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Families sue lawyers over $36M verdict (access required)

BY: Kristi Tousignant
POSTED: April 4, 2013
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Two Montgomery County families are suing law firm Hogan Lovells for giving them bad legal advice during their dealings with a property developer, which ultimately ended in a $36 million verdict against them.

Court of Special Appeals restores stroke verdict (access required)

BY: Beth Moszkowicz
POSTED: March 27, 2013
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An Edgemere man whose stroke symptoms were diagnosed as carpal tunnel syndrome has convinced an appellate court to reinstate the $1.1 million verdict a jury awarded him in his medical malpractice suit.

Dad was 1 day too late to stop son’s adoption (access required)

BY: Steve Lash
POSTED: March 24, 2013
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A man who was one day late in objecting to the proposed adoption of his son by the boy’s stepfather was validly stripped of his parental rights, Maryland’s highest court unanimously held Friday.

Class action settles in vehicle repossession case (access required)

BY: Beth Moszkowicz
POSTED: March 21, 2013
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Nearly 400 Maryland residents have resolved allegations that a federal savings bank failed to properly notify car owners before repossessing their vehicles.

Judge enters $1.8M verdict against teen who threw fatal punch in attack (access required)

BY: Kristi Tousignant
POSTED: March 18, 2013
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An Anne Arundel County Circuit Court judge has awarded about $1.8 million to the family of a 14-year-old Crofton boy who died after being beaten in what police described as a gang-related attack.

Motorcyclist settles action for $540K (access required)

BY: Beth Moszkowicz
POSTED: March 14, 2013
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A Baltimore man who was severely injured when a drunk driver ran a red light and struck his motorcycle has settled his lawsuit against the driver, the driver’s employer and the employer’s insurance providers.

Convictions were sealed, but still delivered (access required)

BY: Beth Moszkowicz
POSTED: March 4, 2013
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When Jesus R. Sanchez wanted to move into an apartment complex in March 2010, the rental company asked Baltimore-based CoreLogic SafeRent LLC to perform a criminal background check.

Deal leads to posts removed from thedirty.com (access required)

BY: Beth Moszkowicz
POSTED: February 28, 2013
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A Maryland man who sued gossip website thedirty.com claiming it published defamatory statements about him, including that he is a “child stalker,” “a predator” and was dishonorably discharged from the military (he said he received an honorable discharge), entered into a confidential settlement Monday with the website and its operator and commentator, Nik Richie.

University of Md. Faculty Physicians settles ADA suit (access required)

BY: Beth Moszkowicz
POSTED: February 20, 2013
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University of Maryland Faculty Physicians Inc. has agreed to pay $92,500 to settle a claim that it unlawfully fired a woman with Crohn’s disease after she requested an extra day of unpaid leave after being treated for the condition.

Racial discrimination suit ends with settlement (access required)

BY: Beth Moszkowicz
POSTED: February 13, 2013
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A black man who says his former boss held a noose over his head has settled a job discrimination lawsuit against his former employer.

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