Are you a local municipality looking to make a few extra bucks in this economy? Anne Arundel County has the answer: Starting next month, Anne Arundel County will reportedly start charging $500 for emergency ambulance rides. Anne Arundel County officials note that county residents will not be personally responsible for…
Sandy Waterman’s Virginia Injury Attorney Blog points out that under Virginia law, Virginia injury lawyers can mention the ad damnum amount – the amount sought by Plaintiff’s lawyer in the complaint. The problem with this rule is that it uses accident lawyers’ form requests which usually seek as much as…
This Maryland Daily Record last month reported on a twice tragic fatal Frederick, Maryland accident case. A woman was killed by a fire truck that was responding to an emergency. Compounding the tragedy, a U.S. District Court judge ruled that the Plaintiff’s maximum recovery in the case is $20,000 because…
Jury Verdict Research released fresh data (2001-2008) last week that showed that the median compensatory award for motor vehicle accident lawsuits in Maryland is $11,925. Accident plaintiffs receive compensation in 71 percent of cases that go to trial. Another interesting tidbit is that rear-end collisions made up 37 percent of…
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has released the 2007 numbers for motorcycle fatalities and injuries. The news on the safety of motorcycles does not surprise any lawyer handling motorcycle accident cases in Maryland: it is bad and it is getting worse. Fatal motorcycle accidents rose 7% in 2007…
Note: This post was updated in 2020 to provide more information on CPRS/RSD claims in Maryland. The Maryland Daily Record reports that a federal court awarded less than $10,000 to a Montgomery County woman claiming permanent injuries to her arm as the result of negligence at a Gaithersburg Sam’s Club.…
The recession has created another problem for Maryland accident victims: more uninsured motorist accident lawsuits. A new study indicates that one in six drivers in the U.S. might be driving without insurance by 2010. Uninsured drivers had been declining because of sharper enforcement efforts. (In Maryland, the hammer is the…
The Auto Negligence Section of the Maryland Association for Justice is putting on a seminar for Maryland accident lawyers on January 7, 2009. The speaker will be Miller & Zois’ Rod Gaston on the topic of defense medical examinations. The dinner meeting is at: That’s Amore Restaurant 10400 Little Patuxent…
The Baltimore Examiner reports that Maryland Court of Appeals Chief Judge Robert M. Bell will suggest that judges give up five days of leave as a way of helping address Maryland’s budget crisis. Bell has scheduled a hearing tomorrow to propose taking away five of the 27 days of leave…
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