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  • Legal Malpractice -- D.C. adopts continuous representation rule
    • Legal Malpractice --Maryland -- Recent Third Party Beneficiary Opinions
    • Legal Malpractice Verdict Upheld Against Maryland Attorney Based On Settlement 12 Years Ago
    • Legal Malpractice -- Damages -- DC -- Default Order Against Defendant
    • DC -- Lawyer's Admission of Error -- Summary Judgment Prevented Even Where Plaintiff Had No Expert
    • Discovery Rule -- Legal Malpractice -- DC -- Fiduciary Relationship
    • ESTOPPEL DEFENSE
    • Continuing Tort Doctrine Under DC Law
    • Damages Rules in Va.
    • Legal Malpractice Claim and Bankruptcy
  • Medical Malpractice -  Maryland -- Changes in Protocol Not Admissible
    • Medical Malpractice -- D.C. -- Consequences of Failure To Name Expert
    • Continuous Treatment Rule Adopted in D.C. Medical Malpractice Cases
    • CHIROPRACTOR CAN BE SUED FOR PSYCHIATRIC MALPRACTICE IN D.C.
    • Defamation Charged By Surgeon When Hospital's General Counsel Submitted Report to National Practitioner Data Bank
    • No Wrongful Life in Maryland
  • Insurance -- Maryland -- Unfair Trade Practices Not Exclusive Remedy
    • Lead Contamination, Mini-Blinds, Trigger of Coverage, Insurance
    • Limitations on Insurer's Breach of Duty to Defend Starts Running After Underlying Action Is Terminated
    • Nonassignability Clause In Automobile Liability Policy Is Not Contrary To Public Policy And Is Enforceable in Maryland
    • Conveyance of Property to Va. L.L.C. Was Conveyance to Separate Entity and Terminated Title Policy
    • Breach of Cooperation Clause
    • No-Action Clause Upheld in Maryland
    • UM Coverage for Purse Snatching
  • District of Columbia Recognizes Tort of Negligent Spoliation of Evidence
    • Other Negligent Spoliation Cases
    • In Virginia, Liability Protection Under Rental Car Contract Is Primary Coverage
  • Construction -- Duty Under D.C. Law to Provide Safe Workplace Not Preempted
    • Contractual Indemnification -- D.C. -- General Indemnified For Own Negligence
    • Indemnification Clauses
  • Employment -- D.C. -- Exceptions to At-Will Doctrine Expanded
    • Punitive Damages -- Standard Under Title VII -- D.C. Circuit
    • Jordan Coyne & Savits, L.L.P. -- Employment -- At Will Doctrine
    • D.C. -- Wrongful Discharge Action Reinstated Based on Statutorily Banned Retaliation
    • D.C. Court Affirms $300,000 Sex Discrimination Verdict But Reverses Punitive Damages
    • Discharge For Protesting Health Code Violations -- At Will Employee Can Sue in D.C.
    • Wrongful Discharge -- DC -- Bribery Whistleblower
    • Policy Manual Disclaimers; DC; Wrongful Termination; Discrimination; Hypertension
    • Va Does Not Recognize An Exception to At-Will Employment Doctrine Based On Obstruction of Justice Statute
    • Proper venue in employment discrimination suit in Maryland
  • Virginia -- Insurance Coverage -- Reservation of Rights Prevents Estoppel
    • Insurance -- Virginia -- Loading and Unloading Clause -- School Bus
  • Supreme Court of Virginia Wipes Out $15 Million Products Liability Verdict
    • Internet Contacts Only Satisfy Long-Arm Statute in Virginia
  • Premises Liability -- Maryland -- Landlord's Liability For Injuries In Common Areas
    • Premises Liability--MD--Duty of Landlord--Dogbite In Tenant's Apartment
    • Virginia Respondeat Superior Doctrine Clarified For Intentional Torts
    • Lead-Based Paint in Maryland:  Landlords Face A Tougher Standard
    • Threshold for Proof of Lead-Based Paint in Maryland Is Lowered
    • Liability for Foul Balls at Baseball Stadium Under Virginia Law
  • Damages for Pre-Impact Fright Available Under Maryland Law
    • Pre-Impact Fright Damages and Post-Impact Loss of Enjoyment of Life in Maryland
    • Certificate of Qualified Expert Needed To Sue Architect or Engineer in Maryland
    • Only Party Who Propounded Discovery Is Entitled To Seek Sanctions In Maryland
    • Discretionary Venue Transfers -- Maryland Rule 2-327(c) -- Reversible Error
    • Underinsurance
    • Assumption of Risk Defense Upheld in Maryland in Gas Leak Explosion
    • Spoliation
  • Recent Developments in Workers Compensation
    • Workers Compensation --Labor Market Surveys May Prove Residual Wage Earning Capacity
    • D.C. Workers Compensation, Utilization Review Opinion Favored By Court
    • DC Amendments
    • Payments in Another State Bars Compensation Under D.C. Workers' Comp. Act
    • Presumption of Compensability
    • Subrogation and Settlement -Virginia Supreme Court holds that employer loses its subrogation rights in third party action where petition to ascertain lien is not filed prior to settlement
    • Liens Under Va Comp Act
  • DC Contribution Rules -- Contribution, Indemnity Between Successive Tortfeasors
  • DC  Consumer Protection Procedures Act Applies To Reverse Mortgages
  • Md -- Off Duty Police Officer, Beyond Jurisdiction, Has Qualified Immunity For Hotel Lobby Gunfight
    • Profess. Rescuer's Doctrine -- DC -- Exception Recognized
    • Off Duty Shooting -- DC
  • DC -- Arbitration -- Whether Arbitrator Exceeded His Powers
    • Appealability of Denial of Petition to Compel Arbitration under Maryland law
  • Miscellaneous Professional Liability
    • Adoption Agency Not Liable For Unknown Medical Problems of Adoptee
    • HMO Liability
  • D.C. Civil Procedure
    • Discovery Enlargements DC IME's-- Reversible Error To Deny
    • Long-Arm Jurisdiction Based on Advertising Within Forum
    • Internet-Based Jurisdiction Rejected by DC Circuit
    • DC -- Claim for Loss of Consortium Not Barred By Injured Spouse's Contributory Negligence
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