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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

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

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

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

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...

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

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

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

Offered $40,000 after a Gaithersburg demolition death - who gets to file?

In Maryland, a jobsite death can produce two different claims, and the check should not go to the wrong person just because an insurer moved fast.

ARTICLE by Sandra Kim

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...

settlement class

Did I just get included in a lawsuit settlement without filing my own case? A settlement class is a group of people the court treats as one unit for purposes of approving a...

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...

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

Why is the insurer saying my Frederick employee's PTSD claim needs a visible injury?

What the police report says is usually just that there was a crash, a fall, or "no obvious injury at scene." What actually matters for the claim is medical proof tying the...

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...

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:...

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

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,...

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...

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