Posted On: March 21, 2008
Legal Malpractice Settlement and Verdicts in Maryland, Virginia and Washington D.C.
Metro Verdicts Monthly recently provided data on legal malpractice settlements and verdicts in Virginia, Maryland and Washington, D.C. The median legal malpractice settlement/verdict in Washington D.C. was a whopping $262,500.00. In Virginia and Maryland, the median legal malpractice settlement/verdict was $212,500.00 and $140,211.00 respectively.
What explains the incredible disparity between Washington, D.C. and Maryland and why is Maryland's median so low? I really have no idea. As always, I find this type of data very interesting yet useless.
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Good day. I retained an MD attorney in a case. The case settled and he collected a whole lot more than the 30% he was promised (262%). Now the other party has reneged on the agreement and my attorney has refused to help me further. I believe that the breach is part of the original case. I may loose and be SOL due to his refusal. Can I take action under the MD Bad Faith (Legal Malpractice) laws? Thanks.
Posted by: GM | October 6, 2009 6:20 PM