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.
Is There Automatically A Financial Recovery Every Time There’s A Baltimore Car Accident? No. There is not automatically a financial recovery every time there is a Maryland car accident. A personal injury recovery usually requires...
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Why a Contingency Fee Arrangement Makes Sense in a Maryland Personal Injury Case A contingency fee arrangement makes sense because it removes upfront cost and aligns the financial interests of the lawyer and the injured person. The law...
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For all of the obvious reasons, leaving the scene of an accident involving either property damage – or more significantly, personal injury – is a crime under Maryland law. Unfortunately, the threat of crimi...
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Can’t Afford Medical Bills After a Maryland Accident? If you cannot afford your medical bills after a Maryland accident, the at-fault driver’s insurance usually will not pay those bills as they come in. In most cases, those...
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The phrase “serious” car accident has gained popularity in legal/insurance parlance. Indeed, there are attorneys who publicize and advertise that they only hire or handle serious car accident cases. I Attorney Eric T. Kirk...
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The first steps after a serious Baltimore car accident are to get medically evaluated, call for police and emergency help where needed, preserve photographs and video if you are physically able, identify witnesses and possible cameras,...
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Yes. A Maryland insurance company can deny a claim after a serious car accident, but in serious-crash cases the more common fight is often not outright denial. It is minimization, delay, and pressure on fault, causation, or value. The...
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Under Maryland law, monetary compensation for personal injury sustained in a serious accident is referred to as “damage” “damages” or a “damage award”. There are two forms of...
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One of the more important issues involving any personal injury case is whether or not there is enough insurance coverage to fully compensate the victim, or all of the victims, for their losses. In Mar...
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Is Insurance Claims Process After a Catastrophic Maryland Car Accident? After a serious Maryland car accident, the insurance claims process usually moves through investigation, treatment, documentation, demand, negotiation, and sometim...
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Avoid These Missteps in the Aftermath of a Catastrophic Maryland Car Accident The three biggest mistakes after a significant Maryland car accident are usually failing to protect the proof, failing to build the medical record correctly,...
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The focus of this article is the recovery of compensation, or money damages, from an at-fault person and/or their insurance company. In particular, we examine the questions surrounding someone who cannot return to work after being invo...
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