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Prince George's says you missed the notice deadline while an investigator films your bad shoulder at the gas station
A long-haul driver in College Park can get wrecked twice in the same claim - first by the crash, then by Maryland's government notice rules and insurance surveillance.
ARTICLE by DeAndre Jackson
2026-03-31
The hospital just filed a lien, and now your kid's Bowie dog-bite claim looks gutted
A dog bite to a child's face can lead to a decent insurance claim, but a hospital lien in Maryland can chew through the money fast if nobody forces the numbers to make sense.
ARTICLE by Miguel Rodriguez
2026-03-22
Just left Frederick Health and your boss is already making immigration threats
The biggest mistakes after a conveyor-belt injury in Frederick usually happen in the first 48 hours, especially when an employer uses immigration threats to scare you out of a claim.
ARTICLE by Sandra Kim
2026-03-27
Workers' comp vs a third-party claim after a College Park roof fall - which move is smarter?
A city bus driver doing job-site work in College Park may have two separate claims after a roof fall, and one usually matters a lot more than people first think.
ARTICLE by Tony Marchetti
2026-03-28
bar order
A bar order is not a court order that shuts down an injured person's whole case or bars everyone from ever suing. The common trap is hearing "bar" and assuming your own rights...
GLOSSARY
Lone Pine order
A case can get more expensive, slower, or even thrown out if a judge requires proof early and that proof is weak, incomplete, or missing. That is why a Lone Pine order matters:...
GLOSSARY
plaintiff fact sheet
A standardized questionnaire an injured claimant completes in a mass tort or other multi-plaintiff case. "Standardized" means everyone is asked for roughly the same information...
GLOSSARY
Rockville city truck claim after a scaffold fall - why the payout math gets ugly
A scaffold fall tied to a Rockville city truck can involve workers' comp, a government claim, and third-party settlement money that gets sliced up before you ever see it.
ARTICLE by Priscilla Oyewole
2026-03-26
Why the insurer keeps digging through your Gaithersburg records after a delayed cancer diagnosis
A Maryland truck driver with a delayed cancer diagnosis is getting squeezed by an insurance exclusion fight, and the real issue is whether the insurer can tie the delay to something the policy carved out.
ARTICLE by Colleen Murphy
2026-03-27
The apartment complex and maintenance company keep blaming each other for your College Park crash for a reason
A rear-end crash on private property can turn into a finger-pointing mess fast, especially when the concussion lingers and both companies act like none of it is their problem.
ARTICLE by Colleen Murphy
2026-03-30
opt-out rights
Do I have to stay in this case, or can I walk away? Opt-out rights are the right of a person included in a group lawsuit - usually a class action - to remove themselves from...
GLOSSARY
No money for a lawyer after a Gaithersburg crash fire - are you trapped by arbitration?
A rear-end crash led to a vehicle fire and burn injuries, and now the insurance paperwork says arbitration when the at-fault driver may not have enough coverage.
ARTICLE by Priscilla Oyewole
2026-03-29
lemon law
Did the product you bought turn out to be a defect-ridden "lemon"? A lemon law is a consumer-protection law that requires a manufacturer, and sometimes a dealer, to repair,...
GLOSSARY
claims administrator
The part that confuses people most is that a claims administrator is not always the insurance company and is not the judge deciding who wins. It is the person or company...
GLOSSARY
multidistrict litigation panel
Not a jury, and not the group that decides who wins a mass-injury case. It is also not the same thing as a class action. A multidistrict litigation panel is the federal body...
GLOSSARY
Landlord Liability for Serious Maryland Dog Bites
In Maryland, a dog bite claim can turn on who owned the dog, who insured the property, whether the landlord knew the animal was dangerous, and whether the insurance company can pin even a little blame on you.
ARTICLE by Colleen Murphy
2026-02-18
My doctor says I need surgery, comp says I don't, and now I'm wondering who's stalling my Rockville claim
A Rockville home health aide is stuck between a surgeon who says operate, a comp insurer saying no, and a claim that gets riskier the longer surgery is delayed.
ARTICLE by Priscilla Oyewole
2026-03-22
census plaintiff
Why would someone be called a "census plaintiff" instead of just a plaintiff? In large lawsuits, especially mass torts and some class actions, a census plaintiff is a person...
GLOSSARY
consent judgment
Not a jury verdict, and not a judge deciding who wins after a trial. It is a court judgment entered because the parties agreed to it. Usually, one side agrees that judgment can...
GLOSSARY
am i screwed if a cleaning chemical burned me during a 12-hour shift in College Park and the hospital lien takes almost all the settlement
A College Park nurse got burned by a work-supplied cleaning product, missed shifts, and now the hospital lien is threatening to swallow the case before rent gets paid.
ARTICLE by Dwayne Patterson
2026-03-26