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Change is coming to the Maryland Judiciary on Dec. 14.

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An adult cannot be deemed a child's 'de facto parent' unless both legal parents consent – regardless of how neglectful they might have been, appeals court says.

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Maryland’s top court will consider whether the limit on damages in personal injury lawsuits against the state passes constitutional muster when the injured plaintiff’s costs far exceed the statutory cap.

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Maryland’s top court will consider whether a defendant’s constitutional right to counsel is violated by a judge’s order that he or she refrain from speaking to his or her attorney during an overnight trial recess.

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Maryland’s top court will consider whether the state’s ban on gun possession by someone sentenced to more than two years in prison for a nonviolent common law crime violates the Second Amendment.

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Companies that lost business during the pandemic await a Maryland high court decision on whether their financial hit was insured as “physical damage."

Tagged with: COVID-19 insurance coverage insurance law maryland court of appeals pandemic physical damage U.S. Supreme Court

The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear the appeal of a Silver Spring man who said his conviction for gun possession while illegally using or addicted to a controlled substance should be overturned.

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The convicted murderer of two teens on the eve of their high school graduation told the Supreme Court his lawyer was unconstitutionally barred from questioning a witness.

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The Supreme Court declined to hear the appeal of a man who was unaware a simple assault conviction in Pennsylvania barred him from possessing a gun in Maryland.

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A fingernail clipper ceases to be a cosmetic instrument and becomes a deadly device when filed to a point and placed on a handle, Maryland’s second-highest court held.

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