Maryland Personal Injury, Insurance Claim & Case Analysis Articles

 

Over the course of the last decade, 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.

If you have been injured in an accident, hurt at work, or involved in a dispute with an insurance company over a denied, delayed, or underpaid claim, these articles may help identify the legal issues that matter. If you cannot find what you are looking for, you may contact the firm to discuss whether legal review is appropriate.

Essex Homeowners Insurance Claim Denial Lawyer
Essex Homeowners Insurance Claim Denial Lawyer When an Essex homeowners insurance claim is denied, delayed, narrowed, or underpaid, the dispute is often about more than the damage itself. The real fig...
If I Get Hurt On Someone’s Property Are They Automatically at Fault or Liable?
It’s an unfortunate fact of our existence that unexpected  things happen everyday that injure people. When discussing a liability determination in a personal injury case, a concept that I o...
Insurance Company Denies Baltimore Injury Claim, Saying “Soft Tissue” / “Minimum Impact”
When an insurance company labels an injury as “soft tissue” or “minimum impact,” it is usually signaling a strategy to minimize or deny the claim. Main risk: the insurer uses l...
Can I Switch Personal Injury Lawyers?
The answer is yes. Lawyers are no different in this respect than any other profession. If you were not happy with the work that an auto mechanic was doing on your car -you would find a different mecha...
What Is Maximum Medical Improvement?
What is maximum medical improvement in a Maryland personal injury case? Maximum medical improvement, or MMI, means a doctor believes an injured person has reached a plateau and received the maximum be...
A Maryland Insurance Company Has Sent Me To See Their Doctor. What is an Independent Medical Exam [IME]?
Can a Maryland Insurance Company Send Me to Their Doctor? An Independent Medical Exam, or IME, is usually a defense medical examination requested or paid for by the insurance side to generate opinions...
Top 5 Maryland Personal Injury Questions: Should I Go To The Doctor, or, I Haven’t Gone To The Doctor Yet.
While it’s difficult to answer these inquiries with across-the-board precision, this subject arises frequently during initial case analysis and strategy sessions. The short answer to both questi...
Should I Post Legal Questions Online? (Confidentiality, Risk, and Evidence Issues)
Posting legal questions online can expose confidential information, weaken your case, and create evidence that can be used against you. The main risk is unintentionally waiving confidentiality or reve...
The Top 5 Reasons Why Baltimore Workers Compensation Claims Are Denied.
Why Are Baltimore Workers Compensation Claims Denied? It’s been noted elsewhere in these Articles, that the workers’ compensation law is supposed to be self-executing. In other words, auto...
Five Key Reasons Why Insurance Companies Deny Personal Injury Claims.
Maryland Insurance companies deny hundreds of claims each week. I’ve identified, perhaps, the five principal reason  insurance companies use to deny claims concerns citing their oft-raised...
Top Three Most Common Mistakes Made When Not Hiring A Personal Injury Lawyer.
Top Three Most Common Mistakes When Not Hiring a Baltimore Injury Lawyer Direct Answer: Relying on self-help legal advice for a Baltimore injury claim creates significant technical risks. The three mo...