Should I Take Pictures Of The Cars After Baltimore Motor Vehicle Accident?
The answer is an unqualified YES. Absolutely. Everyone has a cell phone with a camera now. Obviously, your healthy, safety, and well-being of you and your passengers are paramount. If you have your wits, and your bodily integrity, after a motor vehicle accident, take pictures of: the vehicles the scene any injury stop lights or signs... Read more »
Assumption of the Risk Defense Law in Baltimore Personal Injury Lawsuits
I Attorney Eric T. Kirk discussed the doctrine of contributory negligence in another chapter of this series. A similar concept sometimes asserted as a defense to a personal injury claim is ‘assumption of the risk’. Insurance companies may employ this as an argument during settlement discussion in an attempt to drive down the value of a... Read more »
Do You Have To Communicate With Your Insurance Company After Being Injured in an Auto Accident?
While some car accidents are unpreventable, others result out of someone else’s negligence or recklessness. When injured drivers are involved in the latter, they not only have the stress of dealing with injuries and car damage, but they can also be confused about the course of action they should take to hold the other driver... Read more »
What Does The Insurance Company Consider A Minor Accident?
It happens every day. A relatively “minor” motor vehicle accident. What is minor to some, may not be minor to others. For the participants, few accidents are minor. Certainly, insurance companies will endeavor to characterize most car accidents as “minor”. When I say minor, I talking about an accident where the involved vehicles are driveable, and no... Read more »
What Type of Conduct is Considered Negligence Under Maryland Law?
The law imposes on us a duty to act prudently under a given set of circumstances. This is what lawyers recognize as the ‘reasonable person standard’. The law charges all drivers, for example, with the obligation to do what a reasonable person would do in a given set of conditions, and to refrain from doing... Read more »
Why Are You A Baltimore Personal Injury Attorney?
Perhaps surprisingly to some, it can be a tough way to make a living. I’m actually a big fan of lawyer jokes and slurs, but I’ve also always objected to the label “ambulance chaser” and the like. Are there lawyers who pay staff in hospitals to sign up injury victims? There may be, I don’t... Read more »
What Are The Odds/Chances of Me Winning My Personal Injury Case?
It’s been some time since the numbers have been crunched, but periodically, the Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics accumulated data on a national basis showing the value of, and chances of winning a personal injury lawsuit. As Attorney Eric T. Kirk will tell you. The last national report was done in 2005. While these... Read more »
Ice, Snow, Weather Conditions And Their Impact On Fault In A Motor Vehicle Personal Injury Case?
Any personal injury attorney that tries case and has been around for a while has had one of these. The conventional wisdom is that if you are hit in the rear in a car accident, it’s the other driver’s fault. As Attorney Eric T. Kirk will tell you. Whoa- not so fast there, counselor! The emergency... Read more »
If Snow or Ice Was Involved in the Accident, Can I Sue For Personal Injures?
The presence of ice is not a bar to bringing a personal injury claim. While claims are not prohibited, it can make recovery more difficult. It may happen relatively infrequently, the area can get hit with massive amounts of snow in a short period of time. You may recall that Baltimore got 2 ¼ feet... Read more »
If I’m Injured on Someone’s Property, Does Why I’m There Determine My Compensation?
The reason that you are at a location, or your status, can impact your right to compensation. The owner or person in control of property owes a variable duty to protect people on that property from harm. The responsibility depends on the class of individual assigned under the law. The law recognizes four classes of... Read more »
If I Get Hurt On Someone’s Property, Is Their Insurance Responsible for Any Injury?
A landowner is responsible for ensuring his or her property is safe. The law does not decree that a property owner is automatically responsible for all happenings on the property. Upon a showing a fault – in this instance allowing an unsafe condition to exits- a property owner may be held accountable. But a property... Read more »
Can I Sue If I Fall On Black Ice?
The American Meteorological Society tells us black ice is “a popular alternative for glaze. A thin sheet of ice, relatively dark in appearance, may form when light rain or drizzle falls on a road surface that is at a temperature below 0°c. It may also be formed when supercooled fog droplets are intercepted by buildings, fences, and vegetation.” [http://glossary.ametsoc.org/wiki/black_ice]. It’s really kind of a misnomer.... Read more »
