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Insurance companies would much prefer to arbitrate their personal injury cases in Maryland. Arbitrations require less time spent by the insurance companies’ lawyers and, if mandatory, would deprive Maryland personal injury auto accident victims of the right to present their case to a jury of the victim’s peers.<\/p>\n

Accordingly, insurance companies have attempted to write into the insurance policy language an arbitration clause when the insured person needs to bring a claim with their own insurance company because of personal injuries suffered as the result of an uninsured or underinsured motorist<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Some states allow this. In fact, arbitration is required in uninsured motorist cases in Illinois, Colorado, California, and Massachusetts if the policy language requires arbitration. Texas is reportedly considering such a rule. But, in Maryland and 22 other states, insurance companies are prohibited from imposing arbitration. A statute – \u00a7 19-509 of the Maryland Insurance Code – forbids insurance companies from inserting binding arbitration clauses in insurance contracts<\/strong> with their own insureds. In other words, Maryland public policy rewrites these contracts.<\/p>\n

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Insurance companies would much prefer to arbitrate their personal injury cases in Maryland. Arbitrations require less time spent by the insurance companies’ lawyers and, if mandatory, would deprive Maryland personal injury auto accident victims of the right to present their case to a jury of the victim’s peers. 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