Pleading Causes of Action in Maryland, 3rd Edition
Paul Mark Sandler, Esq., and James K. Archibald, Esq.

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Don’t Be Without This Valuable and Timely New Updated Version of Maryland’s Essential Guide for Litigators! Pleading Causes of Action in Maryland 3rd edition is the completely revised, expanded and up-to-the-minute successor to Sandler and Archibald’s popular 1998 second edition and its 2000 supplement.

Since the publication of the first edition in 1991, Pleading Causes of Action in Maryland has become THE starting point for drafting virtually all initial pleadings in Maryland and a MICPEL best seller. The new third edition of Pleading Causes of Action in Maryland with 2005 Supplement brings this excellent guide to Maryland pleading and practice up-to-date to 2005, with 884 pages of concise, well researched commentary and 126 model pleadings that highlight the essential allegations of 126 different Maryland causes of action.

This new third edition of Pleading Causes of Action in Maryland addresses all of the recent developments and changes in pleading requirements since 2000, incorporating all of the relevant provisions of the Maryland Code and Maryland Rules and 395 new cases that have been decided since 2000. These most recent case citations are only the latest additions to an impressive array of authorities synthesized and cited throughout the entire work, including: 1,698 cases, 372 sections of the Maryland Code Annotated and 211 provisions of the Maryland Rules - all of which are meticulously catalogued in the Table of Cases and Table of Authorities and carefully referenced to the elements of each sample pleading.

The sample pleadings can be easily adapted to the reader’s specific cases and researching any claim is made easy and quick by Sandler and Archibald’s practical organization of each chapter and section. The authoritative commentary explaining the elements of the claim and the issues to be considered appears in the text immediately after each sample pleading, so all of the authors’ analysis and advice is right there to help the reader develop an acute awareness of the strengths and weaknesses of a case in order to start on the preparation of an initial pleading.

One of the great strengths of Pleading Causes of Action in Maryland 3rd edition is its breadth. The book covers almost any type of initial pleading likely to be encountered in practice. It also includes a helpful introductory survey of the general principles and mechanics of pleading in Maryland. In addition, Sandler and Archibald expertly weave into their discussion such practical matters as jurisdictional pitfalls, alternative and related causes of action, damages, procedural conditions precedent to bringing actions, defenses, and tactical considerations. Pleading Causes of Action in Maryland 3rd edition also makes frequent helpful reference to secondary Maryland sources, commentaries and treatises that deal with subjects in greater depth.

Pub date: 2007

An earlier edition of this publication was used in conjunction with the 2004 and 2005 "Pleading Causes of Action in Maryland" Seminars.  Audio tapes, CDs and DVDs are available.

Book: $199 .................... Inv. #2074-07  (includes 2007 supplement)

2007 Supplement only: $69 ....Inv. #2853-07