State Farm Family Use Exclusion: A New CSA Opinion
State Farm recorded another win in a family use exclusion case this week in the Maryland Court of Special Appeals, in Stickley v. State Farm.
This is an awful case. Plaintiff was a passenger in a car accident in Montgomery County in which her husb…
Maryland Pit Bull Law: A New Opinion
Friday, I wrote a blog post about the Maryland Court of Appeals opinion in Tracey v. Solesky that imposes strict liability for pit bull owners and, seemingly, landlords, in dog bite cases. I’ve offered an opinion generally supportive of the court’s ru…
New Workers’ Compensation/Forseeability Opinion
The Maryland Court of Special Appeals issued its opinion on Friday in WMATA v. Williams, a workers’ compensation claim that addresses how far the chain for causation can go before the court decides that a later “related” injury is just too attenuated. …
Strict Liability for Pit Bulls in Maryland
A divided Maryland Court of Appeals has made new law today. In Tracey v. Solesky, the court ruled that in dog bite cases involving a pit bull or cross-bred pit bull mix, it is no longer necessary to prove that the dog in particular or pit bulls in gen…
Maryland’s Best and Worst Places to File a Personal Injury Lawsuit
Ask the average person or even the average lawyer what they think of forum shopping. Generally, it is viewed as a crime against the people. So let’s talk about “forum selection” instead.
Forum selection is clearly important, demonstrated by the freq…
Four Personal Injury Appellate Opinions Worth Reading
There were no personal injury related appellate opinions this week in state or federal court in Maryland this week but there are a few cases elsewhere worth a read:
In Morse v. Davis, the Indiana Court of Appeals affirmed a $1.25 million verdict (act…
Four Personal Injury Appellate Opinions Worth Reading
There were no personal injury related appellate opinions this week in state or federal court in Maryland this week but there are a few cases elsewhere worth a read:
In Morse v. Davis, the Indiana Court of Appeals affirmed a $1.25 million verdict (act…
Medical Records Authorizations
John Bratt follows up on my defense lawyer tricks posts (here and here) with a post on an interesting tactic involving medical authorizations.
Also, if you like the post and want to share it with you friends/colleagues on Facebook, Twitter, or Googl…
University of Baltimore Dean Search
A few weeks ago, I was pushing Nicholas Allard as my choice for the new dean at the University of Baltimore Law School.
Well, he got hired. But not by us. At this time, I would like to withdraw my endorsement.
In the spirit of sour grapes, I wan…
