I was planning on writing a rant about dealing with adjusters in claims against Baltimore City. Instead, I’m just going to cut and paste some notes we have taken in our efforts to resolve this car accident claim. No liability dispute, everyone agrees a huge truck owned by the City…
I filed a billion dollar lawsuit today on behalf of a car accident victim. The lawsuit arose out of a rear end auto accident where the Plaintiff suffered soft tissue injuries to her neck and back that did not resolve until eight weeks later. Okay, I really did not do…
Henry Thoreau wrote: “There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking at the root.” So it goes with efforts to decrease health care costs by attacking the frivolous malpractice lawsuit straw man. Attacking frivolous malpractice lawsuits is a brilliant way to frame the…
Todd Lamb, executive director of Maryland Citizens Against Lawsuit Abuse, and Ellen Valentino write an editorial in the Maryland Daily Record on the apocalypse that would occur if Maryland joined 90% of states and adopted a comparative negligence standard. Essentially, the authors’ argument makes two points: (1) comparative negligence should…
It seems like Lawyer 101 advice: if you are making an agreement with the opposing lawyer, get it in writing. Few lawyers do it. There are two reasons for this. The first is laziness. If this is your problem, this blog post will not help. But I think another reason…
A punitive damage award for an insurance company’s bad faith? It is a foreign concept for Maryland lawyers. But not for much of the rest of the country. A recent Jury Verdict Research study found that over the last twelve years, 32% of bad faith verdicts throughout the country led…
Last week, the Maryland Court of Special Appeals decided Logan v. LSP Marketing, a lead paint case in Baltimore City. Facts of Logan v. LSP Marketing This case involves a lead paint poisoning lawsuit filed by Jamal Logan against 22 defendants, including LSP Marketing Corporation and Basilio Lachica. LSP filed…
The Maryland Daily Record has an article today by Lawyers USA writer Sylvia Hsieh on the expected wave of lawsuits involving Darvocet and Darvon. The gist of the article is that this is the next big thing: “Plaintiffs’ personal injury attorneys are gearing up to start an onslaught of litigation…
Paul Luvera writes a blog post about cross-examining experts based on a presentation he heard in New Orleans from a Florida lawyer named Dorothy Clay Sims (now famous from the Casey Anthony trial). The post is worth reading if you are a personal injury lawyer cross-examining an expert. I also…
In March, I wrote a post about failed efforts in Maryland to require DWI offenders to install an ignition interlock system in their vehicles. Specifically, the bill before the legislature this year would have required people convicted of alcohol-related offenses to only drive cars equipped with an ignition interlock system…