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...
Is It s Crime in Maryland to Harass Someone by Email and Texts?
A lot of people likely feel that email is misused. Bad jokes, impotence cures, chain emails, unwanted political commentary, commercial spam, and outright scams litter everyone’s inbox. But at wh...
Is It a Crime to Misuse a Laser Pointer In Baltimore?
Is It a Crime to use a Laser Pointer In Baltimore? No it is not. Is It a Crime to Misuse a Laser Pointer In Baltimore? It is illegal to use a laser pointer to harass another –by making them thin...
Defrauding the State. What is Welfare Fraud?
Most experienced Baltimore criminal defense lawyers have, at one time or another, handled a case or two where it is was alleged their client engaged in some type of ‘welfare or Medicaid fraud...
Is it a Crime to Open or Take Someone’s Mail?
Most people will tell you stealing mail is a “federal offense”. Well, the experienced Baltimore criminal defense lawyer Attorney Eric T. Kirk will tell you it is a state crime as well...
What if My Employer Won’t File My Worker’s Compensation Claim?
Any Maryland worker who has sustained a personal injury on the job, and sought worker’s compensation benefits, knows that there some hardworking, honest employers and responsive and responsible...
What is “The Scope And Course of Employment” in Maryland Workers’ Compensation?
If one sustains an accidental personal injury while on the clock at work, they are entitled to worker’s compensation benefits. The law says an accidental personal injury is one that arises out o...
Baltimore Worker’s Compensation – What is an Accidental Injury?
The injured worker must have sustained an accidental personal injury for it to be considered compensable under the workers compensation law. As Attorney Eric T. Kirk will tell you. compensable...
Can I Get Wage Loss Benefits Through Worker’s Compensation?
The benefits available to workers sustaining a personal injury at work fall into two broad categories: medical care, and wage loss. Within those broad categories, there are many subdivisions. The expe...
Maryland Workers’ Compensation. I Cant Work at All. Temporary Total Disability
Temporary Total Disability. This is supposed to be the most straightforward benefit available in the worker’s compensation system. On its face, nothing would seem simpler. If the doctor has told...
I’ve Been Returned to Light Duty Work. When Do I Get Temporary Partial Disability?
Maryland workers’ compensation law recognizes that the disability resulting from a work accident is not always, and in fact, is frequently not totally disabling. One post-injury scenario involve...
