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Legislative Advocacy

MDC’s Response to the Special Subcommittee of the Rules Committee to Study Contributory Negligence and Comparative Fault

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Appellate Advocacy

MDC's Amicus Brief

University of Maryland Medical System Corporation v. Guiseppina Muti, et al.

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MDC’s brief argues that in a wrongful death case, a plaintiff’s failure to join as parties plaintiff all known statutory beneficiaries should cause the action to be dismissed with prejudice, in order to protect the integrity of the judicial process and prevent unfair prejudice to the defendant and the “missing” plaintiffs.


D.R.D. Pool Service, Inc. v. Thomas Freed, et al.

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In this case the Court of Appeals rejected a challenge to the constitutionality of the cap on non-economic damages. MDC joined fellow amici Medical Mutual, MedChi and the American Medical Association in arguing for the constitutionality of the state’s cap on non-economic damages in serious personal injury cases. The plaintiffs argued that the statute is unconstitutional because it violates the equal protection clauses of the United States Constitution and the Maryland Declaration of Rights, as well as the right to jury trial and the doctrine of separation of powers.


Kelly Green, a minor, etc. et al. vs. N.B.S., Inc., et al.

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MDC’s amicus brief addressed and refuted the plaintiffs’ argument that Maryland’s statutory cap on noneconomic damages is a “special law” in violation of the Maryland Constitution. MDC’s brief analyzed the entire body of Maryland precedents concerning “special law” challenges, as well as cases from other states, and argued that the cap cannot be considered an unconstitutional special law. The Court of Appeals agreed, and found the cap to be consistent with the Maryland Constitution.


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B. Beginning Research, Law Links, University Home Pages and Other Useful Sites

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  1. Courts.net
    This site provides access to local, trial, appellate, state, and federal court websites across the nation. The website also offers information and analysis on 'hot button' judicial issues, a listing of judicial opinions and an awards section for law-related websites.
    http://www.courts.net
  2. University of Baltimore Law Library, Internet Sites by Subject List
    This site provides links to other law related sites by subject matter, including references to US law and government, Organizations, Maryland Law and Government, International law, Law Journals and Periodicals, and other Law Related Search Engines.
    http://law.ubalt.edu/library/
  3. University of Maryland School of Law, Thurgood Marshall Law Library.
    Provides many useful links to law related sites; contains legal subject indexes, links to federal and state sites, web indexes, legal journals and periodicals, Maryland research links, and links to the Maryland Sailor network, catalogs of books in the Maryland University System.
    http://www.law.umaryland.edu/marshall
  4. Maryland State Law Library Home Page
    Includes links to the State Library catalog, commission reports, Maryland Legal Resources, Maryland Government Resources.
    http://www.lawlib.state.md.us/
  5. Law Related Search Engines and Sites
    • Hieros Gamos, Law and Government Site, with search engines and links to law schools, legal associations, law libraries, legal vendors, law firms etc.
      http://www.hg.org/
    • Findlaw.com.
      This contains links to resources in over 30 practice areas. Its search engine limits searches to law related sites and enables more precise searches for attorneys.
      http://www.findlaw.com/
    • Internet Legal Resource Guide (Lawrunner)
      This site has a search engine which searches web sites that are law related. It also contains some basis forms, and links to law firms.
      http://www.ilrg.com/
    • American Law Sources Online
      This site endeavors to maintain links to all available free sources of state and federal law, and includes links to amicus briefs, actual clips from supreme court arguments, hundreds of law reviews and periodicals.
      http://www.lawsource.com
    • 'Lectric Law Library (A successor to House of Representatives' Law Library) This site has links to the statutes, opinions of all 50 states, along with federal and international resources.
      http://www.lectlaw.com/inll/1.htm
  6. Other Academic Sites with Good Law Resources
  7. Law Firm Resources
    Some of the country's law firms, particularly the larger ones, have very comprehensive web sites that not only furnish a forum for introducing the firm, but also have detailed law libraries or links to helpful (and usually carefully screened) sites. The National Law Journal publishes a list of the largest 250 firms, and provides links to their web sites. Links to the NLJ 250 are located at: http://findlaw.com/14firms/lj250.html

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