Personal Injury Cases in Anne Arundel County, Maryland
Anne Arundel County is generally a
favorable jurisdiction for Maryland accident lawyers and medical malpractice attorneys to take to trial personal injury cases. While the personal injury
verdicts for auto and truck accidents or medical malpractice do not tend to be as high
as in Baltimore
City or Prince
George's County, over the last several years the verdicts
have steadily increased.
More than most other jurisdictions, Anne
Arundel County focuses on helping the parties in personal
injury cases reach a settlement prior to trial. The case management
system in place for auto accident cases in particular allows for
several opportunities where the parties meet to discuss settlement.
Shortly after a personal injury case is filed, the court sets
a scheduling conference where the court establishes dates by which
discovery, motions, and other events must occur. Typically, although
the case is in the very early stages of discovery, the judge handling
a personal injury scheduling conference will briefly discuss settlement
with the parties.
At
the scheduling conference, the parties are usually ordered to
attend a settlement conference after the close of discovery. Generally,
this settlement conference is handled by an experienced personal
injury lawyer in Anne Arundel County. This lawyer serves as a
mediator between the two parties in the personal injury cases.
Generally, these settlement conference are very helpful in getting
the parties in an auto accident case to reach a settlement.
If the case does not settle at the settlement
conference, the parties must attend a pretrial conference. In
personal injury cases, the judges in Anne Arundel County go to
great lengths to help the parties settle their case. Unlike most
other counties where the pretrial conference is just a meeting
between counsel where a trial date is given, the Anne Arundel
county judges spend a great deal of time trying to settle personal
injury cases. If the case does not settle at the pretrial conference,
the judge will give the parties a date for trial, 
typically
within 90 days.
The Circuit Court for Anne Arundel County is in Annapolis; the two District Courts of Anne Arundel County are in Glen Burnie and Annapolis.
Our accident and medical malpractice lawyers handle a substantial number of our personal injury cases in Glen Burnie, Annapolis, Crofton, Pasadena, Severna Park, Gambrills, Severn, Millersville, Crownsville, and all other areas of Anne Arundel County. If you have been injured in an accident in around Anne Arundel County, call us at 410-553-6000 or select here for a free consultation.
Other Jurisdictions
See Baltimore
City
See Baltimore
County
See Prince
George's County
See Montgomery
County
See Howard
County
See Calvert
County
See Wicomico County (Salisbury)
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