Ticketmaster settles rewards lawsuit for $23M

BY: Associated Press
POSTED: May 16, 2013
Tags: Business, Law, lawsuit, legal news, Settlement, ticketmaster

LOS ANGELES — Ticketmaster has agreed to settle claims for up to $23 million over a lawsuit affecting more than a million people who, after buying a ticket online, were enrolled in a rewards program that cost $9 a month but never gave them any benefits. U.S. District Judge Dale Fischer in Los Angeles approved [...]

Baltimore County settles three ADA cases

BY: Steve Lash
POSTED: May 12, 2013
Tags: ada, Americans with Disabilities Act, attorney's fees, Baltimore County, breaking news, lawsuit, legal news, maryland, Settlement

Two firefighters and a former police lieutenant have tentatively settled their $6.9 million lawsuit alleging that Baltimore County forced them from their county jobs in violation of the federal Americans with Disabilities Act, County Attorney Michael E. Field said in a statement last week.

City to pay $100K for child’s fatal jump from back of bus

BY: Beth Moszkowicz
POSTED: May 8, 2013
Tags: Baltimore City Public Schools, board of estimates, City Solicitor George Nilson, death, jeremy c. jennings jr., Law, lawsuit, legal news, Settlement, special needs, villa maria schools

The family of a 6-year-old special needs education student who died after falling from the back of a school bus will receive $100,000 from the Baltimore City Public Schools.

After 5 years, Bank of America settles with MBIA for $1.7B

BY: Associated Press
POSTED: May 6, 2013
Tags: Bank of America, countrywide mortgage, lawsuit, legal news, mbia, mbia insurance corp., Settlement

MBIA Inc. and Bank of America Corp. settled a five-year legal battle over soured mortgage debt in a deal that will pay MBIA the equivalent of $1.7 billion and give the bank a 5 percent stake in the bond insurer. MBIA shares surged as much as 57 percent, the biggest intraday jump ever. The bond [...]

AMVETS settles $500K wrongful termination lawsuit

BY: Beth Moszkowicz
POSTED: May 1, 2013
Tags: american veterans inc., amvets, Nonprofit, Settlement, u.s. district court lawsuit, wrongful termination

American Veterans Inc., a Lanham-based nonprofit organization that helps veterans process disability claims, has tentatively entered into a confidential settlement of a wrongful termination lawsuit by a former employee.

P.G. County firefighter wins $300K on retaliation claim

BY: Beth Moszkowicz
POSTED: April 23, 2013
Tags: breaking news, claim, firefighter, greenbelt, Law, lawsuit, legal news, maryland, Prince George's County, retaliation, Settlement, u..s district court

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.

Bank of America closes one mortgage lawsuit, another lingers

BY: Associated Press
POSTED: April 17, 2013
Tags: Bank of America, Banks, class-action lawsuit, countrywide financial, earnings, Law, legal news, mortgage, Settlement

Bank of America has agreed to settle a class-action lawsuit brought by investors who bought mortgage investments from Countrywide Financial, the California-based lender it acquired in 2008.

94-year-old settles fraud suit against grandkids

BY: Beth Moszkowicz
POSTED: April 9, 2013
Tags: Baltimore, lawsuit, mary ellen ommundsen, maryland, Settlement, u..s district court, verdict

A 94-year-old Maryland woman has agreed to settle the lawsuit she brought against her grandchildren, claiming they engaged in a “campaign of harassment and abuse” to drive her from the home she built on their Virginia farm.

Court of Special Appeals restores stroke verdict

BY: Beth Moszkowicz
POSTED: March 27, 2013
Tags: baltimore city circuit court, Greater Baltimore Medical Center, Law, legal news, maryland, Settlement, stroke, verdict

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.

Gas drilling companies paid $750K settlement

BY: Associated Press
POSTED: March 21, 2013
Tags: Energy, fracking, Law, lawsuit, legal news, maryland, natural gas, pennsylvania, Settlement

PITTSBURGH— Newly released court documents show gas drilling company Range Resources and other defendants paid $750,000 to settle claims that the activity ruined a western Pennsylvania family’s property. Stephanie and Chris Hallowich had sued the companies claiming drilling and other activity on a neighboring property had made their home in Hickory, about 25 miles southwest [...]