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It is devastating to see a loved one pass away, especially when the death was due to the misconduct of another person. You will likely suffer from depression, and you may experience financial troubles. There are medical and funeral bills, plus regular household expenses, at a time when you can no longer rely on the deceased’s economic contribution.

When you are injured in a car accident that was not your fault, the road to recovery can be horrific. There will be initial treatment and possible long-term care, leading to expensive medical bills. Plus, you may not be able to work. An experienced personal injury attorney will fight for your legal remedies under Maryland law, but you may have questions about how much money you could recover. While the exact amount will depend on the specifics of your case, the issue centers on "damages," i.e., the financial, physical and emotional impact on your life. The legal concept of damages breaks down into different categories.

Every state in the USA has its own statute of limitations ("SOLJI) for varying type of claims, and they vary based upon the type of action anticipated. For example, it is quite normal for the SOL to be different
in tort cases than for a contract cases. Very often an SOL for medical malpractice will be specifically noted and will be…

We have discussed the difference in auto insurance coverage between your liability and uninsured/underinsured insurance. As you know liability is used when you are at fault for an accident – it pays the other parties claims, including property damage and personal injury. As a rule of thumb we suggest…

The first thing to remember about workers’ compensation is that you are entitled to make your claim for any accidental injury. What exactly is an “accidental Injury” is clearly spelled out in the Workers’ Compensation Statutes, but our normal everyday definition will normally suffice. Even if the accident was your fault you are entitled to make the claim. Now if you did something on purpose – that’s a no-no and you will not recover.

So we are in the midst of a trial and we discover that there is a medical malpractice issue that could be involved in the case. What do we do about that medical malpractice component? You may or may not need to involve the malpractice issue depending upon how much coverage there for the underlying accident but assuming that you don’t know for sure and you’re the lawyer, you’ve got to look at the medical malpractice because as we discussed the statute of limitations for medical malpractice is different than for the auto accident.

After a recent jury trial we spoke to the jurors and I can understand why, in the end, the jurors really know so little about how the jury trial actually works and worked.

I had two different callers last week, who were involved in auto accidents and the police came. It was kind of a convoluted accident, not a simple rear-end collision.  There were witnesses involved.  And in both cases, the clients ended up going to the hospital, so they didn’t get to stick around.

One of the things clients who are being deposed are told at the beginning of a deposition is that there might be objections by the client’s lawyer and then the client may be told to go ahead and answer anyway. That can be a little bit confusing – why the lawyer would be objecting and then telling saying to go ahead and answer. These depositions of course are under oath and therefore, whatever is said is testimony and can be brought up in court. Now if a possible objectionable question is asked by the opposing lawyer at a trial I would object right then and there and the trial judge might sustain the objection and the answer to that particular would never see the light of day.