Dog Bite Lawsuit Statistics
I have recently received a good bit of heated interest in my last two posts (here and here) on the Maryland Court of Appeals opinion in Tracey v. Solesky, in which the court held that in dog bite cases involving a pit bull or cross-bred pit bull mix, p…
Same Sex Marriage Recognized By Maryland High Court
This blog post is an exception to the usual “personal injury related only” rule on this blog. The Maryland Court of Appeals (Maryland’s “supreme court”) ruled unanimously today that Maryland must recognize as married same-sex couples who legally wed i…
Malpractice Statistics: New Study
Runaway juries are the big problem in medical malpractice cases. Juries see a sympathic plaintiff and, unchecked by reason, they start writing oversized checks. Liberal judges aid and abet the crime.
This belief has taken deep root in Maryland – a…
Bullying Plaintiffs’ Medical Experts
Max Kennerly writes a really good post telling the story of how a defendant’s medical malpractice lawyer tried to bully the plaintiffs’ expert by writing the expert’s hospital to express the concern that the expert’s testimony might expose the hospital…
Appellate Opinions Over Last Few Weeks
Plaintiff’s lawyer names expert two days late. Defendant names experts two months late. Defendant moves to strike plaintiff’s expert. The Mississippi trial judge applies some common sense.
Every time I hear talk of the “saving statute” it always e…
Jury Notes: New Maryland Opinion
The Maryland Court of Appeals issued its opinion in Nicolas v. State, a Montgomery County criminal case.
The primary issue on appeal dealt with double jeopardy, merger of offenses, and a bunch of other stuff I have long forgot about since law school…
Annals of Bold Legal Marketing
I get emails from people marketing legal directories and whatnot all day but I particularly enjoyed the hubris of this one:
Hi Ron,
Your name was passed to me as a potential candidate for a Lead Counsel position on our Personal Injury panel in th…
Progressive Insurance = File Suit
We sent Progressive Insurance a demand letter in a case where the client had some pretty serious injuries, including 50 staples in her head to close a scalp laceration. Progressive faxed us a letter stating it cannot conclude its investigation until …
Defense Expert Preaches About Defensive Medicine: Appellate Court Orders New Trial
The Connecticut Supreme Court ordered a new trial this week in a medical malpractice case for an interesting reason: the defense expert testified at trial that malpractice lawsuits drive up health care costs by forcing doctors to practice defensive med…
New Uninsured Bill Becomes Law
The Governor signed yesterday a bill that allows auto insurance companies in cases where the at-fault driver has insufficient insurance coverage to consent to settlements against the at fault driver without (1) limiting their right to raise any issue r…
