Cconducting a direct examination of a wrongful death plaintiff in a personal injury case is a crucial part of presenting your case. Here are some general tips and advice for a successful direct examination, based on the information available: Prepare Thoroughly Know your case inside and out. Familiarize yourself with…
As I’ve written before, we spend a lot of energy trying to track down defendants. Not in most cases. But when our lawyers can’t find someone with relative ease, it can be a big hassle. In 2020, people are moving more quickly and leave fewer tracks when they move. Accurint…
If you have been injured in an accident and you are pursuing a personal injury claim, it is important to know the insurance policy limits of the defendant. The insurance policy limits are the maximum amount that the defendant’s insurance company will pay out for a claim. When our lawyers…
So many of our clients call knowing they need a Maryland personal injury lawyer to handle their claim. Their focus is simply that I think I will get more money in my pocket and less fear of getting ripped off if I hire the best lawyer I can. Let me…
Parents sometimes cause car accidents when their children in the car. When these children are injured, can the minor children bring a personal injury claim against their parents? Let’s back up. Why would a child sue their own parent? A child should sue their own parent because while they are…
In a personal injury case, the defendant and their insurance company will often state that they are “admitting liability.” Lawyers also call this admitting responsibility or accepting fault. In this post, we will try to explain what it means when the defendant admits liability and how it will potentially impact…
The Maryland auto accident lawyers at our firm have been involved in literally thousands of auto accident claims over the years. Our exclusive focus is on victims. It is, I can tell you, more fun for us than representing defendants. Most of us started out as defense lawyers. But people…
Recorded Statements Rarely Help I’m getting another case ready for trial where I have to explain honest and consistent statements given in good faith to the insurance company that their lawyer is not trying to take completely out of context to make them stand for something very different from what…
I remember learning about spoliation in law school. I never imagined how frequently these issues would affect my law practice. Particularly in truck accident cases where defendants seem to lose everything imaginable. Spoliation, for non-lawyers and new lawyers, is when the defendant purposefully or stupidly destroys evidence that it knows…
More and more police departments in Maryland are joining the rest of us in 2012 and making car accident police reports available online. Calvert County police reports for car crashes will generally be available within 5-7 business days after the date of the accident. This is that rare development in…