Wrongful death, family and personal representative of victim mistaken for home invader killed by co-tenant – action against landlord for failure to introduce co-tenants ($1,800,000.00 awarded in damages by court)
Electrocution, involving wrongful death, at electrified water fountain in front of restaurant and bar, in suit brought against business and patrons ($1,100,000.00)
Product liability claim against maker of camera (endoscope) used in surgery, the source of the spread of bacteria, with a DNA match ($300,000.00)
Electrocution involving worker at construction site who was using jack hammer which came in contact with underground high voltage line, settlement and workers’ compensation award ($275,000.00 plus benefit)
Explosion of hotel’s poorly maintained high energy electrical equipment causing severe burns, among other related injuries, to electrician called by employer to site ($200,000.00 plus worker compensation benefits)
Water safety accident by patron for amusement park ride involving a water tunnel slide ($100,000.00)
Electric shock of worker who came into contact with undisclosed voltage line in electrical box ($70,000.00 plus $25,000.00 in worker’s compensation benefits)
Electric shock, cafeteria worker came into contact with electrified stove from defective repair of adjacent appliance due to water collection ($35,000.00 plus workers’ compensation benefits of $108,900.00)
Slip and fall with surgical injuries by customer from water that had fallen off roof that froze ($237,500.00)
Trip and fall by worker over toolbox of copy repair man involving a traumatic cyst formation in claimant’s back ($100,000.00)
Medical malpractice involving surgical error during an elective hysterectomy when surgeon perforated the large bowel causing complications due to spread of infection ($350,000.00)
Personal injury of student during boat accident in Mexico against school sponsoring foreign trip (Jury verdict after trial of $517,000.00 in damages– new trial granted, case settled for confidential amount)
Professional and Civic Awards
Selected as a Maryland “Super Lawyer” by Baltimore Magazine and Maryland Super Lawyers Magazine in 2012.
Award of a Peer Review Rating of AV Preeminent, highest possible rating in both legal ability and ethical standards, Martindale Hubbell, 2011.
Featured in What’s Up Magazine in 2009 and 2010 as a leading Annapolis lawyer in personal injury law.
1997 Annual Award for Professional Legal Excellence in the Advancement of Professional Competence, presented by the Fellows of the Maryland Bar Foundation.
Education
University of Maryland, B.A., 1973.
University of Baltimore, J.D., 1976.
Admitted to Bar
Maryland, 1976. Circuit Court for Anne Arundel County. Federal District Court for the District of Maryland.
Selected Accomplishments
Chair, Board of Appeals, City of Annapolis; member, 2000-2006
Recipient, Award for Professional Legal Excellence in the Advancement of Professional Competence, Maryland Bar Foundation, 1997
Co-Author: “Teaching Lawyers About Alcohol Can Saves Lives Down the Road,” The Daily Record (Baltimore Maryland), June 19, 1991
Trustee, Maryland Institute for Continuing Education of Lawyers, Inc.,1981-1986, 1999-2001
President, Annapolis Jaycees, Inc., 1985-1986
Member, Trial Courts Judicial Nominating Commission for District Seven, 1988-1994
Panel Member, Maryland Health Claims Arbitration Office, 1989-
Hearing Examiner, Board of Education of Anne Arundel County, 1991-
Facilitator, Circuit Court for Anne Arundel County, 1990-
Reported Cases: Smith v. County Executive, Etc., 421 A.2d 979.
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