Good Samaritan laws are intended to protect people from liability when they voluntarily assist others in emergencies. Here is an example of how Good Samaritan laws work. Let’s say you’re driving to work and you witness a car accident. One of the vehicles flips over the driver is stuck and…
Maryland made the right call by getting rid of the “one bite rule,” which created an assumption that dog owners know their dogs can bite. In doing so, the Maryland legislature effectively nixed a Maryland Supreme Court ruling that said pit bulls are inherently dangerous and imposed strict liability for…
Miller & Zois has never advertised on television or even thought about it. I’m not on a high horse. I’ve never looked down personal injury lawyers who advertise on television. I’ve always found it annoying when people do. Everyone is doing their own thing. It is pretty amazing how many…
The “burden of proof” is a legal concept that establishes two things: the party in a dispute obligated to present evidence to support their position; and how much evidence that party needs to satisfy this obligation. The applicable burden of proof can have a major impact on whether a case…
My law firm limits its law practice to personal injury cases on behalf of victims. We started our firm in 2002, on a shoestring, a wing, and a prayer, we had potentially lucrative opportunities to jump out to handle other types of case. Was I tempted? I was tempted. But…
I rarely write about legal issues that do not relate to personal injury cases. But Maryland’s red flag law has gotten so much attention and there is SO MUCH incorrect information out there, I feel like writing a post about it. Reaction to the seemingly endless stream of mass shootings…
Why can’t you get a lawyer on the phone? I picked up the phone yesterday from someone I knew did not have a personal injury case. He sent us an online intake weeks ago and was now cycling back to us. This means he has called almost every personal injury…
Max Kennerly writes a blog post about referral or co-counsel fees in personal injury cases, talking about a case where the lawyers agreed to a fee split but after a nice verdict, they argued about what those words meant regarding carving up the fee. There has been talk, as Max…
Note: post was originally in 2012. It has been updated in November 2018 to discuss a new martial privilege case, Sewell v. State, now pending before the Maryland Court of Appeals with a decision coming any day now. I never write about marital privilege. But I have an interest in…
Eighteen years ago, we decided that representing corporate defendants and billing by the hour was not for us, so we started our own law firm. We had a clear vision of what would bring us success: yellow page advertising. That was the vehicle for a personal injury law firm to…