The Maryland Court of Appeals made us all a bit safer by its ruling in MVA v. Dove. I like safer. Whether there was justice in this individual case, I have no idea. Facts of Dove In Dove, the defendant rear-ends a car while driving his motorcycle on Route 4…
A teenage girl portrayed as a spoiled out-of-touch teen beauty queen on ABC’s “Wife Swap” filed a $100 million lawsuit against the network, alleging the show is a charade. Really? Who would have imagined? Obviously, this is the dictionary definition of a frivolous lawsuit on so many levels. It is…
This is your incredible story of the day and maybe the week: Related Information Texas Judge Keys a Car Baltimore County Judge Suspended Baltimore County District Judge G. Darrell Russell Jr. took the unusual step last week of allowing the defendant to leave the court to obtain…
The Baltimore Examiner has an interesting commentary on the appointment of newly appointed Anne Arundel County District Court Judge Thomas V. Miller III, who is the son of Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller, Jr. The author’s question is essentially asking is whether “blatant nepotism” is a good thing. Isn’t…
A divided Maryland Court of Appeals took away a Baltimore County jury verdict against Bank of America on Thursday in a case relevant to personal injury lawyers to the extent that it underscores when expert testimony may be needed at trial. This case appears to be the classic “money-grubber woman…
The Maryland Court of Special Appeals decided this week in Benway v. Maryland Port Administration where a pro se Plaintiff raised an interesting yet still useless question: Is it an error to rule on a summary judgment motion filed after the scheduling order deadline? The question is interesting because the…
Little Ash Wednesday controversy in Iowa that is a very big deal to some: After lunch, while prosecuting an attempted murder case, the prosecutor went to Ash Wednesday mass and returned with ash on his forehead. For mainstream Catholics, this is one of the few ways we have to publicly…
The Maryland Court of Appeals unanimously affirmed a jury award against the Baltimore City Police Department in Houghton v. Forrest on Friday. Here were the facts: Houghton observed a drug sale on North Eutaw Street in Baltimore City through a security camera feed. Three persons participated in the sale: the…
The Maryland Daily Record reports today that an “extremely remorseful” circuit judge in Charles County would accept a public reprimand for deflating the tire of a woman improperly parked in a restricted area of the Charles County Courthouse, according to documents filed by his attorney with the Maryland Commission on…
Maryland Insurance Commissioner Ralph S. Tyler is stepping down early next year to become general counsel at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. That is a big-time job. Ralph has never turned down an invitation to speak at my insurance law class, and he just seems like a good guy.…