This blog post is an exception to the usual "personal injury related only" rule on this blog. The Maryland Court of Appeals (Maryland's "supreme court") ruled unanimously today that Maryland must recognize as married same-sex couples who legally wed in other states. A married same sex couple from California sought a divorce here in M […]
Runaway juries are the big problem in medical malpractice cases. Juries see a sympathic plaintiff and, unchecked by reason, they start writing oversized checks. Liberal judges aid and abet the crime. This belief has taken deep root in Maryland - and in most states - that has led to the enactment of scores of laws to impede medical malpractice lawsuits. Most […]
Max Kennerly writes a really good post telling the story of how a defendant's medical malpractice lawyer tried to bully the plaintiffs' expert by writing the expert's hospital to express the concern that the expert's testimony might expose the hospital to significant liability. Malpractice defense lawyers learned this trick at the feet of […]
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