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TT&H Attorney Michele Harper recently won a trip and fall case in the Circuit Court for Baltimore County. Plaintiff was a tenant at Defendant’s apartment complex and claimed to be disabled due to having undergone two total knee replacements prior to the alleged occurrence. Plaintiff fell while attempting to enter her apartment building. She claimed… read more

SIGNIFICANT CASE SUMMARIES MD CASE SUMMARY United Parcel Service, et al. v. David Strothers In the Court of Special Appeals Filed: February 4, 2022 Establishing a hernia claim only requires a preponderance of the evidence, the same standard of proof as in other occupational disease claims. Background Claimant sustained an abdominal injury while using a… read more

Attorney Nick Schaufelberger recently prevailed in a breach of contract matter in Charles County, Maryland, in front of The Honorable Thurman Rhodes.  The suit concerned repair work performed on the Plaintiff’s vehicle in February 2021.  At that time, the Plaintiff had brought his vehicle to Nick’s client, a repair shop, complaining that the vehicle would… read more

SIGNIFICANT CASE SUMMARY MD CASE SUMMARY Ross v. Chopra United States District Court for the District of Maryland 2021 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 248013 Decided: December 28, 2021 District Court for the District of Maryland holds that Plaintiff who did not designate an expert to testify to the cause of her emotional distress may not recover… read more

SIGNIFICANT CASE SUMMARY MD CASE SUMMARY Westfield Ins. Co. v. Gilliam In the Court of Appeals of Maryland Filed: February 8, 2022 The statutory offset against underinsured motorist benefits is the amount actually paid to a healthcare provider, not the amount billed by the provider Background Claimant was rear-ended in an automobile accident while driving… read more