Appellate Watch by Walter E. Laake
Walter E. Laake, Jr. is a partner in the firm Joseph, Greenwald & Laake, P.A. of Greenbelt. He received his J. D. from the Univ. of Maryland School of Law. Mr. Laake is a member of MTLA’s Board of Governors and a member of its President’s Club as a Founder. He serves as Vice-Chair of the Membership Committee and is a member of the Amicus and Unfair Insurance Claim Practices Committees. Mr. Laake is a Past President of the Prince George’s County Bar and serves on its Trial Courts Judicial Nominating Commission. He is also a member of the Attorney Grievance Commission’s Inquiry Panel, the TLPJ, and a Lifetime member of ATLA. His practice includes professional negligence, product liability, and employment law.
Case # Case Name 58-368-99
Counsel for Appellant Area of Law
Jack Sokoloff v. Gila Davis, et al.
59-2549-99 Linda Lowe Marion, et al. v. Physicians’ Promptcare, et al.
60-1959-00 Lois A. Treat, P.R. of
Charles Fineblum 410-356-1368
Domestic/Foreclosure Diane Goldsmith
410-363-6386
Medical Negligence/ Good Samaritan Act
Irwin Weiss
the Estate of Dennis Treat 410-821-5435 for Judgment
61-2128-00 Gail Young v. Anne Arundel County, Maryland 410-268-5600
Domestic Relations/ Employee Benefits
62-2263-00 Albert Lai, M.D. v. Betty Frederick Goundry, III Sagle, P.R. of the Estate of 301-631-1800
63-520-00 Harris v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
Thelma Giffen, et al. Medical Negligence/Mistrial Mary Harris,
pro se 301-498-3831 Evidence
64-930-00 Univ. of MD Medical Mairi Pat Maguire System Corp. v. Janet
410-783-4018
Malory, P.R. of the Estate of Jamal Mallory, a minor
Beachley/ Washington County Loney/Anne Arundel County
v. Sagamore Mechanical Wrongful Death/Motion Construction, Inc., et al.
Ronald Jarashow Lerner/Anne Arundel County
Cahill/Baltimore County
Judge
Jurisdiction Dancy/
Baltimore City Baldwin/ Harford County Issues
Did the trial court err in denying appellant/mortgagee’s mo- tion to set aside the sale of the property that was sold in a divorce proceeding notwithstanding an earlier foreclosure action that had been filed?
Did the trial court err in granting a new trial and in ruling that the Good Samaritan Act applied to a case of medical negligence that occurred in the parking lot of the defen- dant physician’s office building for a condition caused by the defendant doctor twenty minutes earlier?
Where the defendant admitted to entering the intersection and making a left-hand turn in front of plaintiff’s decedent who was lawfully proceeding in the opposite direction, did the trial court err in denying plaintiff’s motion for judg- ment at the conclusion of all of the evidence?
Young was separated from her spouse, a retired police of- ficer who later died. Did Young waive her rights to pension benefits in her separation agreement with her spouse? Ad- ditionally, did the filing of a life insurance change of beneficiary form with AETNA – not Anne Arundel County – effectively cause Young to be denied her benefits under the Police Service Retirement Plan?
Did the trial court abuse its discretion in denying defendant’s motion for mistrial after plaintiff’s counsel told the jury in opening statement that the defendant had been sued 5 times previously?
Did the trial court err in allowing the defendant to cross- examine plaintiff on criminal convictions beyond the 10 year limitation of Federal Rules of Evidence 609(b) and further allowing defense counsel to excessively explore plaintiff ’s past criminal record including cases where pro- bation before judgment was the final disposition?
Nance/Baltimore City
Did the trial court err in allowing the plaintiff to admit the deposition of an out of state physician, which was taken by defendant as a “discovery deposition” and videotaped by plaintiff, when no notice of intent for it to be used at trial was given?
Copies of any of the appellants’ briefs cited in this article are available to members for $20 each. Please be sure to note the Case # as shown in the “Appellate Watch” table.
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Trial Reporter
Fall 2001
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