Twitter is giddy about a Baltimore Sun report that a medical malpractice defense law firm lost a portable hard drive containing medical records for 161 stent patients in the lawsuit against cardiologist Dr. Mark G. Midei for alleged malpractice at St. Joseph Medical Center in Towson. Apparently, an employee of…
I read four personal injury-related appellate opinions published last week that I think are worth reading: Thibodeaux v. Trahan: Like most personal injury lawyers, I have been hit with post-trial remitter motions from defense attorneys claiming that the jury’s verdict was unreasonably high. But no plaintiff’s lawyer is silly enough…
A defense lawyer who regularly defends truck accident cases was telling me recently how many plaintiffs’ lawyers rarely ask the questions that really scare him in deposition or in discovery. Car accident lawyers figure, “Hey, it is a truck accident. A truck accident is just a big car, right? It…
Every plaintiffs’ attorney in Maryland has at some point become frustrated with an insurance company over the gameplay regarding their client’s insurance policy. Under current Maryland law, an insurance company is not required to disclose its policy limits although such information is readily available in discovery after a lawsuit is…
As I have written many times, I’m a big fan of David Ball’s book “Damages 3.” I’ve read the entire book more than once. I’m ready to take a quiz on the contents. But I would fail the portions of that quiz on voir dire. It is hard for Maryland…
It is easier to file a lawsuit against a trucking company than a truck driver. This is true because human beings are likely to feel more comfortable placing blame on a big business than pinning it on one, possibly sympathetic, truck driver. We humans are folksy like that. Juries are…
Who Should You Call as Your First Witness? You give your opening statement. The defendant gives her opening. Who do you call as your first witness? Too many plaintiffs’ lawyers – particularly in car accident cases – spend too little time on this question, because scheduling conveniences dictate the order…
Weehoo will recall approximately 2011 Weehoo iGo bicycle trailers the company made between April 2011 and July 2011. The problem is a parents worse nightmare with these things: that their child becomes unhitched and goes into traffic or somewhere else that is unsafe. Apparently, the receiver on the trailer’s seat…
Truck accident cases are often about insurance coverage. As I have written before, trucking companies are getting advice from lawyers to set us as many different fraudulent hoops as they possible to shield themselves from liability. One mechanism to avoid responsibility many companies use (sometimes innocently) is hiring trucking companies…
If you have the time, here are a few opinions of interest from the past few weeks for personal injury attorneys. If you don’t have the time, I have tried to provide a quick summary of the relevant facts and law. Rosenfeld v. Oceania Cruises: This is the classic slip…