Maryland Imputed Fault Law

Keeley Olson and Dustin Olson v. A.R.T. Institute of Washington, Inc., et al.

Greenbelt, Maryland, personal injury lawyers represented the Plaintiffs on medical malpractice claims. In Maryland, a medical malpractice claim requires demonstrating four elements: a duty of care owed by the healthcare provider to the patient, a breach of that duty (deviation from the accepted standard of care), causation (the breach directly caused the injury), and damages (the pati... More...

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<h1> United States of America v. Tamika Nicole Jones </h1></h1>

<h2><center> Baltimore, Maryland criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Aggravated Identity Theft </font/color="red"></center><center> Miami Woman Indicted on Federal Aggravated Identity Theft Charges</h2></center></center></> </font/color="red"></center></i"></center> <center><h2> ... More...

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Amanda Watts v. Maryland CVS Pharmacy, LLC

Baltimore, Maryland personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff on a negligence case. At a CVS Pharmacy in 2017, Amanda Watts was given two shots, one with the Pneumovax 23 vaccine and one with the Boostrix vaccine. According to Watts, both vaccines were negligently administered, in the same improper location in her arm. Watts was eventually diagnosed with a chronic pain condition th... More...

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W.S. v. S.M.

<h2> Annapolis, Maryland divorce lawyers represented husband and wife in a marriage dissolution action. </h2> The parties are the parents to ten-year-old R. and twelve-year-old T. In February of 2018, the court entered an Order that granted the parties joint legal and shared physical custody of the children, set forth an alternating weekly access schedule, and ordered Father'... More...

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Michael Giddings v. Martin Family Trust

Baltimore, Maryland personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendant on a negligence theory. Maryland personal injury law protects individuals who have been injured due to the carelessness or recklessness of another person. If you've been hurt in an accident, whether from a car crash, slip and fall, or medical malpractice, you may be entitled to compensation for you... More...

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Remy Nelson v. Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority

Greenbelt, Maryland personal injury slip and fall lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendant on a premises negligence theory. Maryland personal injury law protects individuals who have been injured due to the carelessness or recklessness of another person. If you've been hurt in an accident, whether from a car crash, slip and fall, or medical malpractice, you may be enti... More...

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Scott P. Barrett v. Michael A. Daly

Baltimore, Maryland personal injury car wreck lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendant on an auto negligence theory claiming to have suffered more than $75,000 in damages and/or injuries as a direct result of an auto accident caused by Daly's failure to exercise due care in the operation of his vehicle. Maryland's auto negligence law. Contributory negligence: ... More...

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Andrew McFarlane v. Dave & Buster's Grand Sports Cafe

Baltimore, Maryland personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendant on a negligence theory claiming $94,000 in damages and/or injuries. This case was filed in the Circuit Court for Anne Arundel County, C-02-CV-23-000668, and was removed to federal court by the Defendant. Dave & Buster's Grand Sports Cafe in a restaurant and entertainment business headquar... More...

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Joseph Blacker and Andrea Memiki Ambrosia v. Bay Bridge Marina Slips, LLC, et al.

Baltimore, Maryland personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiffs who sued the Defendants on an admiralty law theory under 28 U.S.C. 1333, which provides: The district courts shall have original jurisdiction, exclusive of the courts of the States, of: (1) Any civil case of admiralty or maritime jurisdiction, saving to suitors in all cases all other remedies to which they are other... More...

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Renard K. Aylor v. The TJX Companies, Inc.

Greenbelt, Maryland personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendant on a premises liability negligence theory. This case was filed in the Circuit Court of Prince George's County, Maryland, C16CV22001268, and was removed to federal court the Defendant. "Maryland premises liability law is based on the principle that property owners have a duty to keep their ... More...

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Evelyn Jones, et al. v. Santigui Cisse and Uber Technologies, Inc.

Greenbelt, Maryland personal injury car wreck lawyers represented the Plaintiffs who sued the Defendants on auto negligence wrongful death theories. This case was filed in the Circuit Court for Prince George's County, CAL 21-02955, and was removed to federal court by the Defendants. "Maryland wrongful death negligence law allows the personal representative of a deceased person to... More...

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Abigail Cochenour v. Armando Del Cid Orellana

Baltimore, Maryland personal injury lawyer represented Plaintiff who sued Defendant on an auto negligence theory. "Maryland is one of four states that follows the contributory negligence rule in car accident cases. This means that if you are found to be even partially at fault for an accident, you cannot recover any damages from the other driver, even if they were more at fault. ... More...

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<H2> Richard A. Adetayo v. United States of America </H2>

Baltimore, Maryland immigration lawyer represented Plaintiff, who sued Defendant a wrongful failure to adjudicate Plaintiff's application for permanent residence under 8 U.S.C. 1255. <table> <h1> <center> <a font="red" href="https://www.morelaw.com/maryland/news/baltimore/" target="_new">MoreLaw Legal News For Baltimore</a> </center> </h1> </table> </cen... More...

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KAREN WEBB v. GIANT OF MARYLAND, LLC

<center><h2><fontcolor="red> Annapolis, MD - Personal Injury lawyer represented Petitioner with alleging negligence and negligent hiring, training, and supervision claim. </h2></center></center> Petitioner, Karen Webb, was injured while shopping at a supermarket owned and operated by Giant of Maryland, LLC, Respondent ("Giantâ€). Petitio... More...

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American Legion, et al. v. American Humanists Association, et al.

<center> <img width="300" src="http://www.mdd.uscourts.gov/sites/mdd/files/slides/greenbelt-federal-court.jpg"> </center> Since 1925, the Bladensburg Peace Cross (Cross) has stood as a tribute to 49 area soldiers who gave their lives in the First World War. Eighty-nine years after the dedi-cation of the Cross, respondents filed this lawsuit, claim-ing that they are offended by the... More...

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United States of America v. Michael Smith, Jr., a/ka/ Mikey, a/k/a Lil Mike, a/k/a Mik

<center> <img width="300" src="http://www.mdd.uscourts.gov/sites/mdd/files/slides/greenbelt-federal-court.jpg"> </center> Defendants Mark Bazemore, Michael Smith, Jr., and Timothy Hurtt participated in the illegal activities of a Baltimore street and prison gang known as the Black Guerrilla Family. Their involvement in the gang’s drug dealing and acts of violence led to their co... More...

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Kathy A. Netro v. Greater Baltimore Medical Center, Inc.

Kathy Netro brought a medical malpractice suit in state court against the Greater Baltimore Medical Center for its negligent care of her now-deceased mother. When she won, GBMC became liable under federal law for payments Medicare had made for Netro’s mother’s treatment. GBMC did not immediately satisfy the judgment. And three weeks after the state court entered its final order, Netro brought ... More...

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Quality Inns International, Inc. v. McDonald's Corporation

MEYER, District Judge. On September 21, 1987, Quality Inns International, Inc. announced a new chain of economy hotels to be marketed under the name "McSleep Inn." The response of McDonald's Corporation was immediate. It demanded by letter sent three days later that Quality International not use the name "McSleep" because it infringed on McDonald's family of marks that are characterized b... More...

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Ralph Janvey v. Peter Romero

Appellee Peter Romero filed a Chapter 7 bankruptcy petition after he was found liable for $1.275 million to the victims of a multibillion-dollar Ponzi scheme. Appellant Ralph Janvey, the receiver in the Ponzi scheme litigation, moved to dismiss Romero’s bankruptcy petition for cause under 11 U.S.C. § 707(a). The bankruptcy court denied the motion, and the district court affirmed the bankruptcy ... More...

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Stephen V. Kolbe v. Lawrence J. Hogan, Jr.

On the morning of December 14, 2012, in Newtown, Connecticut, a gunman used an AR-15-type Bushmaster rifle and detachable thirty-round magazines to murder twenty first-graders and six adults in the Sandy Hook Elementary School. Two additional adults were injured by gunfire, and just twelve children in the two targeted classrooms were not shot. Nine terrified children ran from one of the classrooms... More...

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Ruth Belche May v. Air & Liquid Systems

Ruth Belche May (“Petitioner”) is the widow of a machinist mate, Philip Royce May (“May”), who served on active duty in the United States Navy (“Navy”) for 20 years, from 1956 until 1976. Air & Liquid Systems Corp., Warren Pumps LLC, and IMO Industries, Inc. (“Respondents”) manufactured steam pumps that were sold to the Navy. The Navy used these pumps to move extremely hot an... More...

$0 (12-20-2015 - MD)

Fisher v. Ward

It is not disputed that Fisher, the fee owner of a residential property located in Bishopville, Worcester County, fell into default on her mortgage payments to the lender, Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae). The lender designated substitute trustees, named above, and, upon the filing of foreclosure proceedings, in September, 2013, the court signed appropriate order... More...

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State of Maryland v. Philip Morris, Inc.

In 1998, Maryland and the 51 other Settling States entered the MSA, thus settling their claims for “wrongful marketing and advertising of cigarettes, as well as damages based upon the costs of treating smoking-related illnesses,” against three major cigarette manufacturers – Philip Morris USA, Inc., R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., and Lorillard apprproval of the side agreement... More...

$0 (10-25-2015 - MD)

James Owens v. Baltimore City State's Attorneys Office

James Owens brought this action under 42 U.S.C. Â§ 1983 against the Baltimore City State's Attorney's Office, an assistant State's Attorney, the Baltimore City Police Department, and several Baltimore City police officers. In his complaint, Owens alleges that the defendants violated his constitutional rights by intentionally withholding exculpatory evidence during his 1988 trial for the rape and... More...

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Jamie Meyers v. Michael Eugene Lamer

Jamie Meyers was working in a utility bucket positioned above an unblocked lane of traffic when a tractor-trailer truck driven by Michael Lamer struck the bucket. As a result of the collision, Meyers was ejected from the bucket and suffered injuries to his back and lower body. Meyers then sued Lamer and Lamer's employer for negligence pursuant to Maryland state law. The parties cross-moved for sum... More...

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James Coleman v. Soccer Association of Columbia

Thirty years ago, in Harrison v. Montgomery County Bd. of Educ., 295 Md. 442, 444, 456 A.2d 894 (1983), this Court issued a writ of certiorari to decide "whether the common law doctrine of contributory negligence should be judicially abrogated in Maryland and the doctrine of comparative negligence adopted in its place as the rule governing trial of negligence actions in this State.â€ In a com... More...

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United States of America v. Cortez Fisher

It is axiomatic that, "to be constitutionally valid, a plea of guilty must be knowingly and voluntarily made." United States v. Brown, 117 F.3d 471, 473 (11th Cir. 1997). And "a guilty plea is not knowingly and voluntarily made when the defendant has been misinformed" as to a crucial aspect of his case. Id. In this extraordinary case, the law enforcement officer responsible for the investig... More...

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Dow AgroSciences, LLC v. National Marine Fisheries Service

In this appeal, we decide whether a "biological opinion" ("BiOp") issued by the National Marine Fisheries Service ("Fisheries Service" or "the Service") to the Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA") is arbitrary and capricious under the Administrative Procedure Act, 5 U.S.C. Â§ 706. The BiOp, which the Fisheries Service provided as part of the EPA's process of reregistering the pesticides chlor... More...

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Harold William Purnell v. Beard & Bone, LLC

Appellee, Beard and Bone, LLC, (Beard & Bone) filed a complaint to quiet title and for declaratory judgment against Mary Ann Cantwell (Cantwell) in the Circuit Court for Worcester County. Beard & Bone later filed an amended complaint, which added appellants, the Estate of Helen Marie Brittingham Purnell, Marion Purnell Smith, Harold William Purnell, and Eunice Purnell Williams (the Purnells), as p... More...

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Dorothy M. Tracey v. Anthony K. Solesky

In Maryland the vicious mauling of young children by pit bulls occurred as early as 1916.1 Bachman vs. Clark, 128 Md. 245; 97 A. 440 (1916). In that case, a ten-year-old boy, John L. Clark, was playing on the north side of a street when a pit bull ("bull terrierâ€) came across the street from its owner's property and attacked him, inflicting serious injuries. The pit bull refused to release t... More...

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University of Maryland Medical Systems Corporation v. Giuseppina Muti

Presented here are claims asserted under the Wrongful Death Statute, Maryland Code (1974, 2006 Repl. Vol.), Â§Â§ 3-901 through 3-904 of the Courts and Judicial Proceedings Article (CJ). The plaintiffs are the widow of the decedent and the adult children of her marriage with the decedent. They did not identify in their complaint, or notify, a stepson whom the decedent had adopted during a prior... More...

$0 (05-03-2012 - MD)

Edmond P. Danderidge v. Linda Williams

This case involves the validity of a method used by Maryland, in the administration of an aspect of its public welfare program, to reconcile the demands of its needy citizens with the finite resources available to meet those demands. Like every other State in the Union, Maryland participates in the Federal Aid to Families Page 473 With Dependent Children (AFDC program,... More...

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John Doe v. Buccini Pollin Group, Inc. d/b/a PM Hospitality Strategies, Inc.

This appeal presents the question of whether an injury suffered by appellant at the hands of a third party was "directed against [him] in the course ofâ€ his employment. John Doe, appellant, appeals from the decision of the Circuit Court for Baltimore City that reversed an award of benefits made by the Workers' Compensation Commission. In this workers' compensation case, appellant raises two ... More...

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Donzel M. Page v. National Railroad Passenger Corporation

In the taxonomy of the law, the Federal Employers' Liability Act, 45 U.S.C. Â§ 51, et seq., is a platypus. Intended to provide a remedy for injured railroad workers, the FELA "hovers ambivalently between workers' compensation law and the common law of negligence. It is neither, but it partakes of characteristics of both." CSX v. Miller, 159 Md. App. 123, 129 (2004). This case calls us to conside... More...

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Joy Friolo v. Douglas Frankel, M.D.

On February 4, 2000, appellant, Joy Friolo, filed a complaint in the Circuit Court for Montgomery County against appellees, Douglas Frankel and the Maryland/Virginia Med Trauma Group. On July 3, 2001, the court entered judgment in favor of Friolo in the amount of $11,778.85 and awarded her attorney's fees of $4,711.00 and $1,552.00 in costs. The Court of Appeals vacated the judgment awarding attor... More...

$0 (09-07-2011 - MD)

Kevin Antoione Mitchell v. Housing Authority of Baltimore City

In the Circuit Court for Baltimore City, Kevin Antoine Mitchell, the appellant, sued the Housing Authority of Baltimore City ("HABCâ€), the appellee, for damages for injuries he allegedly sustained due to childhood lead paint poisoning. The HABC moved for summary judgment on the ground that neither Mitchell nor a representative had satisfied the notice requirements of the Local Government Tor... More...

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Alpha Construction and Engineering Corproation v. The Insurance Company of the State of Pennsylvania

The plaintiffs in this declaratory judgment action, Alpha Construction and Engineering Corporation ("Alphaâ€), Rummel, Klepper & Kahl ("RKKâ€), United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company ("USF&Gâ€), and The American Insurance Company ("Americanâ€) (collectively, the "Plaintiffsâ€), appeal from the district court's judgment in favor of defendant The Insurance Company of th... More...

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Janay Barksdale v. Leon Wilkowsky, et al.

This appeal arises from a lawsuit filed by appellant, Janay Barksdale, against appellees, G&S Real Estate and its two partners, Stewart Sachs and Ronald Greenwald, in which she alleged that she suffered "severe and permanent brain damageâ€ as a result of exposure to lead-based paint in a rental property owned by appellees.1 Following a five-day trial in the Circuit Court for Baltimore City, t... More...

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Robert Cochran, et ux. v. Griffith Energy Service, Inc. T/A E Wing Oil

This is the second appeal in a successful action by Robert and Suzanne Cochran ("the Cochransâ€), the appellants, against Griffith Energy Services, Inc., t/a Ewing Oil ("Griffithâ€), the appellee, for damages caused by a fuel oil spill in the Cochrans' home. The primary issue now in dispute is the amount of post-judgment interest the Cochrans are entitled to receive. A jury in the... More...

$0 (03-31-2010 - MD)

Mayor and City Council of Baltimore v. Zvi Guttman

Appellants/cross-appellees Mayor and City Council of Baltimore (collectively "the Cityâ€), challenge the entry of judgment by the Circuit Court for Baltimore City after a jury verdict in favor of appellee/cross-appellant Zvi Guttman, trustee in bankruptcy for Ms. Deborah Mullins ("Ms. Mullinsâ€), who brought a 42 U.S.C. Â§ 1983 claim against the City alleging that she was fired for eng... More...

$0 (01-04-2010 - MD)