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Attorney Sunny Lapera recently won a defense verdict following a half-day bench trial, which took place on December 6, 2023, in the District Court for Prince George’s County, Maryland.  The case involved claims of automobile negligence where both Plaintiff’s vehicle and Defendant’s tow truck were turning right after exiting a parking lot from a stop… read more

SIGNIFICANT CASE SUMMARIES Maryland Case Summary Baltimore Cotton Duck, LLC v. Ins. Comm’r of the State of Md. Maryland Appellate Court No. 951, September Term, 2022. Decided: October 25, 2023 The Appellate Court of Maryland holds that Baltimore Cotton Duck had not entered into the amendment of the lease under duress and that the authority… read more

SIGNIFICANT CASE SUMMARIES Maryland Case Summary In the Matter of Angela Scott Appellate Court of Maryland- Unreported Number 1042, September Term 2022 Decided: October 3, 2023 Background The Claimant filed issues for permanent partial and permanent total disability as a result of a compensable injury. Following a hearing, the WCC issued its Award finding the… read more

Alexandra Mitchell, a law clerk in the firm’s Baltimore, MD office and a third-year student at the University of Baltimore School of Law, recently attended the historical posthumous bar admission ceremony for Edward Garrison Draper.  Edward Garrison Draper was a free black man who was over qualified to be admitted to the Maryland Bar.  In… read more

SIGNIFICANT CASE SUMMARIES Maryland Case Summary Pennsylvania Manufacturers Association v. Cree Appellate Court of Maryland 2023 Md. App. Decided: September 6, 2023 Because the last injurious exposure rule in Md. Code Ann., Lab. & Empl. § 9-502(b) does not apply to occupational hearing loss cases as set out in § 9-505(b), when allocating liability among… read more