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...
When Can an Injury From a Manufacturing Defect Entitle You to Compensation?
We’ve seen that the elements of “defective” and “unreasonably dangerous” can be proven by showing a flawed design, or by showing a defect in the manufacturing of the prod...
When Can an Injury From a Design Defect Entitle You to Compensation?
We’ve seen that the elements of “defective” and “unreasonably dangerous” can be proven by showing a flawed design, or by showing a defect in the manufacturing of the prod...
Are My Medical Bills Paid Out Of My Personal Injury Award?
As discussed elsewhere, insurance carriers that have paid medical bills related to a car accident, or the providers themselves, will assert a claim, or a “lien” on any amount you are...
Can I Sue For My Loss if My Child Who Was Hurt In The Accident?
Of course, if a child [an unemancipated minor under 18] is hurt in an accident, they have a claim of their own against the at fault party for damages. The parent of the child also has a claim ag...
Immunity or Liability for Emergency Medical Services?
Many Baltimore personal injury cases consist of allegations that a health care provide deviated from the applicable standard of conduct, and that deviation caused injury to the patient. As Attorn...
I Was Injured When I Fell In The Bathroom. Do I Have a Case?
Certainly, the owners of commercial establishments own their patrons a duty of reasonable care to keep their premises, including a public restroom, safe. An owner, or their employee, is not responsibl...
Can I Sue a Public Official If They Hit Me ?
Knowledgeable Baltimore personal injury lawyers are aware that an official of a municipal corporation is immune from suit for their official actions, while acting in a discretionary capacity, in the a...
I’ve Been Sent to Mediation in Personal Injury Case.
Very possibly the finest trial attorney of this generation has stated: “there are always options”. In the context of a personal injury case, this is no less true. Yes, there are. Although...
Who Testifies at a Trial in a Personal Injury Case?
In the typical automobile accident trial, in District Court, the driver[s] and other witnesses [if any], and anyone who is claiming injury testify before the court, sitting without a jury. It is rare,...
Does The Other Driver’s Insurance Company Matter In Determining How Much I Recover?
It’s now been several years ago, but, at a time a lawyer’s group now know as the American Association for Justice [and formerly known as “ATLA” or the Association of Trial Lawy...
