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Friolo v. Frankel: 14 years of Maryland litigation and still going strong
Friolo sued Frankel under the Maryland wage payment and collection statute, and the rest has been 14 years of trial and appellate history, including the appointment of a special master and three trips to Maryland’s highest court. Â A lot of the fighting has dealt with attorneys’ fees, specifically the reasonableness of requested fee-shifting under Md.
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“New” Maryland Rule 2-305
Effective January 1 of this year, a new rule provision went into effect governing damages clauses in civil complaints in Circuit Court. Under newly modified Rule 2-305, a demand for a money judgment less than $75,000 shall specify the amount sought, but a demand for more than $75,000 shall not specify the amount, but merely
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What is a Stipulation of Dismissal?
A recent comment on this blog suggested the following post for information purposes. For those (maybe my mentees) who don’t practice routinely in the Maryland or federal civil courts, a stipulation of dismissal is a tool by which a plaintiff may dismiss any unserved defendant, any defendant who has not yet filed a responsive pleading
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Dan Friedman on the Jones v. Anne Arundel County decision
Sometimes legal issues have public “sizzle”; sometimes they are a little dryer and of interest primarily to true legal scholars. Â My law school classmate Dan Friedman, author of a major reference text on Maryland constitutional law, has written in The Daily Record a critique of the reasoning of the Court of Appeals in Daryl Jones
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Required Automobile Security – Transportation Article 17-104
Under Maryland law (specifically Md. Code Ann. TA § 17-104), an owner of a vehicle must maintain required security (almost always insurance, in rare cases a self-insured bond substitute) during the registration period for the vehicle. Three trial issues present themselves regarding any prosecution of this charge. While it’s non-jailable, defense counsel who face this
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New Court Rules in Maryland
This is a head’s up primarily to other practitioners in Maryland. I learned of several court rules at the MSBA Annual Meeting several weeks ago. Â In Circuit Court, complaints seeking more than $75,000.00 should not put the damage claim in precise numbers, but should state only that the damages sought exceed $75,000.00. According to the
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Liquor License Liability for Car Crashes in Maryland
Baltimore Sun, March 11, 2013: “If you’re going to load up somebody with liquor, at least be responsible so they don’t get behind the wheel,” said the Rev. William Warr of Urbana , the child’s disabled grandfather who, with his wife, Angela, were raising Jazimen and her sister Cortavia Harris. Cortavia suffered a broken hip in the
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Stopping for red flashing lights on a schoolbus in Maryland
Under 21-706 of the Maryland Transportation Article, you have to stop at least 20 feet behind (if approaching from behind) or 20 feet from the front (if approaching from the front) of a schoolbus with red flashing lights or a stop-sign extended out from the bus. Â There is an exception for buses on the opposite
