December 2009 Archives

Cost of Filing an Auto Accident Lawsuit in Maryland

By Ronald V. Miller, Jr on December 16, 2009 4:20 PM | No Comments | No TrackBacks
The fee for filing a personal injury lawsuit in Maryland in Circuit Court is $120. This is court  where we spend most of our time.  This is the Maryland court where you get a jury trial.  For smaller case, you file in District Court and the fee is $30,  hese are the fees in state court.  In federal court in Maryland, the fee for filing a personal injury complaint rises to $350. 

Our personal injury law firm advances all of the client's litigation related costs in our personal injury auto accident lawsuits, including filing fees such as these.

   

Auto Accident Settlement Calculator

By Ronald V. Miller, Jr on December 10, 2009 8:33 AM | No Comments | No TrackBacks
Auto accident victims in Maryland want an accident settlement calculator to determine the value of their case.  "What numbers do I punch in to find out how much my case should settle for with the insurance company?"  

A settlement calculator would be great in an ideal world.  We are all wired to hate uncertainty. In lab experiments, our wiring in this regard is underscored by the fact that we actually prefer physical pain to uncertainty.  

The unfortunate reality is that personal injury cases are far more complicated that than.  The battle over value between Maryland auto accident lawyers and insurance companies is fought not over a settlement formula but over the nuances of the medical records including what were the injuries, how painful and life changing were/are they, and were the bills fair, reasonable and casually related to the accident.  

Serving Defendants in Accident Cases

By Ronald V. Miller, Jr on December 9, 2009 11:49 AM | No Comments | No TrackBacks
Sometimes, one of the hardest part of a Maryland car accident lawsuit is serving the defendant.  If the defendant wants to be slippery he/she can make it hard.  Eventually the process server our car and truck accident lawyers use are going to get you.  But with an obstructionist defendant, it can take time.  The ancillary problem is the defendant who claim he was never served.  Maryland courts make fighting this nonsense somewhat easy:
[T]he return of service of process is presumed to be true and accurate and a mere denial by a defendant, unsupported by corroborative evidence or circumstances, is not enough to impeach the return of the official process server."  Ashe v. Spears, 263 Md. 622, 627, 284 A.2d 207 (1971).  "This is because the affirmative testimony of the process server acting in the regular routine of duty without a motive to misrepresent must be preferred to the negative evidence of one claiming not to have been served, either for reasons of public policy or as a matter of probability."  Id. at 628, 284 A.2d at 210.  "But the burden of proof is on the person denying he was served, and this burden can only be discharged by adducing conclusive and unrefuted testimony or circumstances, which must be... clear and convincing.  Id.
If you have been seriously injured in a car accident in Maryland, call 800-553-8082 for a free consultation.  Our car accident lawyers are only accepting serious injury accident case. 
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