Maryland Daily Record » claim http://thedailyrecord.com Maryland's trusted source for business and legal news Fri, 17 May 2013 23:24:56 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 P.G. County firefighter wins $300K on retaliation claim  http://thedailyrecord.com/2013/04/23/p-g-county-firefighter-wins-300k-on-retaliation-claim/ http://thedailyrecord.com/2013/04/23/p-g-county-firefighter-wins-300k-on-retaliation-claim/#comments Tue, 23 Apr 2013 17:57:09 +0000 Beth Moszkowicz http://thedailyrecord.com/?p=238257 (access required)&via=&related=DolcePixel"> A retired Prince George’s County firefighter was awarded damages of $300,000 after a federal jury found the county unlawfully retaliated against her for filing a complaint of racial and gender bias. ]]> http://thedailyrecord.com/2013/04/23/p-g-county-firefighter-wins-300k-on-retaliation-claim/feed/ 0 German court tosses Apple design claim against Motorola http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/07/17/german-court-tosses-apple-design-claim-against-motorola/ http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/07/17/german-court-tosses-apple-design-claim-against-motorola/#comments Tue, 17 Jul 2012 16:05:19 +0000 Associated Press http://thedailyrecord.com/?p=219383 BERLIN — A German court has dismissed an Apple lawsuit seeking to ban the sale of Motorola’s Xoom tablet computer throughout the European Union. In its case, Apple Inc claimed the Motorola product infringed its intellectual property because its design was too similar to the iPad. In its verdict Tuesday, the court in the western [...] ]]> http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/07/17/german-court-tosses-apple-design-claim-against-motorola/feed/ 0 Barry Rosen: Investigate harassment claims promptly  http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/05/01/barry-rosen-investigate-harassment-claims-promptly/ http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/05/01/barry-rosen-investigate-harassment-claims-promptly/#comments Tue, 01 May 2012 22:18:08 +0000 Barry Rosen http://thedailyrecord.com/?p=214544 (access required)&via=&related=DolcePixel"> A recent federal case, Tuli v. Brigham & Women’s Hospital, demonstrates how costly it can be for a health care organization to fail to respond to complaints about discrimination and harassment. Dr. Sagun Tuli was hired in 2002 by Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston as an associate surgeon in the department of neurosurgery. Dr. [...] ]]> http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/05/01/barry-rosen-investigate-harassment-claims-promptly/feed/ 0 Facebook moves to dismiss N.Y. man’s ownership claim http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/03/26/facebook-moves-to-dismiss-n-y-mans-ownership-claim/ http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/03/26/facebook-moves-to-dismiss-n-y-mans-ownership-claim/#comments Mon, 26 Mar 2012 16:48:47 +0000 Associated Press http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/03/26/facebook-moves-to-dismiss-n-y-mans-ownership-claim/ BUFFALO, N.Y. — Attorneys for Facebook are asking a judge to dismiss a New York man’s lawsuit claiming half-ownership of the social networking site. The request comes in papers filed Monday in U.S. District Court in Buffalo. Attorneys for Menlo Park, Calif.-based Facebook and its founder Mark Zuckerberg say they’ve proved over several months that [...] ]]> http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/03/26/facebook-moves-to-dismiss-n-y-mans-ownership-claim/feed/ 0 Redskins fight ex-punter’s workers’ compensation claim  http://thedailyrecord.com/2011/11/08/redskins-fight-ex-punter%e2%80%99s-workers-compensation-claim/ http://thedailyrecord.com/2011/11/08/redskins-fight-ex-punter%e2%80%99s-workers-compensation-claim/#comments Wed, 09 Nov 2011 00:38:34 +0000 Steve Lash http://thedailyrecord.com/2011/11/08/redskins-fight-ex-punter%e2%80%99s-workers-compensation-claim/ (access required)&via=&related=DolcePixel"> The Washington Redskins on Tuesday urged Maryland’s top court to sack prior decisions requiring the team to pay Maryland workers’ compensation benefits to ex-punter Tom Tupa, who suffered a career-ending back injury during preseason warm-ups at FedEx Field in Landover in 2005. The team’s lawyer told the Court of Appeals that Tupa’s contract expressly called [...] ]]> http://thedailyrecord.com/2011/11/08/redskins-fight-ex-punter%e2%80%99s-workers-compensation-claim/feed/ 0 Judge limits claims in Maryland prison bus slaying case http://thedailyrecord.com/2011/10/21/judge-limits-claims-in-maryland-prison-bus-slaying-case/ http://thedailyrecord.com/2011/10/21/judge-limits-claims-in-maryland-prison-bus-slaying-case/#comments Fri, 21 Oct 2011 21:24:14 +0000 Associated Press http://thedailyrecord.com/2011/10/21/judge-limits-claims-in-maryland-prison-bus-slaying-case/ A judge ruled Friday that plaintiffs in a wrongful death case cannot claim malice by five state correctional officers who failed to prevent a man from killing a fellow inmate aboard a prison bus in 2005. The ruling by Baltimore City Circuit Judge Sylvester Cox prevents the parents and estate of Philip Parker Jr. from [...] ]]> http://thedailyrecord.com/2011/10/21/judge-limits-claims-in-maryland-prison-bus-slaying-case/feed/ 0 Lawyers seek class claim guidance from 4th Circuit  http://thedailyrecord.com/2011/08/22/lawyers-seek-class-claim-guidance-from-4th-circuit/ http://thedailyrecord.com/2011/08/22/lawyers-seek-class-claim-guidance-from-4th-circuit/#comments Mon, 22 Aug 2011 23:01:23 +0000 Lawyers USA http://thedailyrecord.com/2011/08/22/lawyers-seek-class-claim-guidance-from-4th-circuit/ (access required)&via=&related=DolcePixel"> BOSTON — Bankruptcy and consumer attorney groups have chimed in on a 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals case in an effort to get clarity on what standards the bankruptcy court should apply in determining whether to certify a class. The National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys and the National Association of Consumer Advocates have [...] ]]> http://thedailyrecord.com/2011/08/22/lawyers-seek-class-claim-guidance-from-4th-circuit/feed/ 0 Marianne D. Fishler: Life insurance isn’t for you, it’s for survivors  http://thedailyrecord.com/2011/08/14/marianne-d-fishler-life-insurance-isn%e2%80%99t-for-you-it%e2%80%99s-for-survivors/ http://thedailyrecord.com/2011/08/14/marianne-d-fishler-life-insurance-isn%e2%80%99t-for-you-it%e2%80%99s-for-survivors/#comments Sun, 14 Aug 2011 22:00:48 +0000 Marianne D. Fishler http://thedailyrecord.com/2011/08/14/marianne-d-fishler-life-insurance-isn%e2%80%99t-for-you-it%e2%80%99s-for-survivors/ (access required)&via=&related=DolcePixel"> The questions around life insurance — Do I need it? How much? What kind (term, universal, whole life, variable, fixed)? — keep many people awake at night. And once purchased, how do you know you made the right decision? You were probably advised to make the purchase by a person who sells insurance, right? And [...] ]]> http://thedailyrecord.com/2011/08/14/marianne-d-fishler-life-insurance-isn%e2%80%99t-for-you-it%e2%80%99s-for-survivors/feed/ 0 Job discrimination suit dismissed over procedure  http://thedailyrecord.com/2011/07/17/job-discrimination-suit-dismissed-over-procedure/ http://thedailyrecord.com/2011/07/17/job-discrimination-suit-dismissed-over-procedure/#comments Sun, 17 Jul 2011 22:00:30 +0000 Steve Lash http://thedailyrecord.com/2011/07/17/job-discrimination-suit-dismissed-over-procedure/ (access required)&via=&related=DolcePixel"> Plaintiffs suing cities and counties in Maryland must affirmatively state in their complaints that they have satisfied the statutory 180-day notice requirement of their intent to file a claim. Failure to do so will result in the dismissal of their case, even if they did, in fact, satisfy the notice mandate under the Local Government [...] ]]> http://thedailyrecord.com/2011/07/17/job-discrimination-suit-dismissed-over-procedure/feed/ 0 Week in review: 6/24/11  http://thedailyrecord.com/2011/06/23/week-in-review-62411/ http://thedailyrecord.com/2011/06/23/week-in-review-62411/#comments Thu, 23 Jun 2011 22:53:43 +0000 Daily Record Staff http://thedailyrecord.com/2011/06/23/week-in-review-62411/ (access required)&via=&related=DolcePixel"> Baltimore praised as convention site The Americas Meeting and Events Exhibition drew more than 3,000 meeting and convention planners to the Baltimore Convention Center this week in what city officials called an opportunity to show the world “the new Baltimore” — a great place for organizations’ meetings. Slots lawsuit settled The Baltimore Development Corp., the Baltimore [...] ]]> http://thedailyrecord.com/2011/06/23/week-in-review-62411/feed/ 0