Are they really going to settle these Subway foot-long lawsuits? Subway just got hit with a lawsuit alleging that its Footlong subs are not actually a foot long. Plaintiffs who ate what is probably an 11-inch sub, are seeking money damages for their injuries. The case was filed in New…
Negotiating with Insurance Companies I’m a big fan of science. I would think there would be one best way to approach a personal injury case. But I’m always amazed at how trial lawyers with such unbelievably different approaches and styles can be successful. But it is not just trial lawyers.…
An opinion in the U.S. District Court of Maryland last week began like this: This case is rooted in a hunting trip in South Africa, during which Dennis Danner, Alexander Danner, and Michael Coletta, plaintiffs, each killed a “trophy quality” male lion. The lion skins and skulls (the “Lion Trophy”…
Trying to successfully resolve clients’ medical liens has to be one of the toughest challenges facing personal injury lawyers in large cases. I have had many cases where the case’s hardest part was not getting the settlement or verdict’ but getting the medical liens resolved. It also can be most frustrating…
Every now and again I read a publication called “Physician Risk Management.” Billed as a publication to help doctors minimize liability and protect them from lawsuits, it is a well-written publication written by people who do seem to know what they are talking about. Here is why I don’t like…
Click to enlarge The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday affirmed a summary judgment ruling dismissing a trucking dispatching system manufacturer from a personal injury accident lawsuit. The court ruled that the company could not be responsible for a crash allegedly caused by a texting driver. Interesting facts…
Jury Verdict Research has some interesting data on which injures comprised the largest proportion of cases in which juries or courts awarded the victim over $1 million. Here is the category followed by its relative percentage of million-dollar verdicts: Death – 28% Brain Damage – 14% Leg Injuries – 6%…
On Christmas Eve, the Maryland Court of Special Appeals issued a treatise of an opinion written by retired Judge Charles E. Moylan in Antar v. Eagan. I will not give you a complete analysis because it is Christmas, but this case is worth talking about for Maryland personal injury attorneys.…
I just hung up with an Allstate adjuster. At-fault carrier (Safeco) put up 50,000 so we turn to the UM carrier for the additional $50,000. She offers $2,500 on top of the $50,000. She said something to the effect of, “There is only $50,000 left so what incentive do we…
The much-anticipated list of judicial hellholes is out. Baltimore made the list once again. The write up on Baltimore begins with the notion that for evidence that Baltimore is a judicial hellhole, well just ask Miller & Zois. Baltimore has been described as an up-and-coming Judicial Hellhole for years, but…