Maryland Injury Lawyer Blog

Will strict liability for pit bulls in Maryland cost the state $30 million in state and local tax revenue and cut back rental incomes to the tune of $144 million? Hard to believe. But these folks have numbers to make their argument. If these estimates are even half right, it would be a power exa

Dr. Louis Halikman is orthopedic doctor that many insurance companies in Maryland - most notably State Farm - frequently use to defend car accident cases. "Frequently" is probably charitable; by his own admission he makes somewhere between $30,000 and $35,000 a month providing expert services for

I have recently received a good bit of heated interest in my last two posts (here and here) on the Maryland Court of Appeals opinion in Tracey v. Solesky, in which the court held that in dog bite cases involving a pit bull or cross-bred pit bull mix, plaintiff no longer needs to prove that the dog i

This blog post is an exception to the usual "personal injury related only" rule on this blog. The Maryland Court of Appeals (Maryland's "supreme court") ruled unanimously today that Maryland must recognize as married same-sex couples who legally wed in other states. A married same sex couple from

Max Kennerly writes a really good post telling the story of how a defendant's medical malpractice lawyer tried to bully the plaintiffs' expert by writing the expert's hospital to express the concern that the expert's testimony might expose the hospital to significant liability. Malpractice defens

Plaintiff's lawyer names expert two days late. Defendant names experts two months late. Defendant moves to strike plaintiff's expert. The Mississippi trial judge applies some common sense. Every time I hear talk of the "saving statute" it always ends the same way: "Still, you blew the statute o

The Maryland Court of Appeals issued its opinion in Nicolas v. State, a Montgomery County criminal case. The primary issue on appeal dealt with double jeopardy, merger of offenses, and a bunch of other stuff I have long forgot about since law school. But the case also raised on appeal a rather no

I get emails from people marketing legal directories and whatnot all day but I particularly enjoyed the hubris of this one: Hi Ron, Your name was passed to me as a potential candidate for a Lead Counsel position on our Personal Injury panel in the Salisbury area. We are currently seeking a qualif

We sent Progressive Insurance a demand letter in a case where the client had some pretty serious injuries, including 50 staples in her head to close a scalp laceration. Progressive faxed us a letter stating it cannot conclude its investigation until we obtain different bills from the medical provi