Today the Maryland Daily Record reports that the consumer watchdog group Public Citizen has rated Maryland’s physician discipline system as one of the worst in the country. Public Citizen’s spokesman (who is also an M.D.) states that this “is troubling because it indicates many states are not living up to…
Today the Court of Appeals of Maryland issued its opinion in Grady v. Brown. This is a case involving the application of the Boulevard Rule. The Boulevard Rule is the traffic rule that states that traffic traveling on the favored roadway (or boulevard) has the right-of-way over traffic entering the…
Here in Maryland, we have a procedure that allows a Plaintiff’s medical records and bills to be admitted into evidence without the testimony of a medical provider. This requires service of a list of the records to be offered at least sixty days before trial. This procedure is available in…
The Baltimore City Circuit Court has recently announced that it has changed its scheduling and procedural requirements for motor tort cases, to require mediation in all such cases with claimed damages exceeding $20,000. Mediation will be required to be completed no later than 30 days after the discovery deadline, the…
I was thinking about this topic because Monday morning I found myself in a very unusual place for a personal injury lawyer- United States Bankruptcy Court. How did I end up there? I have an auto accident injury case pending in the Circuit Court for Charles County. I represent a…
Today I had a trial in an auto accident injury case. My case was in Montgomery County District Court. It was what I call a “left turn” case. The defendant driver made a left turn across my client’s path, causing a pretty forceful collision. The crash was bad enough that…
I just returned to the office from the District Court for Baltimore County. I had a car accident injury case set for trial today. I love appearing in Baltimore County because I went to high school in the area; I know pretty much everyone in the legal community there, and…
Recently, we have been seeing more and more problems in trying injury cases involving Maryland uninsured or underinsured motorists. Md. Insurance Code Ann. § 19-511 states the procedures that must be followed in settling UM/UIM claims. We call it the “pay to play” statute. Basically, it says that once the…