Baltimore, MD
Appeals Lawyer at Baltimore, MD
Practice Areas: Appeals, Litigation
OUTCOME: Appellate victory. Affirmation of 1.62 million dollar jury verdict in Maryland Court of Special Appeals.
Wrote winning Brief and Motion to Publish on behalf of Plaintiff/Appellee resulting in an affirmation of $1.62 million dollar jury verdict awarded on behalf of the Plaintiff.
OUTCOME: Appellate victory. Overturned trial court's grant of summary judgment, reversed the Maryland Court of Special Appeals reported case law affirming the grant of judgment, and set new case precedent in Maryland's High Court, the Court of Appeals.
The Maryland Court of Appeals reversed a reported decision of the Maryland Court of Special Appeals. The Court eased the burden of proof as to source causation for victims of environmental toxic lead e ... xposure, when exposed to lead from more than one reasonably probable source. The Court clarified that the Plaintiff was not required to rule out other sources of lead exposure, when the Plaintiff presented sufficient evidence to rule in the subject property as a reasonably probable source of his injury-causing exposure. The decision overturned the trial court’s grant of summary judgment, and reversed the reported decision of the Court of Special Appeals affirming the grant of judgment. Suzanne C. Shapiro wrote the Petition for a Writ of Certiorari and the winning briefs that resulted in the Court of Appeals decision. Ms. Shapiro’s successful efforts have paved the way for future cases to move forward to trial. These cases would likely have been dismissed for insufficiency of evidence to establish a prima facie case under prior case law from Maryland’s intermediate appellate court.
OUTCOME: Appellate victory. Overturned trial court's grant of summary judgment, and set new case precedent in Maryland's High Court, the Court of Appeals.
The Maryland Court of Appeals clarified the standard for presenting circumstantial evidence to establish causation in toxic tort litigation. Suzanne C. Shapiro wrote the winning brief that resulted in ... the Court of Appeals decision. In writing the brief, Ms. Shapiro convinced the high court that circumstantial evidence is sufficient to prove the existence of lead paint in a home, resulting in lead poisoning injury to a child, even though the house had been demolished and could not be directly tested for lead paint during litigation, and the child had visited and resided at other houses. Ms. Shapiro’s successful efforts have paved the way for many pending cases in the Circuit Court to move forward to trial; cases that otherwise would have been dismissed for insufficiency of evidence to establish a prima facie case.
OUTCOME: Appellate victory. Affirmation of 5.08 million dollar jury verdict in Maryland Court of Special Appeals.
Briefed and argued appeal on behalf of Plaintiffs/Appellees resulting in an affirmation of $5.08 million dollar jury verdict awarded on behalf of the Plaintiffs.
OUTCOME: Appellate victory. Reported decision of Maryland Court of Special Appeals overturning trial court's grant of summary judgment.
Overturned trial court's grant of summary judgment in the Maryland Court of Special Appeals resulting in a published decision.
OUTCOME: Appellate victory. Overturned trial court's grant of summary judgment, and overturned prior case precedent from Maryland Court of Appeals.
Presented winning argument on appeal to Maryland's High Court overturning prior case law. In briefing and arguing the appeal, Ms. Shapiro convinced the Maryland Court of Appeals that Housing Authoritie ... s should not be immune from suit, overturning prior case law: Jackson v. Housing Opportunities Commission of Montgomery County.
OUTCOME: Appellate victory. $2.16 millions dollar jury verdict for Plaintiff affirmed by Court of Special Appeals
Briefed and argued appeal on behalf of Plaintiff/Appellee resulting in an affirmation of $2,160,000.00 jury verdict for Plaintiff in second exposure case in lead poisoning litigation in Maryland Court ... of Special Appeals.
OUTCOME: Plaintiff's victory. $600,000.00 jury verdict for the Plaintiff after remand from the Court of Appeals, overturning prior jury verdict on behalf of the Defendant.
Circuit Court for Baltimore City, on remand from the Maryland Court of Appeals Benik v. Hatcher (allowing childhood lead poisoning action to proceed based on violation of Maryland Consumer Protection ... Act). Obtained jury verdict in favor of the Plaintiff, $600,000.00, May 10, 2002, overturning prior jury verdict in favor of the Defendant.
OUTCOME: Appellate victory. Overturned the trial court's grant of summary judgment.
Maryland Court of Special Appeals decision establishing the use of circumstantial evidence to infer the presence of lead based paint, absent direct proof of lead paint in a home.
OUTCOME: Appellate victory. Overturned trial court's grant of summary judgment.
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