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MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENT (MVA) COUNSELOR IN BALTIMORE’S HIGHLANDTOWN 21224
Table of Contents: Highlandtown, Baltimore: Generally I don’t always act as Motor Vehicle Accident (MVA) Counselor In Baltimore’s Highlandtown 21224 neighborhood. However, when I do repres...
What Does A Jury Consider When Awarding Damages/Compensation for Personal Injury?
The job of personal injury counsel is to show how the law applies, favorably, to the factual circumstances of his or her client. As attorney Eric T. Kirk will tell you, Maryland law provides that juro...
Am I Entitled to Compensation for Future Problems or Future Expenses Due to My Injury?
Compensation for personal injury is fixed at the time of the resolution of the claim. If closure occurs by settlement, the injured person will be required to sign a document called a...
Is Interest Added To My Personal Injury Settlement, Judgement, Verdict Or Award?
If you resolve your personal injury case by way of a settlement, compensation is typically paid at the time of settlement, especially where there is an insurance company involved. If the settlement fu...
Can I Collect For My Mental Anguish Or Emotional Distress Or Injury From A Car Accident?
Of course if you sustain a serious physical injury due to the negligence of another, and there is accompanying emotional distress, recovery for that distress is not normally in question. What if there...
How Is Negligence Defined? What Does it Mean to Be Negligent?
Maryland juries are instructed that negligence is doing something that a person using ordinary care, caution and prudence would not do, or, in fact doing something that a reasonably cautious person wo...
I Was Injured by a Drunk Driver. Does Maryland Recognize Dramshop Liability?
A Dramshop Act is a law that imposes civil liability on the vendors of intoxicating liquor where, typically, that liquor is dispensed to someone who is obviously intoxicated, and that obviously intoxi...
What Is The Statute Of Limitations For A Baltimore, Maryland Personal Injury Claim?
Most people who don’t work in the legal system are familiar with the “statute of limitations”. But, are there other time limits that apply? Maryland law provides special time limits...
Is It Too Late To Sue? What Is The Status Of Limitations For A Medical Malpractice Claim?
In Maryland, a negligence action generally must be filed by a personal injury attorney within 3 years from the date of injury. However, an action for damages relating to providing, or failing to provi...
What Should You Do After You’re Involved In An Automobile Accident?
An experienced Baltimore personal injury attorney will have specific recommendations about steps you need to take to protect yourself and your rights. Your actions immediately after an automobile acci...
Can A Child Be Negligent Or Contribute To His Or Her Injuries?
The law of five jurisdictions, Alabama, District of Columbia, Maryland, North Carolina, Virginia, contains the doctrine of “contributory negligence”. This principle, a leftover vestige fro...