Maryland Legal Article Library
Maryland Personal Injury Insurance Claim Lawyer
Over the course of the last decades, Eric T. Kirk has published articles addressing Maryland personal injury claims, car accident cases, truck accident cases, workers’ compensation claims, denied homeowners insurance claims, and insurance disputes involving fault, causation, damages, repair scope, and claim value.
Maryland Personal Injury, Insurance Claim & Case Analysis
If you have been injured in an accident, hurt at work, or trapped in a dispute with an insurance company over a denied, delayed, or underpaid claim, the value of your home, or the value of your bodily injury, these articles will help identify the legal issues that matter.
Each addresses a component of your core issue: You are locked in a battle for full and fair compensation with an insurance company that has proven unwilling to provide it.
If you cannot find what you are looking for, you may contact the firm to discuss whether legal review is appropriate. I challenge unfair claim denials and devaluations in Maryland’s courtrooms.
Maryland, through it legislature, has chosen to limit the amounts recoverable by those injured by the negligence of others. Experienced Baltimore personal injury lawyers are all too aware that “in an action for personal injury, p...
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Does the Insurance Company Use a Computer to Determine My Claim Value? Direct Answer: Many major insurance carriers utilize algorithmic software like “Colossus” to determine settlement ranges for injury victims. This automa...
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Does the Amount of Damage to My Car Affect the Value of My Baltimore Personal Injury Case? Short answer: Yes—insurance companies use property damage as a proxy to reduce claim value. But there is no medical or scientific rule tha...
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Low-Speed Collision and No Property Damage: Insurance Denials Explained Direct Answer: Insurers often deny claims involving low-speed collisions by arguing that minimal property damage precludes the possibility of significant physical...
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Usually no. In a routine Baltimore car accident case, the real damages claim is for compensatory damages such as medical bills, lost wages, pain and suffering, and other actual losses. Punitive damages are different, far narrower, and...
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Yes—but that answer is incomplete, and relying on it alone can cost you your case. In Maryland, a pedestrian in a crosswalk is often given the right of way. However, both the driver and the pedestrian owe duties of ordinary care....
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I slipped on the ice. Can I sue? Does it matter if it was “black ice”? As discussed in other articles, Maryland employs the archaic doctrine of “contributory negligence” which bars any financial recovery to a Ba...
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When one is injured on the property of another [ e.g in someone’s home or on their land, or in business premises like a story or theater] the claim for personal injury that may ensue is typically referred to as a “premises...
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A landlord may be liable for injuries in Maryland when a dangerous condition in an area the landlord controls causes harm. The most common examples involve common areas such as exterior walkways, stairs, paths, hallways, and similar sh...
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I’m missing work. I lost my job. Can I recover my lost wages? What about future wages? These are all difficult and trying realities confronted by those injured in car accidents, or other personal injury-causing events. Of course,...
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Can I Recover for My Future Lost Wages in a Personal Injury Claim? Direct Answer: Yes. Under Maryland law, if a permanent injury impairs your ability to earn a living in the future, you are technically entitled to recover for the...
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Make no mistake, an insurance company will frequently seize on any prior mishap, accident or injury, no matter how slight or remote. Can the Insurance Company Say My Injury is Pre-Existing ? Baltimore Personal Injury Lawyers answ...
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