ROCKVILLE — Families affected by a fatal apartment explosion in Silver Spring settled their lawsuit with the management company and Washington Gas and Light Company on Friday. Seven people were killed and dozens more were injured on Aug. 10, 2016, ...
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The former chief of the Greensboro Police Department is charged with misconduct in office for allegedly misrepresenting facts in an application for certification filed on behalf of an officer for the department. The Office of the State Prosecutor announced the ...
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A disciplinary case against a Kent County Orphan’s Court judge has been resolved confidentially, the Commission on Judicial Disabilities announced Thursday. Judge Amy L. Nickerson was charged with violating the Maryland Code of Judicial Conduct last year after she received probation ...
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A Baltimore jury found Kennedy Krieger Institute liable for the lead exposure of a child whose sibling was part of its lead paint study in the 1990s, marking the first time there has been a verdict against the institute for the ...
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Baltimore’s lawsuit against fossil fuel companies is back in state court where it was first filed more than a year ago, but the defendants are still litigating whether the case belongs there. Baltimore U.S. District Judge Ellen L. Hollander issued ...
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Ten families living on base at Fort Meade filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday alleging the property management company for the base has allowed them to be exposed to hazardous conditions, including toxic mold. The 14-count complaint, filed in U.S. District ...
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Montgomery County lawyers will have to wait to be able to file their cases electronically. Maryland’s MDEC — Maryland Electronic Courts — system has been rolled out in the most of the state, most recently in Baltimore County this year. But additional requirements have pushed ...
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Gov. Larry Hogan appointed Charlton Howard III, an assistant attorney general, as the new Maryland state prosecutor on Friday. Howard, who has been with the Maryland Office of the Attorney General since 2015, currently oversees more than 60 attorneys handling ...
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A former Baltimore City Public Schools teacher has been charged with stealing nearly $10,000 in school funds while employed as the business manager for Mergenthaler Vocational Technical School. Danean Cunningham, who was a teacher at Mergenthaler, is accused of stealing ...
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The Maryland Office of the Attorney General reported Wednesday that more than 1,900 health care cost dispute cases were closed in fiscal year 2019, saving or recovering nearly $2.5 million for patients. The Health Education and Advocacy Unit (HEAU) within ...
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