Many serious automobile accident lawsuits wind their way toward what is often called the independent medical exam (IME). In reality, these should be called defense medical exams, because there is nothing independent about them. The exam is [...]
We’ve blogged about how to calculate a Maryland automobile accident case value. Our clients understandably want to know exactly what the process is to move a case toward settlement. When we are initially contacted, we’ll take [...]
Maryland has a rule called “collateral source,” which allows people injured by someone else’s negligence recover the value of expenses even if those expenses have been paid through another source. That’s a little confusing, so we’ll [...]
Collision is a provision in your automobile insurance policy that will pay to repair or replace the vehicle if it is damaged in an automobile accident. Deciding whether to get collision on a vehicle is usually [...]
In Maryland, all insurance policies are required to carry a minimum amount of uninsured/underinsured motorist coverage (UM/UIM). UM/UIM is insurance that helps a driver and passengers in the event of an automobile accident with a driver [...]
Most Maryland automobile insurance policies include Personal Injury Protection, known as PIP. PIP is insurance that typically helps you and your passengers in the event of an accident. It is a type of “no-fault” insurance, meaning [...]
Many people wonder what kind of medical treatment they need after an automobile collision. The question arises, I think, because people understand that there is an interplay between an insurance claim (or an auto accident lawsuit) [...]
When you meet with your lawyer, there will be some forms to sign. We want to take the mystery out of hiring a lawyer, so below is an explanation of the forms that we might need [...]
There are many reasons to hire a lawyer after an automobile collision. For most people, hiring a lawyer boils to two good reasons. First, lawyers are experts and know the ins-and outs of insurance law. Make [...]
The following news article excerpt featuring co-founding partner Alan Horwitz appears in The Baltimore Examiner. The article is reproduced by permission below. To see how it appears in the Examiner, go to: www.examiner.com/courts-in-baltimore/disaster-racked-americans-are-finding-out-the-insurance-deck-is-stacked With the unprecedented number [...]