Month: December 2023
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The Appellate Court of Maryland addresses choice of law question
The Appellate Court of Maryland addresses choice of law question, holding law from the place where the injury initially developed applies. In Blackston v. Drs. Weight Loss Centers Inc., No. 553, Sept. Term,2022, 2023 WL 4247374 (Md. Ct. Spec. App. June 29, 2023), cert. granted sub nom. Doctor's Weight ... Read More
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Fifth Circuit Proposes Expansive AI Disclosure Rule
After a pair of New York attorneys were aggressively sanctioned in June by a federal district court for submitting wholly fictional case citations they obtained from ChatGPT, lawyers, and legal scholars around the country, have rapidly become more aware of the dangers associated with irresponsible use of artificial intelligence and generative algorithms. Now, one federal appellate circuit court ... Read More
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Maryland Appeals Court gives Defendants Burden of Proving Apportionment of Damages
In Williams v. Dimensions Health Corp., No. 0036, 2023 WL 5523951 (Md. App. Ct. Aug. 28, 2023), defendant challenging damages as having a proximate cause other than its negligence has the burden of proving apportionment. Plaintiff claims his physician negligently caused a right leg amputation after a car accident. The MVA – not ... Read More
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United States District Court for the District of Maryland grants summary judgment on 3(a) exclusion
Earlier this week, the United States District Court for the District of Maryland granted, in part, summary judgment against a title insurer for failing to provide a defense to an underlying fraud and conspiracy action. In Sharestates Investments, LLC v. WFG National Title Ins. Co., the Court reaffirmed that the duty to defend is significantly broader than the duty to ... Read More
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Virginia Court of Appeals Rules that Statements Made by Decedent to His Heirs About the Cause of His Fall at a Hospital Were Sufficiently Collaborated by Statements Made to Disinterested Witnesses to be Admissible Under the Dead Man’s Statute
In Bon Secours-DePaul Med. Ctr., Inc. v. Rogakos-Russell, No. 1134-22-1, 2023 WL 7134822 (Va. Ct. App. Oct. 31, 2023), Father Constantine Rogakos, a Greek Orthodox priest, died after falling in an ultrasound examination room. His Estate sued and at trial, the evidence established that Father Rogakos was elderly and had difficulty standing and walking ... Read More