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unreasonable delay

Why is the insurance company taking so long to answer, pay, or even make a decision? That may be an unreasonable delay: a hold-up that goes beyond normal claim handling and...

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

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

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

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:...

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

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

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

medical review panel

You may see this in a notice from a claims office, a lawyer's letter, or a conversation about what happens before a medical malpractice lawsuit can fully move forward: a group...

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

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

standard of care

What the insurance company does not want you to know is that this phrase is not a shield for every bad medical outcome. Defense lawyers often use standard of care to make an...

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...

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

Maryland Truck Crash Lawsuit Deadlines for Delayed Injuries

Maryland usually gives you three years, but truck crash cases get messy fast when a knee injury looks minor at the scene and turns serious weeks later.

ARTICLE by Colleen Murphy

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...

What a Company Doctor Visit Means in Maryland

In Maryland, the company usually does not get to lock an injured worker into its own doctor, and that matters a lot when the boss is using fear, immigration status, or a handpicked exam to control the case.

ARTICLE by Sandra Kim

i got partly paralyzed in a Baltimore crash and now they're saying there was no workers' comp

A Baltimore business owner with no disability coverage may still have workers' comp rights, a claim against the at-fault driver, and a fight over being mislabeled as self-employed.

ARTICLE by Karen Bosley

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...

My brother crashed his scooter in Baltimore rain, what mistakes can wreck his claim?

If a Baltimore City street defect may have caused the crash, the key filing is a written notice under the Local Government Tort Claims Act to the Baltimore City Solicitor...