Significant Cases

Appeal Cases:

Major Cases:

SHA v. Garner

The State Highway Administration condemned property of our client in Solomons, Maryland. That State offered to pay the client $202,000.00, their opinion as to the fair market value. Our firm tried the case before a jury and received a verdict of $722,000.00- every penny the client requested.

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Johnson v. James

Our client was driving along a road in his neighborhood when another driver ran through a stop sign without stopping and broadsided our client. The person causing the accident was a resident of Great Britain and was visiting the United States and driving a rental car. He had little or no assets. We were able to locate insurance to cover our client’s injuries and settled the case for $900,000.00.

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Shea v. Taylor

Our client was driving on a Calvert County back road from her house to work. A drunk driver’s vehicle crossed the center line and struck our client’s vehicle, causing her injuries including a broken leg. The man who caused the accident had no insurance and the car he was driving was not insured. We were able to prove, however, that the at fault driver was acting within the scope of his employment and we were able to access the employer’s insurance policy. We settled the case for $500,000.00.

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State v. Doe

Our client was charged criminally with rape and other very serious charges stemming from an incident that occurred in North Beach, Maryland. Our client asserted his innocence from the outset. After a two day jury trial our firm was able to have the client acquitted on all charges.

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Donaldson v. Ryan

Our firm represented the mother of a child who was involved in a bitter custody dispute. The father of the child met the mother at a location in Prince Frederick to return the two little children after a visitation. Two minutes after the children got into our client’s car she was stopped by the police and the children’s backpacks were searched. It turned out that the father had placed a loaded hand gun and cocaine in the children’s backpack and then telephoned the police to “tip them off” that their mother was in possession of a loaded hand gun and cocaine. The father took these steps to improve his position in the custody case.

We filed suit against the father on behalf of the mother for intentional infliction of emotion distress. After a 2 day jury trial we obtained a judgment in favor of the mother against the father for $125,000.00.

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Ridge Valley v. Lopez

The owner of a large house in the northern part of Calvert County hired our construction company client to build an addition. The parties signed a contract. Throughout construction the homeowner requested more and more changes and the work went way beyond what was originally contracted for. The homeowner promised to “square up” with our builder client at the end. When construction was complete the owner refused to pay as promised. After a seven day trial we won a judgment in favor of our client against the homeowner in the amount of $236,000.00.

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Doe v. Row

We represented a school bus driver who for years was subjected to sexual advances and crude jokes of a sexual nature by her boss. The boss even on occasion touched our client inappropriately. However, he always did so when no on else was around. Despite his threats to our client and despite the lack of any corroborating witnesses to the bosses actions were initiated suit against him and obtained a very sizeable settlement for our client.