Obviously, emails are hearsay evidence that are admissible at trial. Donati v. State is a criminal case that teaches us a lesson in how to get an email into evidence at trial. Emails are admissible in court. You just have to know what the law requires to admit emails into…
Obviously, there are a lot of vexing injuries that occur in car and truck accidents. Foot and ankle injuries rank high on this list of hard to solve accident injuries. There are so many bones in the foot — one-fourth of all of your bones — and the bones are…
This post is supposed to be about a New Jersey Supreme Court decision on whether expert testimony for the admission of photographs of car or truck damage as probative to a plaintiff’s damages/injuries. But I’m hijacking this post. Because people see to want to know how to get a property…
The most common question I get from friends and acquaintances is whether you can sue if you are not injured in a car accident? The answer is yes, but with caveats. Most auto accidents do not result in any physical injuries (75% according to the NHTSA). Even when your vehicle…
Valuing car accident cases for settlement in Maryland is a challenge. The most important thing is the severity of the injuries. That is probably all that should matter. But many more variables drive how much money the insurance company will offer to settle an injury claim before a lawsuit is…
The CDC recently announced that EzriCare Artificial Tears lubricating eye drops have caused a wave of very serious bacterial infections across the country. Infections from the contaminated eye drops have caused very serious injuries including vision loss and at least one death. Our product liability attorneys are currently investigating potential…
I dislike trying personal injury cases with high-low agreements that contain the size of the verdict. If you will force us to take the case to trial, I would prefer the chance of the upside. My gut-level reaction is no deal. But the problem with this bravado is clients. Our…
Good Samaritan laws are intended to protect people from liability when they voluntarily assist others in emergencies. Here is an example of how Good Samaritan laws work. Let’s say you’re driving to work and you witness a car accident. One of the vehicles flips over the driver is stuck and…
Let me start off by saying I’m generally skeptical of the benefits of an accident reconstructionist as an expert witness in most car accident cases. Why? Generally, I think in most liability dispute cases, jurors feel like they have all the information to make the call. Jurors think they understand…
What is the settlement value of a personal injury claim where you have lost your vision in either one eye or both? Metro Verdicts Monthly has a graph that reflects the median verdicts and settlements when the injury victim loses vision in one eye in Washington, D.C., Maryland, and Virginia.…