Even in the legal world, location can play a big part in a successful recovery for a persons lawsuit. One area that an experienced attorney can assist their client in is the selection of the venue in which to file a personal injury lawsuit against someone. The importance of venue can be seen through the [...]
RECENT MARYLAND DECISIONS
MARYLAND COURT OF APPEALS Family Law, Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act: Guardianship decree issued in Japan did not sever father’s custodial rights to his daughter, and therefore did not implicate fundamental principles of human rights; as such, “vacuum exception” to application of Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act, allowing for a Maryland [...]
RECENT MARYLAND DECISIONS – 4/20
MARYLAND COURT OF APPEALS Professional Responsibility, Disbarment: Disbarment was the appropriate sanction for an attorney who failed to keep his client reasonably informed of her case, retained more than twice his agreed-upon fee, failed to deposit unearned fees in his trust account, failed to remit a settlement payment to the client and did not respond [...]
Worsening Workers Compensation Injury
Claimants (the injured party at work) have numerous workers’ compensation benefits. medical for life is probably one of the largest possible benefits. When the claimant, injured worker, received a permanent partial disability, that benefit can be substantially increased during the individual’s lifetime. Let’s say the claimant received permanent partial disability of 15% to the individuals [...]
RECENT MARYLAND DECISIONS – March, 2012
MARYLAND COURT OF APPEALS Constitutional Law, Right to counsel in post-conviction proceedings: Criminal defendant had no right to counsel in post-conviction collateral proceedings, and therefore circuit court did not abuse its discretion in allowing defendant to discharge counsel and continue pro se. Grandison v. State, No. 117, Sept. Term, 2010. RecordFax No. 12-0222-20, 48 pages. [...]
