Do Baltimore Maryland Attorneys Accept Small Dollar Value Personal Injury Cases?
Often, I am Attorney Eric T. Kirk approached by clients that have a dispute with a business. Perhaps a used car broke down soon after it left the lot, and the dealer is refusing to repair it, or a hair salon is refusing to redo a botched dye job. I’ve also seen personal injury claims... Read more »
Contributory Negligence in Baltimore. Can I Recover If I Cause or Contribute to Auto Accident?
The law of five jurisdictions, Alabama, District of Columbia *, Maryland, North Carolina, Virginia, contains the doctrine of “contributory negligence”. An experienced Baltimore personal injury lawyer will advise clients that this principle, a leftover vestige from the common law of England, hundreds of years old, operates to deny any financial recovery whatsoever to a car... Read more »
Can I Sue A Company If Their Employee Is Driving The Car Or Truck That Hit Me ?
You can make a claim against the business or company that employs the person that caused the accident, and the responsible driver as well. As a general rule, an employee of a business commits an act of negligence [ e.g. a car accident] that injures another, while conducting the business of that employer, an injury... Read more »
What is A Diminished Value Claim? Is My Car Worth Less Because It Has Been Wrecked?
As my personal injury clients sometimes ask, in addition to their medical bills, pain and suffering and the cost of repair of their vehicle, if they can recover for the diminished value of their car? Happily, in an appropriate case, I get to answer that question affirmatively. In Baltimore, it is possible to file a... Read more »
How Do I make a Claim for Uninsured Motorist Insurance Coverage ?
While not necessarily a direct factor used in determining the value of your personal injury claim, an experienced Baltimore personal injury lawyer will tell you: The amount of your uninsured or underinsured motorist coverage is a direct factor in determining the amount you may be able to recover in a car accident case. Let’s say you... Read more »
My Insurance Company Won’t Pay or Denied my Uninsured Motorist Insurance Claim
Let’s say you have the misfortune of being injured in an automobile accident, and you sustain personal injuries, incur medical bills, and experience wage loss. What if the at-fault-driver had the statutorily mandated minimum coverage of just $30,000? In a more ominous situation, what if that at-fault-driver had no coverage at all? You’ll need the... Read more »
Do I Have to Pay Taxes on My Personal Injury Settlement or Award?
Are Baltimore Personal Injury Settlements or Verdicts Taxable Under Federal Law? Whether a personal injury award is taxable under federal law depends on the nature of the damages awarded. Do I Have to Pay Taxes on My Personal Injury Settlement or Award? Yes and No. The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) makes a key distinction between... Read more »
After the Accident I Can’t Have Sex With My Wife/Husband, or Have It as Often
If you’re injured by the negligence of another the law recognizes your right to recover. What if you are married, and your injury affects the nature and quality of your relationship with your spouse? What if, after an accident, you can’t have sex with your spouse. Attorney Eric T. Kirk says as for your medical expenses,... Read more »
Do I Have to Repay Medical Bills from My Personal Injury Settlement ?
Many injured people are fortunate enough to have insurance, and their Personal Injury Protection [PIP]*, health, employer, private disability insurance, or any combination of those sources pay for some past or future lost wages, or some past or future medical care. In some instances, a federally funded insurance substitute such as Medicare or Medicaid makes... Read more »
Is There A Limit On How Much I Can Recover In A Personal Injury Case ?
Maryland, through it legislature, has chosen to limit the amounts recoverable by those injured by the negligence of others. Experienced Baltimore personal injury lawyers are all too aware that “in an action for personal injury, pain, suffering, inconvenience, physical impairment, disfigurement, loss of consortium, or other nonpecuniary injury…”and “[i]n an action for wrongful death, mental... Read more »
Does the Insurance Company Use A Computer to Determine How Much I Get for my Personal Injury?
Many major insurance companies allow a computer to determine how much injury victims should collect. This may come as shock to many, but more than ten years ago, most insurance companies began using computer software to determine the amounts they would pay to a victim of negligence. The maker of “Colossus” -Computer Sciences Corporation– realizes enormous... Read more »
Does The Amount Of Damage To My Car Effect The Value Of My Personal Injury Case?
It absolutely does. The insurance industry’s approach to cases in which the property damage is less than $1000 is explored in other guides. For the purposes of this discussion, note that a low property damage number may mean the insurance company will refuse to pay you anything at all. Several years ago, 70 of the... Read more »
