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Torts — Legal malpractice — Attorney-client relationship In 1995, Edwin and Rebecca Glesner, appellants, sold a parcel of land to USA Cartage Leasing, LLC (“Cartage”). The Glesners’ purchaser engaged in extensive litigation with Todd A. Baer, the owner of adjoining ...

Civil litigation — Timeliness — Statute of limitations On December 24, 2015, Catherine Randall, appellant (“Ms. Randall”) filed a complaint in the Circuit Court for Baltimore City against Winston Gresov (“Mr.Gresov”), Marion Bess Parmerter (“Ms. Parmerter”), Frederick Gresov (“Rick”), and ...

Torts — Legal malpractice — Breach of standard of care On June 29, 2015, appellant John J. Walton (“Walton”) filed a legal malpractice claim in the Circuit Court for Baltimore City against his former attorney, appellee James R. Logan (“Logan”) ...

Torts — Legal malpractice — Dispute of material fact Charles Rawlings filed a legal malpractice claim in the Circuit Court for Baltimore City against Linda Dominguez, a lawyer who he had hired to represent him in an employment discrimination claim ...

Civil procedure — Motion for continuance — Opportunity to appear with counsel Deidre Jefferies appeals from a judgment of the Circuit Court for Prince George’s County in favor of Ntiense David Etokebe. Ms. Jefferies presents three issues, which we have ...

Employment Law  — Maryland Wage & Hour Law — Attorney’s fees The underlying attorneys’ fees litigation springs from the lawsuit filed in June 2013 by Victoria Kelly (“Appellee” “Ms. Kelly”), a home-health employee, in the Circuit Court for Wicomico County ...

Torts — Legal malpractice — Statute of limitations On October 1, 2015, Robert Schaechter (“Schaechter”) filed a two-count complaint in the Circuit Court for Montgomery County against Jeffrey Nadel, Esquire (“Mr. Nadel”) and the Law Offices of Jeffrey Nadel. Count ...

Civil litigation — Forged document — Calculation of sanctions After trial concluded, Pamela Quarstein claimed that she found an important additional document in her attic. She gave it to her attorney, Gene Foehl, who, in turn, sent it to some ...

Torts — Legal malpractice — Attorney’s fees For purposes of judicial economy, we have consolidated these two appeals into one because they involve the same appellant – Edward G. Tinsley – and the same or similar arguments as prior appeals ...

Torts — Legal malpractice — Attorney’s fees For purposes of judicial economy, we have consolidated these two appeals into one because they involve the same appellant – Edward G. Tinsley – and the same or similar arguments as prior appeals ...