In this day and age, many parents and child rearing experts believe that spanking or other corporal punishment of children should never be allowed, while others take the more traditional approach. The Maryland courts have ruled that there is such a thing as reasonable corporal punishment, but Departments of Social Services who investigate claims of child abuse struggle with defining …

In most civil cases in Maryland and other states, the courts follow the “American rule” on attorney’s fees, which provides that each side pays their own attorney’s fees regardless of who wins. While this may seem counter-intuitive and promote more litigation, the rationale has always been that if parties risk having to pay the other side’s legal fees if they …

We have all seen in the movies or on television the car chase, where the police attempt to pull over the speeding vehicle that flees up the road. Such chases often end in a roadblock, where finally the police block the roadway to stop the vehicle from escaping. We may also remember the scene where the officer orders a passing …

Back in the days when most people lived on farms or in rural areas, the common law gave great protection to a landowner’s right to protect his property and intrusion upon it, including by animals. If you’ve ever seen the old Errol Flynn movie Robin Hood, you may recall that it was a capital offense to kill a deer on …