Maryland Personal Injury, Insurance Claim & Case Analysis Articles

 

Over the course of the last decade, Eric T. Kirk has published articles addressing Maryland personal injury claims, car accident cases, truck accident cases, workers’ compensation claims, denied homeowners insurance claims, and insurance disputes involving fault, causation, damages, repair scope, and claim value.

If you have been injured in an accident, hurt at work, or involved in a dispute with an insurance company over a denied, delayed, or underpaid claim, these articles may help identify the legal issues that matter. If you cannot find what you are looking for, you may contact the firm to discuss whether legal review is appropriate.

What Federal Trucking Safety Rules May Matter After a Baltimore Truck Accident? 
Can An Insurance Adjuster Leverage Them Against You? Federal trucking regulations govern who may operate a commercial truck, how trucking companies maintain their vehicles, how long drivers may remain...
How long will my Baltimore personal injury case take?
It’s the third most frequent question in my business. Like the other two: “Do I have a case”, and “How much is my case worth”, the answer depends on any number of variabl...
Should I Hire a Lawyer for a Personal Injury Case? What Are The Attorney’s Fees?
Usually yes, and usually without paying anything up front. In most Baltimore personal injury cases, the attorney is paid on a contingency fee basis. That means there is no retainer, no hourly billing...
What Kind of Lawyer Should I Hire For My Car Accident Case?
When it comes to the decision on “what type of attorney to hire”, I would simply suggest that the analysis used is the same as that used when hiring any other type of profes...
What Are Some Common Injuries From a Car Accident?
Every accident is a unique event. Certainly, every personal injury is likewise unique and singular for the person sustaining it. Having said that, in 25 years of practice, I Attorney Eric T. Kirk...
Does the Other Driver’s Insurance Company Matter in Determining How Much I Recover?
Does the Other Driver’s Insurance Company Matter in Determining How Much I Recover? Yes, but not in the way most people first think. The name of the other driver’s insurance company can af...
What is Involved in Personal Injury Litigation?
Litigation is not quite simply going to court for a trial. It’s a process rather than event. When attempts at reaching an amicable settlement of a case have failed, the filing of a lawsuit is th...
What Is Mediation in a Maryland Personal Injury Case?
Mediation in a Maryland personal injury case is a confidential settlement process in which a neutral third party tries to help the parties reach a voluntary agreement without trial. The main risk is m...
Baltimore Personal Injury Claims
Personal injury claims can be thought of as falling into three broad categories. Perhaps the most common are those resulting from negligence. An example would be the careless operation of a car leadin...
Is My Baltimore Car Accident Captured on Film By A Surveillance Camera?
Can a surveillance camera help prove a Baltimore car accident? Sometimes, yes. A car accident may be captured by a traffic camera, business camera, residential camera, parking-lot camera, dashcam, or...
Can A Lawyer Guarantee I Will Win My Personal Injury Case?
I’m Attorney Eric T. Kirk sometimes asked by my clients – “ Am I going to win my personal injury case at trial?”  Of course that is an impossible question to answer f...