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The Maryland LGTCA notice is a written notice that an injury victim must serve on a local government within one year of the injury. Miss that one-year window, and a strong personal injury claim against a Maryland county, city, or other local government can fail before any court reaches the merits. The Maryland LGTCA notice trips up more meritorious cases

The Maryland statute of limitations for personal injury sets the hard deadline for filing a lawsuit after an injury. Miss the deadline, and the case almost always ends before it begins. This article explains the Maryland statute of limitations for personal injury in general terms. It covers the three-year default rule, the shorter notice deadlines that apply when a government

After an accident, one of the first phone calls you may receive is from an insurance adjuster. The call often comes quickly. Sometimes it arrives within hours of the incident. The adjuster may sound friendly, sympathetic, and genuinely interested in helping you. Understanding how to deal with insurance adjusters starts with this dynamic: the adjuster works for the insurance company,

If you have hired a personal injury lawyer, one of the first questions on your mind may be: can the insurance company contact me directly after I have an attorney? What about the other side's law firm? This question comes up in nearly every personal injury case we handle at Gelb & Gelb, P.C. The answer rests on clear ethical

If you have ever wondered what is an ERISA lien and how it could affect your personal injury recovery, you are not alone. When someone else's negligence injures you, your employer's health insurance plan likely paid some or all of your medical bills. If you then pursue a personal injury claim and obtain a settlement or judgment, that health plan

The DC streetcar closing is now set for March 31, 2026, when the streetcar will make its last run along H Street and Benning Road NE. After a decade of service, persistent ridership shortfalls, and a budget battle at the DC Council, the District Department of Transportation has set a firm closure date, one year earlier than the March 2027

To start, there is never any guarantee that your case is worth $25,000. Every case is different. Moreover, even a case that receives an award for $25,000 from one judge or jury may receive a completely different amont from another judge or jury based on the same facts. If you are settling your case, you are avoiding many of the

The Meta social media harm case represents the potential for precedent that could enable victims of these platforms to recover damages. Meta is facing well over 1,000 lawsuits for social media harm from various plaintiffs as part of in re: Social Media Adolescent Addiction/Personal Injury Products Liability. As there are so many lawsuits pending across several districts, the U.S. District