A personal injury claim asks one question: did someone fail to act with reasonable care, and did that failure hurt you? The answer decides who pays for the medical bills, the missed work and everything the injury changed.
Blank Kim Injury Law handles injury and wrongful death claims throughout Maryland. Attorney Robert Kim speaks Korean, most of our paralegals speak Spanish, and someone answers our phone at any hour.
Injury cases we handle in Maryland
Vehicle collisions. Car accidents, truck accidents, motorcycle crashes, bus accidents, rideshare collisions, and injuries to pedestrians and bicycle riders. Also drunk driving crashes and claims against uninsured and hit-and-run drivers.
Medical negligence. Medical malpractice, including misdiagnosis and delayed diagnosis, plus birth injuries and cerebral palsy.
Abuse claims. Confidential civil claims for survivors of sexual abuse, including child sexual abuse, and for residents harmed by nursing home abuse.
Injuries on property and at work. Dog bites, slip and fall injuries, construction accidents, workers' compensation and defective products.
Catastrophic injury and death. Brain injuries, spinal cord injuries, burn injuries and wrongful death claims.
Maryland's fault rule can end a claim
Maryland follows contributory negligence. If you are found even slightly at fault for what happened, you can be barred from recovering anything, with narrow exceptions. Only a few places in the country still apply this rule.
In practice, that means insurers look hard for any share of blame to assign to you: a glance away from the road, a step onto a wet floor, a decision to keep working while in pain. How the evidence is gathered and presented early on often decides the claim. It is also why it helps to talk to a lawyer before giving a recorded statement.
What a personal injury claim can include
- Medical bills already incurred and the care you will still need
- Lost wages and reduced ability to earn a living
- Pain, suffering and loss of enjoyment of life
- Property damage
- Losses to a spouse or family, including in a wrongful death claim
Maryland caps non-economic damages, such as pain and suffering, and adjusts that cap over time. Medical malpractice claims have their own separate cap. No lawyer can tell you what your claim is worth before seeing the records, and past results in other cases do not predict the outcome of yours.
How long you have to file in Maryland
Most Maryland injury lawsuits must be filed within three years of the injury. Several situations are different:
- Medical malpractice claims generally run five years from the injury or three years from discovery, whichever comes first.
- Claims against a state or local government can require written notice far sooner.
- Claims involving children, including birth injuries, follow their own rules.
- Claims for child sexual abuse follow rules Maryland has changed in recent years.
Evidence also disappears long before any deadline: video is overwritten, vehicles are repaired, witnesses move. Start a free case review rather than waiting to see what the insurer offers.
How we handle an injury claim
- Free case review. Tell us what happened. There is no obligation to hire us, and the review costs nothing.
- Investigation. We collect the reports, photographs, video, witness accounts and records that show how the injury happened.
- Medical documentation. We gather your treatment records and bills, and we work with your providers to document what you will need going forward.
- Negotiation. We present the claim to the insurer with the evidence behind it, and we tell you plainly what an offer is worth.
- Litigation when needed. If the offer is not fair, we can file suit and pursue the claim in a Maryland court.
You can reach our team in English, Korean or Spanish, from any of our five Maryland offices.
