General

Who pays the damages?

Generally, in personal injury cases, the at-fault party’s insurance company will pay any damages offered to you in settlement or awarded by a jury. If the at-fault party does not have insurance, or their insurance is insufficient to pay your damages, your insurance...

What can I get damages for?

The damages you can recover include, but are not limited to, medical bills incurred in the past; medical expenses reasonably probable to be incurred in the future; the loss of earnings and/or earning capacity incurred in the past; the loss of earnings and/or earning...

What is negligence?

Someone is negligent when they fail to exercise the same amount of care that a reasonably prudent person would exercise in similar circumstances. In the legal world, negligence represents a harm that was caused by carelessness. In Maryland, in order to prove to a...