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.
Most lawyers handle personal injury cases and car accidents in particular on what is known as a contingency fee basis. Contingent refers to something occurring before a fee is due or owing. In the context of a personal injury claim tha...
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As a general rule, if discussions breakdown or a reasonable offer of settlement is never extended by an insurance company in the first instance, the only option available is litigation. There are few things as frustrating as been treat...
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A survival claim belongs to the deceased person, survives them, and the right to bring it vests in the personal representative and their estate. If the claim is successful, any amounts awarded become the property of the estate, and are...
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Direct Answer: Under Maryland law, the value of a wrongful death claim is determined by a combination of economic losses (lost wages, benefits, and earning capacity) and non-economic damages (loss of companionship, protection, and pare...
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In a Maryland wrongful death claim, the identity of the beneficiaries—and their relationship to the decedent—can determine who may recover and how damages are allocated. Main risk: misunderstanding who has standing may affe...
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Maryland law recognizes two primary categories of damages in personal injury-including Baltimore wrongful death cases: economic and non-economic. Experienced Baltimore injury trial lawyers recognize, generally, economic damages are str...
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After Baltimore injury client has reached their medical baseline, also known as “maximum medical improvement,” the next phase of the injury claims process begins. What is Maximum Medial Improvement to an Baltimore Work Inju...
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Usually, a private plaintiff cannot recover personal money damages in a federal Title III ADA lawsuit. In most private public-accommodation cases under Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act, the remedy is preventive or injun...
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The Maryland workers’ compensation third-party claim is a sometimes misunderstood and occasionally overlooked case. An understanding of what a workers’s compensation third-party claim is under Maryland law requires an under...
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Maryland, like most states, has chosen to strike the balance between victims of negligence and the interests of business and the insurance industry in favor of the latter. Maryland sets a limit on how much an even catastrophically inju...
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An accident describes what happened. A mistake describes an error—but an error can become legally significant when it reflects a failure to use reasonable care and causes injury. Negligence asks why the accident happened, and the...
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I’m often asked what are the most common questions, events, steps or outcome for Baltimore personal injury cases. I have handled thousands, so I have some thoughts on those topics. What about a difference approach to the Baltimor...
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