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Maryland law allows individuals to recover reasonable veterinary expenses for injuries to a pet, with the fair market value of the pet being available should it die from its injuries.  At present, the Maryland legislature is considering a law that, if passed, would raise the compensatory damages cap for such claims.  The current limit of… read more

MARYLAND CLIENT ADVISORY Effective October 1, judgment creditors can no longer seek license suspension though the Motor Vehicle Administration. Effective October 1, 2020, under Chapter law 149, Sections 17-204 to 17-207 of the Transportation Article are repealed.  Previously, these sections of the Transportation Article permitted a judgment creditor to request the Motor Vehicle Administration to… read more

MARYLAND CLIENT ADVISORY In its last opinion of the 2019 term, Maryland’s Court of Appeals, in a 4-3 decision, overruled its prior case law on expert testimony and formally adopted the Daubert reliability factors for all expert testimony. See Rochkind v. Stevenson, No. 47, September Term, 2019. Maryland now joins the super-majority of jurisdictions who… read more

TT&H COVID-19 and the Pennsylvania Workers’ Compensation Act

Gallagher v. GEICO Indem. Co. Pennsylvania Supreme Court No. 35 WAP 2017, 2019 Pa. LEXIS 345 Decided: January 23, 2019 Supreme Court invalidates UM/UIM household vehicle exclusion in inter-policy stacking case.  The Plaintiffs’ Bar is declaring this case a landmark victory that will trigger an expansion of risk for insurance companies and, among other things,… read more