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A Baltimore-based insulation contractor that emerged from bankruptcy after other companies had resolved four asbestos cases cannot be held liable to the plaintiffs, an appellate court has held.

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The parents’ right to control who visits their children applies even to the children’s siblings, the Court of Special Appeals has held.

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The Court of Special Appeals has affirmed the misconduct convictions of two Baltimore police officers who picked up two teenagers in an unmarked van while on patrol and dropped them off miles from their homes — one of them without socks or shoes.

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Constitutional law Retroactive effect of Supreme Court rulings BOTTOM LINE: The holdings of Padilla v. Kentucky, 130 S. Ct. 1473 (2010), and Denisyuk v. State, 422 Md. 462 (2011), did not apply retroactively to defendant, where defendant did not raise ...

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Evidence Lay testimony BOTTOM LINE: Where defendant’s friend of 45 years gave testimony identifying defendant at trial, Circuit court properly allowed such lay testimony because it was based on specialized knowledge, it was rationally based, and it was relevant. CASE: ...

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Criminal Law Sexual solicitation BOTTOM LINE: Where defendant did not “command, authorize, urge, entice, request, or advise” his 15-year-old victim before assaulting her, the evidence was insufficient to support his conviction for sexual solicitation of a minor; however, his challenge ...

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The Court of Special Appeals has affirmed a $5 million judgment against Georgia Pacific Corp. in favor of a University of Maryland nursing professor who lost a lung to mesothelioma after inhaling asbestos fibers that stuck to her grandfather’s work clothes in the late 1960s.

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Criminal Procedure Criteria for continuance BOTTOM LINE: The trial court did not abuse its discretion in denying defendant’s continuance to obtain exculpatory evidence, because defendant did not meet his burden to show that he satisfied the criteria set forth in ...

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Civil Procedure Motion to withdraw as counsel BOTTOM LINE: The circuit court’s order rejecting an attorney’s request to withdraw as counsel in a civil action is appealable under the collateral order doctrine. CASE: In The Matter of the Motion of ...

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Banks that loan money on property after a lawsuit has been filed may not be able to foreclose on it, the Court of Special Appeals has held.

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