Mall owner and management company had separate duties and were each joint tortfeasors under settlement agreement.
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Mall owner and management company had separate duties and were each joint tortfeasors under settlement agreement.
Continue reading ›The Maryland statute of limitations savings clause in CJP 3-2A-04(b)(4)(iv) applies only to the 25% rule, and not all of section (b).
Continue reading ›Summary judgment was inappropriate on inquiry notice for the statute of limitations for an injury that was not healing properly.
Continue reading ›In Maryland, the circuit court must answer fully a jury note to prevent the possibility that the jury would evaluate improper considerations.
Continue reading ›In Maryland, a trial court can assign weight to evidence in exercising its discretion to grant a motion for new trial.
Continue reading ›Maryland healthcare providers are entitled to statutory immunity for providing COVID-related care during the state of emergency.
Continue reading ›A medical malpractice defendant’s policies or practices can be evidence of the Maryland standard of care, but do not control that issue.
Continue reading ›In a Maryland informed consent claim, a doctor has no duty to disclose alternative treatment options the doctor has concluded are not needed.
Continue reading ›The court can give additional peremptory challenges to multiple defendants if it finds adversity of interest between them.
Continue reading ›In Maryland, an expert doctor is in a “related specialty” when there is overlap and symmetry in treatment with the defendant doctor.
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