Is a plaintiff’s status as an undocumented immigrant relevant and admissible evidence in this personal injury action? The leading Maryland case on this issue is RIGOBERTO E. DOMINGOS AYALA, ET AL. v. ROBERT FREDERICK LEE 215 Md. App. 457, 81 A.3d 584 (2013). The Ayala case involved an illegal alien who was making a personal […]
Category Archives: personal injury
Settle Car Accident Claim Without Lawyer – No Way
Settle Car Accident Claim Without Lawyer – No Way! I’m sure clients often wonder, ‘Can I Settle car accident claim without lawyer? If I get a lawyer, then I will have to pay him one third of my settlement. If I settle the case myself then I get the whole amount. Even If I get […]
Are Car Accident Settlements Marital Property Under Maryland Divorce Laws?
Are car accident settlements marital property under Maryland Divorce laws? The purpose of this article is to determine whether a personal injury settlement is considered Marital property under the Maryland Marital Property act and therefore subject to division between spouses if they are divorced. The Maryland appellate courts have interpreted the Maryland Marital Property act […]
Top Mistakes When Hiring a Maryland Car Accident Lawyer
Top Mistakes When Hiring a Maryland Car Accident Lawyer Hiring the lawyer, you see advertising on television. Clients assume that lawyers who advertise on television must be great because they are well known and are almost like celebrities. However, this is a false impression. Lawyers advertise on television because they can- not obtain enough clients […]
CAN I RE-OPEN MY CAR ACCIDENT CASE AFTER I HAVE SIGNED A RELEASE?
YOU SHOULD NEVER SIGN A RELEASE OF ALL CLAIMS IN A CAR ACCIDENT CASE UNTIL YOU HAVE DISCUSSED YOUR CASE WITH AN ATTORNEY. Normally, if you obtain an attorney and after consultation with the attorney, you sign a release of claims, then you are going to be bound by the release and unable to re-open […]
Is a plaintiff’s status as an undocumented immigrant relevant and admissible evidence in this personal injury action?
Is a plaintiff’s status as an undocumented immigrant relevant and admissible evidence in this personal injury action? The leading Maryland case on this issue is RIGOBERTO E. DOMINGOS AYALA, ET AL. v. ROBERT FREDERICK LEE 215 Md. App. 457, 81 A.3d 584 (2013). The Ayala case involved an illegal alien who was making a personal […]
Can an Undocumented and illegal alien file suit in a Maryland Court for personal injuries?
Can an Undocumented and illegal alien file suit in a Maryland Court for personal injuries? The simple answer is yes an undocumented immigrant or illegal alien can file suit in a Maryland Court for personal injuries . While Maryland has not directly addressed this issue, The Maryland Appellate Courts have recently decided two cases where […]
Can you make a Wrongful Death claim on behalf of a fetus in Maryland?
Can you make a Wrongful Death claim on behalf of a fetus in Maryland? The simple answer is sometimes. the Court of Appeals affirmed that a cause of action lies for prenatal injuries to a viable child who is either stillborn or born alive and to a nonviable child who is born alive. The cause […]
My Neck Was Injured in a Car Accident in Maryland
My neck was injured in a car accident in Maryland A neck injury or whiplash is a relatively common injury that occurs in a car accident in Maryland. Whiplash often occurs to a person’s neck following a sudden acceleration-deceleration force that causes unrestrained, rapid forward and backward movement of the head and neck, most commonly […]
Wrongful Death Cases in Maryland
Wrongful Death and Survival Action The wrongful death statute and the survival statute have different purposes. These causes of action are brought by different persons. The damages are recovered for different reasons. The causes of action, though growing out of the same wrongful act, are entirely different. The wrongful death statute purpose is to provide […]
