Wal-Mart liable in accident from blown tire that killed three 
By:
Kristi Tousignant
Published: February 4, 2013
Tags: negligence, Wal-Mart, wrongful death
A Maryland jury assessed damages of $18.9 million against Wal-Mart Stores Inc. for putting a new tire on an eroded rim — an action that led to the death of a woman and her two children.
Jury awards $1.42M for surgery on the wrong side
By:
Kristi Tousignant
Published: January 17, 2013
Tags: medical malpractice, wrong-site surgery
A Baltimore jury has awarded $1.42 million to a woman whose doctor removed the wrong ovary and unnecessarily took out a fallopian tube during surgery.
Former dancer withdraws Johnson & Johnson hip-replacement lawsuit
By:
Kristi Tousignant
Published: January 9, 2013
Tags: DePuy, DePuy hip litigation, DePuy Orthopaedics, hip replacement litigation, Johnson & Johnson
A former dancer has withdrawn her claim against Johnson & Johnson over faulty hip replacements on the same day the trial was to start.
Maryland judge shuts down fake bankruptcy law firm
Published: October 29, 2012
Tags: excessive fees, law firms, law licence, Maryland, mislead
A high-school graduate who operated a fake law firm in Baltimore must cease doing business and pay $261,000 for representing clients in bankruptcy cases.
Marketing with social media
By:
Kristi Tousignant
Published: October 18, 2012
Tags: legal marketing, social media, social media marketing
Increasingly, attorneys are using social media to generate dialogue about their areas of law and establish a community. The marketing aspect of Facebook and blogs are secondary, they say, and new clients and business are just an added benefit.
Md. top court declines to impose sanctions against lawyer
By:
Kristi Tousignant
Published: September 26, 2012
Tags: attorney fraud, deceptive business practices, fraud, Legal Malpractice Monitor, Maryland
Maryland’s highest court has refused to impose any sanctions on a Baltimore-based lawyer whose stepmother accused him of deceit and fraud in handling the estate of his deceased father, who was a famed night club operator and real estate developer.
Real estate agent gets $155,000 in trip-and-fall suit
By:
Kristi Tousignant
Published: August 27, 2012
Tags: negligence
A Baltimore judge has ordered U.S. Bank N.A. to pay a real estate agent $155,566 for injuries she received during an inspection at a bank-owned house.
Jury awards $21M for birth injury-induced cerebral palsy
Published: August 2, 2012
Tags: birth injury, cerebral palsy, hospital, Maryland
A Maryland jury has awarded $21 million to a family whose son suffers from cerebral palsy due to complications during his birth.
Lawyers begin launching smartphone apps of their own
By:
Kristi Tousignant
Published: July 24, 2012
Tags: Android apps, iPhone apps, smartphones
Attorney Michael A. Freedman, displaying his law firm's "accident intake" iPhone app.
Personal injury attorneys could be moving away from flashy ads on the sides of buses and spots on daytime television.
Several firms have recently launched apps for smartphones as a way to market and streamline their business.
Med-mal verdict tops $1.2M
By:
Kristi Tousignant
Published: May 14, 2012
Tags: Maryland, medical malpractice, nerve damage
A Maryland woman has been awarded $1.2 million in damages in her medical malpractice lawsuit against a cardiologist who left her with permanent nerve damage in her foot and leg.
