Claim Against the County Tripped Up

One of the more common types of claims for personal injury that we see in today’s world is a slip and fall or trip and fall claim against a property owner or manager. Certainly if someone can prove that the owner of a private premises had notice of a defect, and it caused injury to a someone lawfully on the …

Custody Cases and Extended Family

There is no decision that a trial judge has to make that is more difficult than resolving a dispute over who should have custody of minor children. In this day and age when extended family members are often intimately involved in the lives of children, and often help raise them, courts have struggled with how to resolve disputes over whether …

Claims for Defective Cars

Consumers who believe they have been sold a defective car have a number of potential legal remedies they can pursue. Maryland’s highest Court last week addressed what type of proof a car owner may need to collect for sale of an allegedly defective used car. The case of Crickenberger v. Hyndai provides some guidance for plaintiffs who want to make …

Dismissal of Vaccine Case Upheld

It is not unusual to hear in the news about large lawsuits being filed against corporations alleging injury from defective products. In recent years there have been a number of suits, for instance, against the manufacturers or sellers of vaccines for children, alleging injury from something in the product. Maryland’s highest Court recently addressed the dismissal of such a case, …