An Anne Arundel County jury awarded $1.9 million to the family of a woman killed in 2016 when her vehicle was struck by a trash truck. Janet E. Stomps’ family filed a wrongful death lawsuit in 2017 alleging negligence by ...

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A Baltimore judge facing a possible suspension denied a peace order recently for a Glen Burnie man who was allegedly killed Monday by the neighbor he named in the petition. Baltimore City District Judge Devy Patterson Russell has been sitting in ...

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Former Anne Arundel County Executive John Leopold’s latest challenge to his 2013 conviction for misconduct in office was rejected by a judge Tuesday. Leopold resigned in 2013 and spent 30 days in jail after a judge found him guilty of using ...

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A judge has set a June 2019 trial date for a man accused of fatally shooting five staff members of the Maryland newspaper Capital Gazette earlier this year.

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The pharmaceutical defendants in two state-court lawsuits over their alleged role in Maryland’s opioid epidemic are seeking to transfer one case from Anne Arundel County to Baltimore for coordinated pretrial proceedings.

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An Anne Arundel County Circuit Court judge is facing a disciplinary hearing after he allegedly chastised and badgered an attorney about a complaint against him that she filed.

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An Anne Arundel County judge reduced the damages award to a man whose dog was shot by police by more than $1 million Friday after the county requested the verdict be remitted to comply with statutory caps. Michael Reeves was ...

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A Baltimore lawyer’s lawsuit against Court of Appeals Chief Judge Mary Ellen Barbera challenging the judicial appointment process has been dismissed. Rickey Nelson Jones, a Baltimore attorney who was not recommended to fill vacancies on the Anne Arundel Circuit Court ...

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A lawsuit filed by a Severna Park man who was in a coma for nine days after his car was hit by an alleged drunk driver has settled for $1.25 million. David Saul was driving his Ford Focus on Chestnut Tree ...

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A one-time candidate for the House of Delegates will serve six months of house arrest after pleading guilty to stealing more than $17,500 from an Anne Arundel high school booster club. Steven D. Wyatt made “numerous unauthorized transactions” using the ...

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