A Missed Scheduling Order Deadline Ultimately Results in Summary Judgment
January 7, 2021
The Court of Special Appeals of Maryland, in the case of Asmussen v. CSX Transp., Inc., No. 814, Sept. Term, 2019, 2020 WL 5417549 (Md.…
To File or Not to File in the Maryland Health Care Alternative Dispute Resolution Office
June 15, 2018
The recent Court of Appeals opinion in Davis v. Frostburg Facility Operations, LLC d/b/a Frostburg Village addressed the issue of whether claims for negligence and related claims…
New Maryland Sick Leave Law
April 16, 2018
Maryland’s 90-day legislative session has come to an end and a new sick leave law was enacted. Employers with employees whose primary work location is…
The Applicability of the Doctrine of Forum Non Conveniens in the District of Columbia
January 5, 2016
In Garcia v. AA Roofing Company, LLC, the District of Columbia Court of Appeals was faced with the issue of whether the Superior Court erred in…
Defendant’s General Knowledge of a Dangerous Condition is held to be Sufficient to Deny Defendant’s Motion for Summary Judgment in a Slip and Fall Action.
August 25, 2015
In the case of Schneider v. Ed’s Marine Superstore, Inc., No. SAG-14-1035 (D. Md. July 17, 2015), the Court was faced with determining whether a Plaintiff’s…
Reversal of Entry of Judgment in Favor of the Defendant by Reasoning that Trial Court’s Decision to Limit its Ruling to the Evidence Presented by the Plaintiff was Error
April 30, 2015
In the case of Sullivan v. AboveNet Communications, Inc., the District of Columbia Court of Appeals was tasked with deciding whether the evidence presented at Trial…
Statutory Immunity of Medical Providers Relating to Involuntary Admissions
December 15, 2014
In the case of Williams, et al. v. Peninsula Regional Medical Center, et al., the Court of Appeals of Maryland was tasked with deciding whether hospitals…
Workers’ Compensation and the Covered Employee Reexamined
August 19, 2014
An alleged employer’s argument that a claimant was not entitled to benefits because the claimant was an independent contractor, and not a covered employee, led…
Breaching the Privacy of Jury Deliberations: Jurors Conducting Online Research
April 15, 2014
In the case of Cooch v. S&D River Island LLC, et al., suit was brought against an apartment building owner and the property management company (the…
Enforceability of an Oral Settlement Agreement
March 18, 2014
Maryland courts have routinely treated settlement agreements just as any other contract, concluding that as long as the basic requirements to form a contract are…