Law in Support of Admission of Medical Bills When Plaintiffs Seek to Keep Them from the Jury
March 16, 2022 By Rebecca K. Schisler-Adams
A growing trend in personal injury litigation is for plaintiffs to waive and attempt to exclude all evidence of medical specials and other economic damages…
COSA Changes Long-held Policy of Disallowing Unreported Opinions From Being Cited as Persuasive Authority
February 21, 2022 By Elaine R. Wilford
For years the Maryland Court of Special Appeals (“COSA”) has maintained a policy that, for persuasive value, it will not cite to any unreported federal…
Maryland Pattern Jury Instruction Outlining the Duty Owed by a Possessor of Land to a Business Invitee Was Updated to Partially Address Modification Requested by the Court of Special Appeals
January 27, 2022 By Matthew J. Gannett
The Maryland Civil Pattern Jury Instruction 24:3 addressing the duty owed by a possessor of land to an invitee was updated to read as follows:…
Challenges to Maryland’s Former Chief Justice’s Order Suspending the Statute of Limitations During the 2020 COVID-19 Crisis
December 17, 2021 By Lauren N. Rutkowski
In the wake of the ongoing COVID-19 crisis, Maryland courts are now reviewing the implications of former Chief Judge Barbera’s Order tolling the Statute of…
COSA Makes Clear that a Physician’s License May be Revoked Without a Hearing Following a Crime of Moral Turpitude
December 2, 2021 By Rebecca K. Schisler-Adams
Maryland Courts have long recognized the property interest physicians have in their medical licenses. In 1998, the Court of Appeals emphasized this interest, holding that…
Landlords Can (sometimes) be Held Liable for a Third-party’s Criminal Acts Against Tenants
November 10, 2021 By Mark A. Kohl
Generally, when a tenant takes possession of premises from a landlord, the tenant becomes the de facto owner and occupier of the leased premises for…
Transformation of Appellate Practice in Virginia
October 26, 2021 By Nancy J. Goodiel
Just a few months from now, civil litigators will face the most significant change in civil procedure with the expansion of the Court of Appeals…
Fourth Circuit Requires Explicit Daubert Findings Where Expert Testimony is Challenged on Grounds of Relevance and Reliability
September 10, 2021 By Steven J. Parrott
In Sardis v. Overhead Door Corp., __ F. 4th __ (4th Cir. 2020), 2021 U. S. App. LEXIS 24960 (August 20, 2021), the U.S. Court…
Clarifying the Difference Between Wrongful Death and Survivorship
August 26, 2021 By Lauren N. Rutkowski
The Maryland Court of Special Appeals recently released an opinion further clarifying the differences between wrongful death suits and survivorship actions. In, Wadsworth v. Sharma,…
Limits on Compensatory Damages for Tortious Injury Death of Pet
August 11, 2021 By Robert S. Morter
In a recently published opinion construing Maryland’s cap on compensatory damages (Md. Code Ann. Courts & Judicial Proceedings §11-110), the Maryland Court of Appeals in…