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New CSA Opinion on Discovery
In addition to Kearney v. Berger, there was another interesting opinion that came down from Maryland’s appellate courts yesterday. The Maryland Court of Special Appeals ruled on an interesting...
View ArticlePolice Reports: Why They Are Often Wrong
After a car accident, police do an investigation, talk to the witnesses, and file a police report. Although the police report is generally inadmissible at trial in Maryland, the facts contained in the...
View ArticleFacebook Discovery News
The Drug and Device Law Blog writes a good post on a recent Facebook discovery opinion, arguing in favor of making Facebook posts, ostensibly intended only for your “friends”, discoverable: We might...
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New Expert Designations Opinion
Last week, the Maryland Court of Special Appeals decided Logan v. LSP Marketing, a lead paint case in Baltimore City. In this case, Plaintiff did not answer discovery. Defense lawyers, who I believe...
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New Maryland Social Media Evidence Opinion
The Maryland Court of Appeals tackled a piece of one of the new vexing issues our courts face: dealing with social media. Most of the legal opinions circulating around involve discovery of social media...
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Four Personal Injury Opinions From Last Week You Should Read
I read four personal injury related appellate opinions that were published last week that I think are worth reading: Thibodeaux v. Trahan: Like most personal injury lawyers, I have been hit with...
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How to Try More Cases
Forbes, via Overlawyered, has an interesting article on Houston lawyer, Steve Susman’s efforts to covert lawyers on both sides of the aisle to try more jury trials… and make cases easier to try. How?...
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Are Witness Statements Discoverable? New Appellate Opinion
Instead of discussing various torts that could be committed against Raul Ibañez, a man I will now irrationally detest for the rest of my adult life, let’s talk today about witness statements and...
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Facebook Friend Requests and Attorney Ethics
Social media is great. It’s an excellent way to maintain contact with old friends. It’s an excellent place to get news before any TV station gets it. You can even follow Miller & Zois on...
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New Maryland Discovery Ruling: Bill of Discovery
The Maryland Court of Special Appeals recently decided Johnson v. Franklin, a lead paint case with an unique discovery issue. The Underlying Case I’m glad you kept reading, you law scholar you!...
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Facebook Discovery on Steroids
Facebook discovery is all the rage amongst defense lawyers in personal injury cases. The reason is twofold. First, it gets defense lawyers access to information that might lead to admissible evidence...
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New CSA Opinion on Discovery
In addition to Kearney v. Berger, there was another interesting opinion that came down from Maryland’s appellate courts yesterday. The Maryland Court of Special Appeals ruled on an interesting...
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Drafting Interrogatories | Thoughts for the Plaintiffs’ Attorney
Drafting Interrogatories In Maryland, each party is allowed 30 interrogatories under Maryland Rule 421 without leave of the court. I was looking at a case today that was referred to us by a lawyer who...
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Expert Designations in Maryland
One of the benefits for plaintiffs’ attorneys is that we are far better able to dictate the pace of the litigation. Some squander this opportunity by failing to fully load the gun before firing it....
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Facebook Discovery News
The Drug and Device Law Blog writes a good post on a recent Facebook discovery opinion, arguing in favor of making Facebook posts, ostensibly intended only for your “friends”, discoverable: We might...
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New CSA Opinion on Discovery
Besides Kearney v. Berger, there was another interesting opinion that came down from Maryland’s appellate courts yesterday. The Maryland Court of Special Appeals ruled on an interesting discovery issue...
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