Senator Patrick Leahy proposed a new law that would allow a retired Supreme Court justice to pinch-hit if a justice recuses himself or herself from a case. The idea is that it would lead to fewer 4-4 rulings, in which case the lower court ruling stands. The Maryland Court of…
Recreational activity torts, the stepchild of personal injury cases, appear to be making a minor comeback. The Supreme Judicial Court in Massachusetts reversed a trial court’s order of summary judgment in a case involving a woman hit by a ball from twenty feet away during an outdoor party. The issue…
Click to enlarge Jury Verdict Research conducted a study of its database of verdicts and found that the average jury award in a bicycle accident case is $279,970. Underscoring how high jury verdicts distort the average verdict, the overall median money awarded in bike accident cases is $50,000. The plaintiffs…
There is a verdict in Metro Verdicts Monthly in Prince George’s County that I’m amazed has received no media coverage. The Plaintiff, a 17-year-old baseball pitcher, received a $52,703 verdict for the right arm fracture he suffered while throwing a pitch in a baseball game. Two questions come to mind:…
Medical malpractice lawyers are just looking for a deep pocket to sue. Every time something bad happens to anyone, they sue. It is always only about money. Largely, these generalizations are just plain false. Usually, in a malpractice case, the doctor has insurance, so the pockets are deep enough. Here…
The Centers for Disease Control released a study that provides a wealth of information that puts the risks and costs of car, truck, and motorcycle accidents in context, particularly regarding teenage drivers: Vehicle accidents cost $100 billion in medical care and productivity losses every year. Almost 4% of the economic…
An Ohio lawyer has been suspended for two-year years suspension for submitting “false and fraudulent” time sheets. Theoretically possible for the workaholic? Sure. But three of her bills reflecting over 24 hours of work in one day, once billing 90.3 hours of work during a 96 hour period. In another,…
Above the Law provides us with what will be a Maryland Injury Law Center Top Ten Nominee for craziest lawsuit of the year. (Ignore the fact that there is not such a list.) I can’t believe Overlawyered has not picked it up yet. A former medical malpractice lawyer in Maryland…
The South Carolina Supreme Court overturned a $31 million verdict in a Ford rollover case stemming from a catastrophic accident in 2001 that caused brain damage to a 12-year-old boy. This was a hard case. A mother was driving with four children who were not wearing seat belts and the…
Miller & Zois lawyers Laura Zois and Rod Gaston obtained this afternoon a $1.1 million verdict for our client in a medical malpractice (lap chole) case in Baltimore City.