{"id":2733,"date":"2023-09-05T18:46:19","date_gmt":"2023-09-05T22:46:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.millerandzois.com\/origin-of-the-collateral-source-rule-in-maryland\/"},"modified":"2023-09-27T22:36:03","modified_gmt":"2023-09-28T02:36:03","slug":"origin-of-the-collateral-source-rule-in-maryland","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.millerandzois.com\/professional-attorney-information-center\/maryland-law-update\/origin-of-the-collateral-source-rule-in-maryland\/","title":{"rendered":"Origin of the Collateral Source Rule in Maryland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In City Pass v. Baer, 90 Md. 97 (1899), Plaintiff in a suit for injuries sustained in attempting to board a trolley car. The Court of Appeals of Maryland found that any sick benefits received by the injured plaintiff from any source other than the defendant were not to be considered by the jury in arriving at their verdict.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"rightphoto alignright lazyload\" src=\"\/jshared\/img\/icons\/spinner.svg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.millerandzois.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/gavel.jpg\" alt=\"gavel\" \/><br \/>\nIn recent years, the collateral source rule has come under attack by critics who argue that the collateral source rule gives plaintiffs a <strong>double recovery<\/strong> because the plaintiff is often not responsible for paying back all or sometimes even any of the medical bills. This analysis has some merit. But juries are not informed that a plaintiff&#8217;s attorney will receive typically 40% of the award under most contingent fee agreement case that go to trial. Accordingly, plaintiffs rarely receive full compensation for injuries.<\/p>\n<p>This is a rule not only in Maryland but, to some extent, most states. But there has been a movement in some states to get rid of the rule. New Hampshire has eliminated the rule entirely.<\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.millerandzois.com\/professional-attorney-information-center\/maryland-law-update\/origin-of-the-collateral-source-rule-in-maryland\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading Origin of the Collateral Source Rule in Maryland\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading \u2192<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In City Pass v. Baer, 90 Md. 97 (1899), Plaintiff in a suit for injuries sustained in attempting to board a trolley car. The Court of Appeals of Maryland found that any sick benefits received by the injured plaintiff from any source other than the defendant were not to be considered by the jury in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":2708,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2733","page","type-page","status-publish"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Origin of the Collateral Source Rule in Maryland | Baltimore Personal Injury Attorney<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Free Consultation (800) 553-8082 Miller &amp; Zois helps injured victims and their families in personal injury, medical malpractice and wrongful death cases. Baltimore Personal Injury Lawyers. 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