A Baltimore jury awarded more than $5.8 million to the family of a woman who died from complications following a heart valve replacement at a University of Maryland Medical System facility in 2016. Elsie Mae Mason had valve replacement surgery on ...

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The majority of Baltimore City Circuit Court judges will be eligible to hear either civil or criminal cases on any given day beginning next month, causing some attorneys and stakeholders to express concern about logistics and the management of resources. Judicial ...

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A Baltimore man sentenced to decades in prison in a sexual assault case is facing additional charges for allegedly throwing an object at the sentencing judge’s head Wednesday morning. Baltimore Circuit Judge Wanda Keyes Heard sentenced Travis Burroughs, 36, to life ...

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With a massive backlog of asbestos cases in Baltimore City Circuit Court, the Law Offices of Peter Angelos continues to push the Maryland General Assembly to permit the firm to consolidate the cases. Despite efforts by the court to substantially ...

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The Maryland Administrative Office of the Courts will appeal a judge’s ruling ordering it to disclose a key to identify District Court judges in the public Case Search database. Judges’ names are not displayed in District Court cases in the database but ...

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A Baltimore jury found Kennedy Krieger Institute liable for the lead exposure of a child whose sibling was part of its lead paint study in the 1990s, marking the first time there has been a verdict against the institute for the ...

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Baltimore’s lawsuit against fossil fuel companies is back in state court where it was first filed more than a year ago, but the defendants are still litigating whether the case belongs there. Baltimore U.S. District Judge Ellen L. Hollander issued ...

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Maryland’s system of identifying District Court judges in the public Case Search database by a three-character code, with no “key” available to users, is being challenged under the state’s Public Information Act. The Abell Foundation filed an MPIA request for ...

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A rare class action against a group of defendants for alleged illegal debt collection practices was dismissed last month, but the plaintiffs will ask the Court of Special Appeals to revive it. The lawsuit, filed earlier this year in Baltimore City Circuit Court, alleged ...

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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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