How Is Negligence Defined? What Does it Mean to Be Negligent?
Maryland juries are instructed that negligence is doing something that a person using ordinary care, caution and prudence would not do, or, in fact doing something that a reasonably cautious person wo...
Can a Pedestrian Operating Operating Under A Disability Be At Fault for An Accident?
Baltimore personal injury lawyers sometimes argue cases involving the unfortunate meeting of a car and a pedestrian. Attorney Eric T. Kirk will tell you. As you might imagine, cars are undefeated...
What Reasons Can The Insurance Company Use to Deny My Claim?
In theory, the reasons that an insurance company can use to deny a claim are as limitless as the imagination of the creative adjuster. So long as there is some factual basis for the denial,...
What is Personal Injury Protection Under Maryland Insurance Law?
Almost any Baltimore personal injury lawyer Attorney Eric T. Kirk will tell you that PIP benefits are ‘no-fault‘, ‘first-party’ insurance benefits. ‘No-fault’ means...
If I Let An Intoxicated Person Drive My Car, Am I Responsible?
Unfortunately, these are questions that are often not asked until it is too late. Baltimore personal injury lawyers Attorney Eric T. Kirk have successfully argued that a non-driving owner is responsib...
Can You Turn Right From The Middle Lane?
It is illegal, and negligent, to take away the right of way from another vehicle that lawfully possesses that right of way. Experienced Baltimore personal injury lawyers have likely litigated cases wh...
Did I Have the Right of Way?
For most of us, including most Baltimore personal injury lawyers, it has been a long time since Driver’s Ed. Of course, if a sign, or traffic light controls an intersection, those traffic contro...
Is A Baltimore Owner Responsible For Personal Injury If Their Dog Bites Me?
Is A Baltimore Owner Responsible For Personal Injury If Their Dog Bites Me? Yes in most instances. Baltimore law provides the owner of an animal is charged with a duty or using ordinary care in contro...
When Does Strict Liability Apply in a Personal Injury Claim?
Often, people incorrectly assume if they are injured, they recovery money. If it were that easy, I would likely not have a job. By way of example only, let’s assume unusually strong winds knock...
What is Involved in a Strict Liability Claim?
A Baltimore personal injury lawyer trying a strict liability products case must prove that the product was defective and “unreasonably dangerous” when it left the seller’s control; t...
What Does Unreasonably Dangerous Mean in the Setting of a Products Liability Case?
We’ve seen that a Baltimore personal injury lawyer trying a strict liability products case must prove that the product was both defective and “unreasonably dangerous” when it left th...
