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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A Baltimore reporter and blogger is suing a city judge over an administrative order last week that restricted access to audio recordings of proceedings to parties and their attorneys. Justine Barron claims the court reporter’s office for Baltimore City Circuit ...

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Baltimore’s lawyer argued in court Monday that though abuses by the former members of the Gun Trace Task Force often occurred when they were on the job and even in uniform, the city should not be responsible for paying judgments obtained ...

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Jurors deliberated for less than 30 minutes Friday afternoon before deciding that Baltimore City State’s Attorney Marilyn J. Mosby did not unlawfully fire a prosecutor in 2015 based on her political support for Mosby’s opponent. Plaintiff Keri L. Borzilleri, who ...

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