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Civil litigation — Res judicata — Money judgment Appellant, the Board of Education of Anne Arundel County (“local board” or “AACPS”), seeks reversal of a monetary judgment entered by the Circuit Court for Anne Arundel County against AACPS and in ...

Administrative law — Law Enforcement Officers’ Bill of Rights — Statute of limitations The underlying Baltimore Police Department disciplinary proceedings arise out of a bar fight at a bachelorette party that occurred shortly after midnight at Norma Jean’s nightclub in ...

Administrative law — Law Enforcement Officers’ Bill of Rights — Statute of limitations The underlying Baltimore Police Department disciplinary proceedings arise out of a bar fight at a bachelorette party that occurred shortly after midnight at Norma Jean’s nightclub in ...

Administrative law — Law Enforcement Officers’ Bill of Rights — Statute of limitations The underlying Baltimore Police Department disciplinary proceedings arise out of a bar fight at a bachelorette party that occurred shortly after midnight at Norma Jean’s nightclub in ...

Worker’s compensation — Essentially de novo trial — Verdict sheet This appeal arises from the verdict of a Washington County jury tasked with the review of two orders from the Workers’ Compensation Commission (“the Commission”). The orders involved two claims ...

Contracts — Re-designation provision — Unconscionable Appellant, Kim Hartley-Bartman, was married to Scott Bartman from 1987 to July 2018 when they were granted an absolute divorce. Mr. Bartman died intestate in 2019. At issue in this case is an Individual ...

Criminal procedure — Testimony by police officer — Bolstering complainant’s testimony A Cecil County jury convicted appellant John Scott, Jr., of first-degree assault, second-degree assault, reckless endangerment, and using a firearm in the commission of a felony or crime of ...

Civil litigation — Attorney’s fees — Calculation Appellee Michelle Simmons filed a civil lawsuit in the Circuit Court for Prince George’s County, alleging breach of contract, among other things, against appellants Kenneth Estill and Estill Properties (hereafter, “Estill”), arising from ...

Criminal procedure — Confrontation clause — Admission of DNA evidence A jury in the Circuit Court for Baltimore City convicted appellant Oliver Miller of first-degree rape, attempted first-degree rape, two counts of first-degree sex offense, three counts of third-degree sex ...

Criminal procedure — Jury selection — Batson challenge In two consolidated cases, a jury sitting in the Circuit Court for Anne Arundel County convicted Calum Thomas, appellant, of second-degree murder and related firearms offenses and acquitted him of first-degree murder. ...