A judge last week invalidated an administrative order that restricted access to CD recordings of courtroom proceedings in Baltimore City Circuit Court, finding the order conflicted with the Maryland Rules. Justine Barron, a Baltimore woman who requested a copy of ...

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Gov. Larry Hogan on Wednesday announced the appointment of Anthony F. Vittoria to the Baltimore City Circuit Court. Vittoria, an administrative law judge with the Office of Administrative Hearings, fills the vacancy left by Judge Timothy J. Doory’s retirement. “The appointment ...

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Baltimore plans to terminate a contract to replace the roof of one courthouse after discovering significant problems with another court building currently undergoing repairs. The roof of the Clarence M. Mitchell Jr. Courthouse was scheduled to be replaced based on ...

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A Baltimore woman is asking a judge to declare that the Baltimore City Circuit Court administrative judge exceeded his authority when he issued a broad order in April revoking the public’s general right to obtain audio recordings of court proceedings. The ...

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A $2.7 million verdict for a man who was assaulted by prison guards has been reduced to $200,000 under the cap on damages in lawsuits against the state and its employees. Kevin Younger was assaulted by several officers at the ...

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A Baltimore jury awarded $2.3 million to a man who has permanent brain damage due to exposure to lead paint as a child. DeShawn Fisher, who lived from his birth in 1993 to 1995 in a home on Baltimore’s Montpelier ...

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A Baltimore property management group will establish a $524,000 fund to repay tenants for overcharged legal fees associated with failure to pay rent cases as part of a class settlement reached last month. The settlement against Virginia-based Harbor Group Management ...

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A Baltimore city jury awarded more than $229 million in a birth injury malpractice case against Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center Inc. Monday. The award, which includes $200 million in future medical expenses, $3.6 million in past medical expenses and ...

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A Baltimore judge ruled that retired and retirement-eligible police and firefighters are entitled to damages for the changes the city made to their pension system that eliminated a benefit. The local unions announced the decision Monday, saying in summary that the ...

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A Baltimore judge has dismissed the city’s bid to avoid being obligated to pay for certain future judgments against members of the corrupt Gun Trace Task Force. Baltimore filed a complaint for declaratory judgment last year asking the circuit court ...

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