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 …
Slip and Fall in Doctor’s Office
In this day and age whenever someone is injured, there is the prospect of a lawsuit. This is particularly true whenever someone slips and falls. Maryland’s Court of Appeals last week considered such a case involving a doctor’s office in the case of Richardson v. Nwadiuko. According to the opinion, the plaintiff Ms. Richardson accompanied her husband to Dr. Nwadiuko’s …
Claims in Sporting Events
Participants in most sports face some risk of injury. Such injuries as a baseball player being struck by a bat or ball would not be unexpected. However, the law has seen many cases where participants (or spectators) sue for injuries that occur at sporting events. Maryland’s highest court this week addressed such a case in American Powerlifting Association v. Cotillo. …
Surviving Small Claims Court
There is an old saying that a lawyer who represents himself in court has a fool for a client, and lawyers themselves expand that thought to include non-lawyers who go to court without an attorney. Judges and trial lawyers suggest that in any serious criminal, traffic or civil matter it is a bad idea to act as one’s own attorney, …