by Tucker Clagett | Posted in Personal Injury | Reading Time: 9 minutes
You have just been in a car accident. What do you do? Most people cannot answer this question. It isn’t something that happens all the time! We prepared this short guide to give you a step-by-step process to follow if you have been in a car accident. We cannot make it as if the accident...
by Tucker Clagett | Posted in Personal Injury | Reading Time: 8 minutes
This post gives you a road map of the “usual” personal injury case in Waldorf, Maryland, Charles County, Maryland, or St. Mary’s County, Maryland. I wrote it to give my clients, and prospective clients, a good general outline of what to expect if you have a personal injury case because of a car accident or...
by Tucker Clagett | Posted in Personal Injury | Reading Time: 9 minutes
This post explains how property damage claims are handled in a Maryland car accident case. We will explain what is covered, what is not, and how to protect yourself during this process The at-fault driver (really their insurance company) has to pay for damages to your property, just like they have to pay for your...
by Tucker Clagett | Posted in Personal Injury | Reading Time: 5 minutes
If you are reading this, it usually means I asked you to because some entity has asserted a lien on the proceeds of your personal injury case. This post will explain what liens are, how they affect your case, and what we can do about them. Call me to discuss it if we have not...
by Tucker Clagett | Posted in Personal Injury | Reading Time: 2 minutes
Here in Southern Maryland we have some wonderful hiking and biking trails. But once you get off these trails or out of your neighborhood you may find yourself either riding or walking along a road that is being used by motorists as if it were an interstate highway! People drive fast and reckless around here!...
by Tucker Clagett | Posted in Personal Injury | Reading Time: 3 minutes
Two recent news stories put an interesting twist on the issue of people who left the scene of a car accident. Everyone knows leaving the scene of a car accident, especially when someone suffers a personal injury, is a big, big no-no. But do you know the penalties? Do you know what your legal duties...
by Tucker Clagett | Posted in Personal Injury | Reading Time: 9 minutes
If you buy car insurance in Maryland, you will likely purchase something called uninsured motorist coverage. Attorneys call it UM for short. You may see it abbreviated as “UM/UIM” on your car insurance declarations page. Almost nobody understands it when they buy it. Maryland state law sort of forces it on you. So, most people...
by Tucker Clagett | Posted in Personal Injury | Reading Time: 8 minutes
If you are reading this, and you are one of my personal injury clients, chances are your deposition has been scheduled. Please read this over and call me if you have any questions. We are going to meet before your deposition to prepare for it. But you will be much better prepared for your deposition if...
by Tucker Clagett | Posted in Personal Injury | Reading Time: 3 minutes
If you are reading this post, it is probably because we have received a trial date for your personal injury case. If I have a formal notice it is attached to the email I sent you. If it is coming later in the mail from the court, we will send it when we get it....
by Tucker Clagett | Posted in Personal Injury | Reading Time: 2 minutes
Maryland’s highest court recently decided a personal injury case, and they refused the opportunity to do away with contributory negligence, a defense often used in automobile accident cases and other personal injury claims. Therefore, if you get into a car accident in Waldorf, Maryland, you will still have to worry about the issue of contributory...
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