Virginia's Supreme Court reinstated a $7M brain-injury verdict, holding circumstantial evidence of causation need not rule out every other possibility.

The Supreme Court of Virginia affirmed a $2M wrongful death verdict, holding the Dead Man's Statute did not silence the patient's own account of his fall.

Baltimore renewed its dockless scooter program in 2024 with Spin and Lime. Who pays when a rider is hurt — the company, a driver, or the city?

Federal research estimates 1 in 18 ER patients is misdiagnosed. How DC law handles emergency-room diagnostic-error claims, and the 90-day notice trap.

When a Virginia school bus crash injures a child, sovereign immunity is waived up to the school board's insurance. How these claims actually work.

Maryland's 2024 wrongful death numbers: the $935,000 cap, the 150% multiplier for families, the lower med-mal cap, and why the date of injury controls.

The Supreme Court of Virginia held a housing authority acts like any private landowner when maintaining its property — no sovereign immunity.

The DC Court of Appeals reversed dismissal of a med-mal case the plaintiff forgot to list in bankruptcy — and gave lawyers the playbook to save such claims.

DC traffic deaths hit a 16-year high in 2023, the year before Vision Zero's target date. What civil accountability looks like for victims' families.

Most cars record crash data. What Virginia's EDR privacy statute and federal rule 49 CFR Part 563 mean for proving your crash case.

The Dali's owners have invoked an 1851 law to cap all Key Bridge claims at about $43.7 million. What the Limitation of Liability Act means for the families.

Maryland's e-bike classes, age and helmet rules, and what happens legally when a child is hurt riding — or hit by — an electric bike.

Virginia's Court of Appeals affirmed a $1.18M med-mal verdict, holding a failure-to-mitigate instruction can't smuggle in contributory negligence.

The D.C. Circuit has certified the Whiteru v. WMATA trespasser question to the D.C. Court of Appeals. What's at stake for injured Metro riders.

Hit by debris, tripped at a torn-up sidewalk, hurt near a DC construction site? How bystander claims work: who owes duties, notice traps, and evidence.

Virginia's UM/UIM stacking law is in effect — but only for some policies. An FAQ on renewals, offset elections, and which rule governs your crash.

Maryland store-fall cases live or die on notice. The three ways to prove it — created hazard, actual notice, constructive notice — and the evidence for each.

Hit by a driver with little or no insurance? Your own uninsured and underinsured motorist coverage may be the most important protection you have.

Uber and Lyft insurance in DC, 2023: how the app-period coverage layers work, what changed since 2015, and the traps in rideshare crash claims.

As of July 1, 2023, Virginia UIM coverage pays on top of the at-fault driver's insurance — no more offset. Before-and-after examples and what to check.