Attention Maryland Lawyers Handling Snow and Ice Slip and Fall Cases (Assuming There Are Any Left)
Posted On: December 11, 2008
On Monday, the Maryland Court of Special Appeals decided Allen v. Marriott Worldwide Corporation, a Montgomery County slip and fall on ice case. The case sends a clear message to Maryland slip and fall lawyers: most ice slip and fall cases will not get to a jury.
This is just a small step forward – the court eradicates a potential factual distinction between black ice that cannot be seen by the naked eye and white ice. But after Morgan State University v. Walker, it is hard to expect a good slip and fall opinion from Maryland’s appellate courts absent compelling circumstance where the injury victim really had no choice – defined nearly literally – but to be where he or she was at the time of the fall.
You can find the opinion here.
- Sample Slip and Fall Complaint (snow and ice)
- Sample Motion to Defeat Summary Judgment in Snow and Ice Slip and Fall Case
- Recent Snow and Ice Slip and Fall Maryland Court of Appeals Opinion (MSU v. Walker)
- $370,000 Jury Verdict in Anne Arundel County in Snow and Ice Slip and Fall (Miller & Zois verdict)
- Assumption of the Risk Doctrine in Maryland (explanation of Maryland doctrine)
