Drafting Interrogatories In Maryland, each party is allowed 30 interrogatories under Maryland Rule 421 without leave of the court. I was looking at a case today that was referred to us by a lawyer who had already filed suit in the case. Our lawyers are normally hesitant to take a…
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Recipe for a Bad Verdict | A Recent Anne Arundel County Accident Case
The average verdict in a Maryland auto tort case is around $12,000. How can this be? I’ll tell you how it be: attorneys filing cases in Circuit Court that just should not be going in front of a jury. These are my thoughts after reading about a recent jury verdict…
Can You Scare a Man to Death? New Opinion | Kassem v. Gaddy
In Kassem v. Gaddy, the Michigan Court of Appeals was faced with a simple question: can you scare a man to death? Facts of Kassem This is an odd case. An 85-year-old man crashed into the back of a tractor trailer. It sounds like the man was at fault…
Baltimore Lead Paint Verdict Affirmed by Maryland High Court
The Maryland Court of Appeals just affirmed a lead paint verdict against the Baltimore Housing Authority. This is yet another case where a governmental entity sought the refuge of the Local Government Tort Claims Act. Thankfully, the Baltimore Housing Authority could not avail causing brain damage to a child…
Why Tiger Woods Back Surgery Is Bad News for Personal Injury Victims
Tiger Woods “easy” back surgery hurts some tort victims Tiger Woods announced today that he has undergone successful back surgery and expects to be back playing golf this summer. Good for him. This is bad news for golf fans who passionately root for or against Tiger. But it is also…
Important New Maryland Voir Dire Opinion | Pearson v. Maryland
In Pearson v. State, the Maryland Court of Appeals earlier this month addressed the important question of which voir dire questions, if requested, must be asked of prospective jurors. Why am I writing about it? It might have important ramifications on civil personal injury jury cases. The case’s facts are…
University of Baltimore Law’s U.S. News and World Report Ranking
2019 Update: We are #119. Which is some progress. We can do better and we will. The U.S. News and World Report rankings came out today (I wrote this in 2015.). It was not a good day for the University of Baltimore School of Law: ranked #135 among U.S.…
New Maryland Dog Bite Law | Legislative Update on Pit Bulls
One of the most highly commented blog posts I have had here was when the Maryland Court of Appeals decided Tracey v. Solesky, one of the rare appellate opinions that seemed to make everyone mad. Tracy carved out a pit bull exception and make pit bull owners pretty much strictly…
Latest Defense Argument: You Should Have Used Marijuana After Accident
Plaintiff should have used marijuana? People get in car accidents and they get badly hurt. So insurance defense lawyers end up making some crazy arguments. But in Glesby v. MacMillian, a Maryland car accident case, the defendant reached a new height of insanity: arguing that the plaintiff should have used…
New Maryland Uninsured Motorist Appellate Case | Keller v. Serio
New Uninsured Motorist and Jury Awarded Zero in Pain and Suffering Damages Opinion Last week in Keller v. Serio, the Maryland Court of Appeals took yet another look at two issues that have been reoccurring leitmotifs in Maryland appellate opinions: (1) to what extent can we talk about uninsured motorist…