a sprain of the neck, back, hip, wrist, and hand. The client also had post-traumatic headaches as a result of the injuries. LeViness, Tolzman & Hamilton P.A. has… Read More

LeViness, Tolzman & Hamilton P.A. and Partner Bryan J. Chant recently secured a settlement in the amount of $100,000 from Nationwide Insurance Company for a client who suffered serious injuries as a result of a rear-end collision on the Eastern Shore. Nationwide Insurance attempted to low ball our client and Mr. Chant immediately filed a… Read More