Judge Mary Ellen Barbera will be the first female chief judge of the Maryland Court of Appeals, our highest court, according to current Chief Judge Robert Bell who told the AP of the selection. It is a strange way to make the announcement of this magnitude. Was Chief Judge Bell…
Technology is slowly eroding our privacy. Personally, and I’m in the minority, I’m think it is a fair trade-off. I’m okay if Apple and Google know where I am every second of the day. I’m not doing anything all that interesting. But most people are increasing worried about technology and…
I’ve written a great deal about venue issues on this blog. I’ve cheered and cried over some more recent opinions. Today is a cheer day based on three weeks old a new Maryland Court of Special Appeals’ opinion. Let’s be honest: plaintiffs’ lawyers would usually rather be in Baltimore City…
Last week, the Court of Special Appeals of Maryland decided the case of Davis v. Martinez. This was an appeal where the trial court entered an order that permitted the underinsured motorist insurer (State Farm) to participate in the trial anonymously. State Farm was never identified to the jury, the…
Five have applied for the vacancy that will be created when Chief Judge Robert M. Bell retires in July from the Maryland Court of Appeals. Three of the applicants are on the Court of Special Appeals: Judges Stuart Ross Berger, Albert Joseph Matricciani Jr., and Shirley Marie Watts. A Baltimore…
The Maryland Court of Appeals issued an opinion in TransCare v. Murray last week. It is an opinion you should read if you are handling tort cases – or litigating anything – in Maryland. New Maryland Good Sam Opinion This medical malpractice involves the transportation of the minor Plaintiff by…
The Maryland Court of Special Appeals issued its opinion a few weeks ago in a negligence per se case, Paul v. Blackburn Limited Partnership. If you are a personal injury lawyer in Maryland, this is not optional reading. Because I’m betting money someone will win a legal malpractice case in…
Last summer, the Maryland Court of Special Appeals decided Dixon v. Ford Motor Co. (discussed by me here) in which the court reversed a $15 million verdict (reduced to $6 million by the cap on noneconomic damages, and down to $3 million because of a joint tortfeasor settlement), finding that…
The Maryland Court of Appeals rendered an opinion in Ross v. Housing Authority of Baltimore City last Friday that is important not only to Maryland lawyers handling lead paint cases, but to any plaintiffs’ attorney who is putting up an expert at trial. That’s all of us. The plaintiff, in…
The Court of Appeals of Maryland decided a negligence case, CSX Transportation, Inc. v. Pitts last Thursday. This blog post goes deep into issues that are related to the Federal Employers Liability Act (“FELA”). Looking back on it, I probably would not have spent this much time on it because…