Can I Collect on My Judgment? What Are Execution and Levy?
We’ve discussed in other chapters that the presence and amount of insurance is a major factor in determining the worth of a case, as a case against an uninsured person may be worth nothing at all. Having a piece of paper saying someone owes you money, is something much different from actually having that money.... Read more »
Do I Report My Car Accident Claim and Who Do I Report It To?
You should talk to your insurance company. You have to talk to the police. You should consult with a personal injury attorney if you have sustained injury. But that is about it. You should not talk to anyone else in the wake of an accident. Baltimore injury/accident attorneys should report a Maryland automobile accident to... Read more »
The Insurance Company Denied My Claim or Made a LowBall Offer. Can I Sue Them?
It’s an unfortunately common scenario. The insurance company for the at-fault driver offers you a few hundred dollars in settlement of your personal injury claim. They tell you that it is difficult to understand how you were hurt because the vehicles involved did not sustain massive property damage that costs thousands of dollars to repair -or some... Read more »
How Do I Get All of My Medical Records and Bills For A Personal Injury Case?
I’ve Attorney Eric T. Kirk outlined in other volumes the various elements of recoverable damages. Medical expenses are frequently the biggest single piece of that pie. You, of course, are entitled to recover your medical costs, but you need to demonstrate what they were. Assembling all the medical bills incurred, in a form that is admissible at trial, can... Read more »
I Lost My Job Because Of This Accident. Can I Recover My Lost Wages?
You bet. If you are hurt in a Baltimore automobile accident by the negligence of another, and are kept out of work by a doctor, the wages you’ve lost are recoverable. If you are given a light duty or part time duty restriction by your doctor, you’re entitled to recover the difference between what you... Read more »
How Baltimore Much is My Case Worth? Three Times My Medical Bills?
As as Baltimore personal injury and accident layer- the most frequently asked question is get: How Baltimore Much is My Case Worth? -and often, the follow-up- Three Times My Medical Bills? The articles in my guides are devoted to shedding light on the multitude of factors that go into determining fair value for a Baltimore... Read more »
What is PIP? How Does Baltimore Personal Injury Protection Work?
Personal injury protection [PIP] benefits are ‘no-fault’, ‘first-party’ insurance benefits. ‘No-fault’ means that you get these if injured in a an automobile accident, no matter what the blame for the accident is. [Of course, you’re not eligible if you intentionally caused the this automobile accident, or if you were committing a felony that led to the... Read more »
If I Hire A Personal Injury Lawyer Do I Pay A Retainer or Anything Up Front?
Most personal injury victims are, at the end of the day, concerned primarily not with the ultimate value of their claim, but rather with the amount of the total recovery that they get, i.e. the “net”. That is, after all costs, fees and expenses are deducted -what hits their pocket? Understandably, that is really all that... Read more »
Car vs. Car Door: Do I Have a Personal Injury Claim?
This may seem like a misplaced article, one more properly cataloged under “property damage” claims. It’s not. Seasoned Baltimore personal injury and accident lawyers are familiar with “car door” claims. As discussed previously, there may some popular wisdom holding that any time a vehicle makes contact with another object [e.g. another car, another bus, a... Read more »
Do Some Insurance Companies Deny More Claims Or Pay Less Than Others?
It’s a safe bet to say that most people know many insurance companies are massive, and profitable. It’s probably a safe bet to say that most people don’t really understand just how much money the major insurance companies actually make. The American Association for Justice puts that figure at 30 billion dollars, annually, for US... Read more »
Example of Contributory Negligence? Do I Lose My Baltimore Accident Case?
Seasoned Baltimore personal injury and accident lawyers have seen the law imposes a duty on every driver to see everything they should have seen [even if they didn’t] had “they properly exercised his faulty of vision”. Colmes v. Zamoiski, 294 A.2d 120. There, the court noted that a driver who fails to see what they... Read more »
What is The Maryland Boulevard Rule?
The Maryland Boulevard Rule has been described as rigid, inflexible, and even unfair in some applications. This doctrine is frequently invoked by an insurance company as a basis to deny a financial recovery to someone injured in an accident that could have been primarily the fault of another. Maryland law divides intersecting roadways into two... Read more »
