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Attorney Regina Parker recently won a termination of benefits and ruling that Claimant’s cervical spine surgery is unrelated to the work injury. Claimant filed a Claim Petition for ongoing benefits alleging that he fell backwards from his truck and sustained cervical disc herniations, a strain/sprain, and an aggravation of underlying cervical degenerative disease that led… read more

TT&H Attorney Burke McLemore recently won a Claimant’s request for reinstatement of benefits, defending the petition based on the statute of limitations. The carrier had initially accepted only a “back strain.” Three years later the carrier reversed course by issuing a supplemental agreement which expanded the description of injury to include a herniated disc, and… read more

In a precedent-setting decision, the Maryland Court of Special Appeals affirmed the dismissal of a SLAPP suit brought by a real estate developer against several residents and their community groups, who had opposed changes in a planned unit development located in Baltimore.  The decision, MCB Woodberry Developer, LLC v. The Council of Unit Owners of… read more

TT&H Attorney Mike Burgoyne recently won a favorable damages verdict in the Circuit Court for Carroll County, Maryland.  The action arose out of the replacement of an oil-fired boiler at the Plaintiff’s home. The Plaintiff alleged that Mike’s client negligently installed the boiler, and while removing the boiler caused 25 gallons of residential fuel to… read more

On October 8, 2021, New Jersey’s intermediate appellate court, the Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division, overturned two rulings issued by the Lower Court.  Those rulings had denied Mark Sander’s request for partial summary judgment and granted leave to the Plaintiff to amend her complaint so as to designate herself both as Administrator Ad… read more