On September 4, 2020, two construction workers were critically injured. The injury occurred Friday morning. They were struck by a pipe at an excavation site. The site is where the old Australian Embassy had been. That embassy was razed to … Continue reading
On Friday, August 21, 2020 a man died from a fire. He was pulled from a burning apartment in Southeast Washington according to DC Police. The fire broke out on the first floor. The building was a two-story building in … Continue reading
On Monday, August 17, 2020 a 13 year-old boy died from being hit by a puck. The injury occurred during a hockey practice in Charles County, Maryland. The boy was attending a hockey camp in the Capital Clubhouse in Waldorf, … Continue reading
On Thursday, July 30, 2020 at approximately 1:00 p.m. a two year-old child fell from an apartment building window. The fall occurred in the 4500 block of Connecticut Avenue, NW. The child was pronounced dead at the hospital. Window Fall … Continue reading
On June 25, 2020 a 17 year-old from Silver Spring drowned in Lake Audubon in Reston, VA. The lake is in the 2000 block of Beacon Heights Drive. The police had received a call th at the swimmer had gone … Continue reading
Tolling agreements suspend the statute of limitations. Sometimes in talking with a party about settlement, you start getting close to the limitation deadline. If those talks are ongoing, it may be in the interest of the parties to stop the … Continue reading
The legal profession is similar to many service industries. That is, lawyers are selling a service consisting of their advice, their skill in the courtroom, their skill in drafting documents and their time. Lawyers, unlike most other service professionals, are … Continue reading
Cross-examination has been dealt with on several other pages on this site. Cross-examination in general, cross-examining defense medical experts, cross-examining brain injury experts are all addressed in different posts. In addition the topic of standard of care has been addressed … Continue reading
Voir Dire- To Speak The Truth Voir dire takes place at the beginning of a trial. It consists of the attorneys asking questions of the people who may sit on the jury. Those questions can be fairly broad. However they … Continue reading
There is no question that a picture is worth at least 1,000 words. It may be worth 10,000 words. Frequently you don’t have a picture with you when you’re trying to explain something. A good substitute is a hand-drawn diagram. … Continue reading
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