ANNAPOLIS — Representatives from about 25 businesses and municipalities pressed a House committee Wednesday to approve legislation to codify Maryland‘s common-law ban on plaintiffs in personal injury ...

If you’ve been injured due to someone else’s negligence, you may be eligible to file a personal injury claim. However, before you do this, it’s important to familiarize yourself with some of this ...

ANNAPOLIS — In a case closely watched by civil litigators, plaintiffs’ attorneys and defense lawyers battled before Maryland‘s top court Monday over whether the judges should overturn the 165-year-old ...

For all intents and purposes, Pennsylvania has abandoned the doctrine of contributory negligence in favor of comparative negligence. That is, the allocation of a plaintiff's own contribution to a ...

Dr. W was devastated to hear of her patient’s death, and felt guilty, in hindsight, for not considering diabetes since she was aware that the young man had a family history of the disease. She was too ...

Maryland's highest court on Tuesday upheld a law that says people cannot recover damages from an injury in a negligence case if they are found to be partly at fault. In a 5-2 ruling, the Court of ...

GREENSBORO, N.C. -- A Greensboro mother has started a petition on Change.org to fight the Contributory Negligence Law in North Carolina. Mignon Elkes' 23-year-old daughter pictured above was struck ...

GREENSBORO, N.C. -- A Greensboro mother has started a petition on Change.org to fight the Contributory Negligence Law in North Carolina. Mignon Elkes' 23-year-old daughter pictured above was struck ...