In a recent unreported opinion by the Maryland Appellate Court, the case of Sarpong v. Nationwide Mutual Fire Insurance Company (Case No. CAL21-09252), the court, presided over by Judges Reed, Ripken, and Salmon, upheld a previous decision by the Circuit Court for Prince George’s County. This decision confirmed the Maryland…
A new unreported case caught my eye, Mock v. Patterson, that involved a topic near and dear to my heart: collecting baseball cards. There are some interesting hearsay issues here in this conversation case that are worth looking at more closely. The entire appeal focused on what the defendant claimed…
The Trans Health Equity Act, also known as House Bill 283, was passed by the Maryland House of Delegates with a majority of 93-37 votes. This bill mandates the inclusion of gender-affirming treatment for transgender individuals in Maryland’s Medicaid program. The next step was for the measure to be considered…
This post was originally written in 2008. So this post is a mismath of different information from 2008-2023 Let’s see where we are now with attorney salaries and, specifically, first-year starting salaries for new lawyers in the Baltimore area. Keep in mind so much of this is based on conjecture…
The Maryland Appellate Court issued a new opinion on security deposits in a landlord-tenant situation This post discusses Maryland security deposit law and this new case. Maryland Security Deposit Law Maryland security deposit law is a set of rules and regulations that govern the handling of security deposits by landlords…
Maryland’s state legislature is called the Maryland General Assembly. The General Assembly has an upper and lower house (just like the U.S. Congress and Senate) and members are elected to 4-year terms. The General Assembly meets annually for 3-month sessions at the begging of each calendar year (January to April).…
In Mayor of Baltimore City v. Prime Realty Assocs., L.L.C., the Court of Appeals of Maryland addressed the constitutional issue of notice and the opportunity to be heard. Let me give you a quick summary and then we will dive deeper into it. The court addressed notice as it pertains…
Sometimes, I think we should be harder on lawyers who have bad intent. But this is a little over the top for me. In Attorney Grievance Commission v. Kepple, a lawyer was given an indefinite suspension of at least 30 days because 13 years ago she hid her real state of residence…
Four new Maryland appellate opinions today. None relate to personal injury claims, but I glanced at all four and figured I would make a blog post out of it. Attorney Grievance Commission v. Butler: A 60-day suspension is in order if a lawyer shows up for trial without a good…
Washington v. Maryland is a new criminal court case that gives some insight into how much discretion trial courts have on voir dire. Great voir dire tips for Maryland lawyers (if we actually had real voir dire in Maryland)