Understanding Denied Baltimore Business Interruption Claims
Insurance policies are unique legal documents drafted in language that is often unfamiliar and complex to policyholders. While they provide broad grants of coverage for losses caused by specified risk...
Can I Recover Compensation for Pre-Impact Fright after a Baltimore Car Accident ?
By their very nature motor vehicle accidents are typically unintentional, unintended, unanticipated events that occur suddenly without any warning. However, and unfortunately, that is not always...
How Is Fault Determined After a Baltimore Car Accident? | Eric T. Kirk
How Is Fault Determined After a Baltimore Car Accident? Fault is not finally decided by a police officer or an insurance adjuster. After a Baltimore car accident, several people may form opinions abou...
Is It A Crime To Make A Bomb Threat In Maryland?
Most of us are familiar with a prankster who pulls a file alarm. In post-911 Maryland, this conduct is not viewed as harmless fun. Section 9-504 of the Criminal Law Article makes it a crime...
Can I Recover Punitive Damages After A Maryland Car Accident?
Usually no. Punitive damages are not part of the ordinary Maryland car accident case. The main disqualifier is that negligence, carelessness, and even very bad driving usually are not enough. The insu...
What Is Considered Perjury Under Maryland Law?
To the surprise of no one, Maryland criminal law makes it a crime to knowingly and falsely make an affirmation of material fact under oath, or in affidavit authorized by law. As Attorney Eric T....
Does The At Fault Driver Or Their Insurance Have To Pay My Lawyer’s Fees?
Why doesn’t the other side have to pay my attorneys fees if they were at fault for causing the accident? ‘This is a frequently posed inquiry that I Attorney Eric T. Kirk receive...
What is an Alford Plea under Maryland Law?
Almost 50 years ago the US Supreme Court recognized that if certain criteria were met, a sentencing judge could accept a plea – in effect a de facto plea of guilty- from an individual who m...
Scooters, Mopeds, Minibikes, Driver’s Licenses, Registration And Insurance.
At a time in the not too distant past there was some ambiguity under Maryland law regarding the requirements –in terms of licensure, registration and insurance- for vehicles known as scooters, m...
The Top Five Things To Look For In A Car Accident Claim.
Whether you are dealing with a motor vehicle accident, a slip or trip and fall claim, or some other negligence-based case, in any personal injury claim, obviously, there’s going to be an acciden...
How Is Fault Determined In A Baltimore Car Accident Case?
Fault in a Baltimore car accident case is determined by applying Maryland traffic rules and general negligence principles to the actual proof. The biggest Maryland risk is contributory negligence. If...
