You are injured, intentionally or unintentionally, by the actions of a minor. The question is, can you file a lawsuit against that minor in Maryland? The legal concept of “minority” is something that we all understand on a basic level. Children or “minors” (anyone under the age of 18) don’t…
In Thomas v. Shear, the Court of Appeals held in an unreported opinion that a malpractice claim alleging a surgical clip was left inside a patient in 2000 was barred by the statute of limitations. Although the surgical clip was not actually discovered in the plaintiff’s body until 14 years…
In Williams v. Baltimore City, the Court of Special Appeals of Maryland examined the establishment of actual or constructive notice. The court found that the mere fact that a municipality knows of a defective hydrant does not ordinarily include notice of a particular danger. Rather, there must be actual or…
Just as protests over the death of George Floyd under the knee of a Minneapolis police officer were erupting around the country, Maryland’s Court of Appeals issued a very timely decision regarding a racially charged police shooting. In Blair v. David Austin, Maryland’s high court reinstated a $200,000 verdict against…
The Maryland Court of Appeals is still working during the coronavirus shutdown. The court put out a new opinion Monday in Nationwide v. Shilling that addressed the question of when the 3-year statute of limitations begins to run on a claim for underinsured motorist benefits. The gist of the court’s…
Leg and arm amputation cases attract personal injury and malpractice lawyers in any jurisdiction, but particularly in states where there is a cap on noneconomic damages. This is because there are great economic costs associated with artificial limbs and the injuries often impact the victim’s ability to earn a living.…
Our lawyers spend a lot of time trying to make our community a better place and we do pro bono work helping victims. For us, this often involves helping clients whose cases we cannot take. We do things like fighting for children to help them get the help they need…
Maryland nursing home lawyers have been battling arbitration clauses for years. These clauses deny nursing home residents the right to take nursing homes to court for harm that they cause to the residents such as physical abuse and neglect and sexual assault. Almost everyone realizes nursing homes force these agreements…
Defense lawyers in love blaming empty chairs. A jury trial is about assigning blame and the easy out for the defense is to get the jury to blame another doctor who is not named at trial. (This is also why plaintiffs’ lawyers get maligned over naming too many defendants —…
You are hurt. You are having a baby. You need surgery. You were in a car accident. You want to pick the best possible hospital in Maryland to treat you, right? To make the right choice, you need some idea of the quality of the hospital that is treating you.…