Maryland Legal Article Library
Maryland Legal Articles
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.
Perhaps unlike many things in this business, the timing of a personal injury settlement is not essential is far less significant than the content or the terms of that settlement. The larger question for the injured person is “sho...
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Car accidents are a fairly common occurrence in all urban and metropolitan areas. Certainly, Baltimore and the surrounding suburbs are no exception. Roads, highways shopping centers, strip malls, parking lots, fast food. Congestio...
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The law requires that all insurance policies written and issued in Maryland contain uninsured motorist coverage. This type of insurance coverage can apply to a variety of different situations- not all of which are defined in the policy...
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It surprises many people to learn that it is possible in Maryland to cause another vehicle to rear-end you. Of course, the prevailing view is that the following driver has an absolute obligation to: control his or her vehicle not follo...
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The short answer is you are responsible. It’s a tough concept. There is absolutely no question whatsoever that if you sustained a personal injury as the result of a car accident, or as the result of another injury-causing event,...
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It is a classic, prototypical, archetypal, insurance defense argument, advanced in thousands of courtrooms, thousand of times a day. As Attorney Eric T. Kirk will tell you. A more relaxed, refined version of the argument run...
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Article 1, Section 4 provides that a sitting president “shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors.” A general rule employed by courts for cen...
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It comes as somewhat of a surprise to many individuals- especially those who are facing the daunting prospects of litigation for the first time– that simply getting on the stand and telling your story may simply not be enough to...
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Direct Answer: While every Maryland negligence case is unique, three technical elements must be proven to secure a recovery: Duty, Breach, and Causation. Proving these elements requires more than just showing an injury; it requires a t...
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Three Common Elements in Every Baltimore Personal Injury Case Baltimore personal injury cases, whether stemming from car accidents, slip and falls, or professional malpractice, to be sure, share certain foundational elements that must...
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What Do I Need to Win My Maryland Personal Injury Case in Court? In a Baltimore personal injury case, negligence must be proven by a preponderance of the evidence—that it’s more likely than not the defendant’s conduct...
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Surveillance footage, dashcams, body-cam video, and other camera evidence can materially change a Maryland car accident claim because they can show how the crash happened, what the aftermath looked like, and whether the insurance compa...
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