Baltimore Personal Injury Examples
Baltimore Personal Injury Lawyer If you or a loved one have experienced a traumatic event or accident and have suffered an injury, you may be entitled to compensation. Thankfully a Baltimore personal injury lawyer can help you navigate the legal process while offering support, and wise counsel along the way. There are many different types... Read more »
What is A Diminished Value Claim? Is My Car Worth Less Because It Has Been Wrecked?
As Attorney Eric T. Kirk personal injury clients sometimes ask, in addition to their medical bills, pain and suffering and the cost of repair of their vehicle, if they can recover for the diminished value of their car? In Maryland, it is possible to file a diminished value claim. The Insurance Information Institute defines as... Read more »
How Do I make a Claim for Uninsured Motorist Insurance Coverage ?
While not necessarily a direct factor used in determining the value of your personal injury claim, an experienced Baltimore personal injury lawyer will tell you: The amount of your uninsured or underinsured motorist coverage is a direct factor in determining the amount you may be able to recover in a car accident case. Let’s say you... Read more »
My Insurance Company Won’t Pay or Denied my Uninsured Motorist Insurance Claim
Let’s say you have the misfortune of being injured in an automobile accident, and you sustain personal injuries, incur medical bills, and experience wage loss. What if the at-fault-driver had the statutorily mandated minimum coverage of just $30,000? In a more ominous situation, what if that at-fault-driver had no coverage at all? You’ll need the... Read more »
Does the Insurance Company Use A Computer to Determine How Much I Get for my Personal Injury?
Many major insurance companies allow a computer to determine how much injury victims should collect. This may come as shock to many, but more than ten years ago, most insurance companies began using computer software to determine the amounts they would pay to a victim of negligence. The maker of “Colossus” -Computer Sciences Corporation- realizes enormous... Read more »
Can the Insurance Company Say My Injury is Pre-Existing ?
Make no mistake, an insurance company will frequently seize on any prior mishap, accident or injury, no matter how slight or remote. That insurance company may argue that any current complaints from the injury victim are related- not to the event for which this insurance company bears financial responsibility, but rather to some, or any, prior incident... Read more »
The Insurance Company Denied My Claim Saying it was an Emergency
Maryland drivers are charged with the obligation of using reasonable care to avoid car accidents, and generally for the safety of others when driving. However, the nature of that duty may change depending on the circumstances. A driver faced with a sudden and real emergency situation, not a result of that driver’s misconduct, is required... Read more »
Can Insurance Company Say “No One” Is At Fault for Causing A Baltimore Accident?
Can Insurance Company Say “No One” Is At Fault for Causing A Baltimore Accident? You bet they can, and do. Personal injury lawyers have heard this argued one more than one occasion. Whether it is phrased in terms of “act of god”, “unavoidable accident” or some strain of “sudden incapacity of a driver”, lawyers representing... Read more »
What Reasons Can The Insurance Company Use to Deny My Claim?
In theory, the reasons that an insurance company can use to deny a claim are as limitless as the imagination of the creative adjuster. So long as there is some factual basis for the denial, there are no limitations. Most insurance companies are huge entities with massive resources that dwarf those of the individuals with whom... Read more »
What is Personal Injury Protection Under Maryland Insurance Law?
Almost any Baltimore personal injury lawyer Attorney Eric T. Kirk will tell you that PIP benefits are ‘no-fault‘, ‘first-party’ insurance benefits. ‘No-fault’ means that if you get injured in an automobile accident, then no matter what the cause of the accident is, you receive the benefits. Now, you can’t collect if you intentionally caused the accident, or if... Read more »
Is A Baltimore Owner Responsible For Personal Injury If Their Dog Bites Me?
Is A Baltimore Owner Responsible For Personal Injury If Their Dog Bites Me? Yes in most instances. Baltimore law provides the owner of an animal is charged with a duty or using ordinary care in controlling the animal. Some seasoned Baltimore personal injury lawyers like Attorney Eric T. Kirk have litigated cases in which a... Read more »
I’ve Been Sent to Mediation in Personal Injury Case.
Very possibly the finest trial attorney of this generation has stated: “there are always options”. In the context of a personal injury case, this is no less true. Yes, there are. Although mediation is typically ordered in most Maryalnd serious car accident cases, mediation is a voluntary process [parties can opt out by agreeing not... Read more »
