April 18, 2019
Comments Off on Jury awards $1.9M to family of woman killed in Glen Burnie crash
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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April 3, 2019
Comments Off on Judge denies petition for relief from former Anne Arundel Co. executive
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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November 16, 2018
Comments Off on Man accused in newspaper shootings to face trial next June
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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October 17, 2018
Comments Off on Opioid defendants seek consolidation of Anne Arundel, Baltimore litigation
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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September 22, 2017
Comments Off on Judge reduces damages by $1M for dog shot by police
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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November 9, 2016
Comments Off on $1.25M settlement reached in Anne Arundel Co. crash suit
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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October 27, 2015
Comments Off on Ex-candidate for House of Delegates sentenced for stealing high school booster funds
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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