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April 2016 in the Maryland Judiciary

By Byron Warnken

There were 7,976 unique cases filed in Maryland circuit courts.  This represents Maryland state circuit courts only – not federal courts or Maryland appellate courts.

Torts, as usual, did not make up a particularly large portion of the cases filed.  Housing foreclosures, also as usual, represented the largest swath of cases.

Break down of cases by listing type:

  • 259 Motor Torts Cases Filed
  • 231 Workers’ Compensation Appeals and Administrative Agency Appeals
  • 40 Medical Malpractice Actions

Some of the most active personal injury lawyers in Maryland, by number of cases filed:

Car Accident Lawyers

Mcelroy, Thomas Esq
Walter, Brennan W Esq
Poberesky, Alex Esq
Hoffman, Marc E Esq
Berry, Nathan E Esq
Dachille, Timothy A Esq
Dwin, Harold P Esq
Hammond, Gregory E Esq
Harak, David A Esq
Hensley, Samuel F Esq

 

Workers’ Comp Lawyers

Boscolo, Benjamin T Esq
Macleay, Kenneth G Esq
Hall, John M Jr
Gordon, Matthew D Esq

First-Quarter 2016 Maryland Judiciary Statistics

By Byron Warnken

In all, there were 22,310 unique civil actions in Maryland’s circuit courts in the first quarter of 2016.  Torts, as always, were a far smaller percentage of the whole than the tort reformers would have you believe.  Case types classically defined as “torts” or personal injury – car accidents, workers’ compensation appeals, and medical malpractice […]

The Hidden Costs of Maryland’s Non-Economic Damages Cap

By Byron Warnken

One might think a cap on non-economic damages is reasonable.  In theory, it is reasonable.  That’s how the right sells it to our population.  I do not, however, believe the cap on non-economic damages in Maryland is reasonable.  It’s simply too low at approximately $800,000. How do you tell someone born with severe cerebral palsy […]

September’s Car Accident Cases in Maryland

By Byron Warnken

September saw at least 227 car accident cases (listed as either motor tort or motor torts) filed in Maryland Circuit Courts, not include Maryland District Courts which also see numerous cases filed in Maryland, or Prince George’s or Montgomery Counties – also with significant volume. Of those listed, not surprisingly, Baltimore City has the largest amount […]

July’s Maryland Medical Malpractice Cases

By Byron Warnken

There were 15 Maryland medical malpractice lawsuits filed in July, as you can see from the table below.  Note, multiple entries have the same case number.  Often, an entry is listed twice – once with the plaintiff’s attorney, the other time with defense counsel. Case Number Name Court Case Caption 03C15007300 Schochor, Jonathan Esq Baltimore […]

Maryland’s Best? Lawyers

By Byron Warnken

A lawyer can’t tell you he’s the best.  In fact, he can’t tell you anything that compares himself to another lawyer unless it’s objectively true.  Why don’t we tolerate puffery in legal services the same way we do in nearly everything else in our capitalist society?  I’m not sure.  We’re lawyers.  We’re sticklers for the […]

Medical Malpractice Makes Up Less than 1% of All New Civil Cases

By Byron Warnken

This stat is brought to you by PopTort and The Center for Justice and Democracy’s Medical Malpractice briefing book.  It’s also completely consistent with what we reported in our Medical Malpractice Inforgraphic here. Also highlighted in PopTort’s post: Imaging costs (a marker of defensive medicine) do not go down in states with non-economic damages caps. […]

May 2015 Maryland Circuit Court Lawsuits Filed

By Byron Warnken

May of 2015 saw very few medical malpractice cases, as is clearly the norm.  In all, there were only 19 lawsuits listed as medical malpractice or, as Anne Arundel County lists them, MEDMAL.  Per usual, our monthly report on torts including med mal does not include Montgomery County or Prince George’s County cases, as they […]

April 2015 Maryland Litigation Statistics

By Byron Warnken

April 2015 saw 6699 different cases filed in Maryland Circuit Courts. Of these cases, only 10 were listed as medical malpractice. This is completely consistent with numbers from the first quarter. We highlighted those stats – medical malpractice made up less than one half of 1% of all circuit court cases – in this medical […]