Maryland Injury Lawyer Blog

The Baltimore Injury Lawyer Blog last week published a comment written by a State Farm in-house counsel, issuing a rebuttal of sorts about a trial John Bratt tried against State Farm last month.

John's verdict in this case was 8 times the State Farm offer. State Farm's lawyer argued in his comment that it was not a big win for us because the jury only gave the plaintiff her medical bills. The crazy thing is that we agree. John did not view it as a big win, he asked for and was hoping for a lot more. But if we get a verdict that is 8 times the State Farm offer and both our lawyers and State Farm's lawyers think they won, what exactly does that say about the fairness of their offer? I think it calls into question the accuracy of the evaluations State Farm is making in Maryland accident claims.

The message, as always, for Maryland accident lawyers with claims against State Farm and other like minded insurance companies: try more cases.