For decades, health care professionals and insureds in wrongful death cases were exposed to speculative claims for loss of household services. No rules guided counsel (or expert witnesses) on what must be proven to recover loss of household services. Plaintiffs … Read more
Before COVID-19, there were jury trials. And when juries one day return, it will be even more important for your defense counsel to show sensitivity about the real issues people are facing. In this Video Think Piece, Partner Christina Billiet … Read more
The pandemic has brought jury trials in Maryland courts to a halt. At some point, restrictions on public access to the courtrooms will be lifted. The question is, how will jury trials be conducted? Certainly, there will be a large backlog of cases … Read more
It can be so tempting to offer professional advice on social media — but think twice! In this video think piece, partners Christina Billiet and Nicole Deford discuss the problems associated with offering advice on social media. Maybe you’ve seen … Read more
When you’re analyzing cases and reading multiple deposition summaries, the shorter the better. But what’s the best way to get the essential information succinctly? Some carriers and hospitals have specific templates for deposition summaries. Others rely on counsel to summarize … Read more
When we are in pre-school, we learn the difference between reality and make-believe. Little did we know that identifying differences between the real world and fantasy carries into litigation! Because non-economic damages are capped in Maryland, plaintiffs’ lawyers have gotten … Read more