A Baltimore jury has awarded $50,000 to the mother of a then-13-year-old boy who said he was chased down, punched and ultimately released by a city police officer, only to be detained again without charges after the teen sought treatment for his injuries.

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The announcement right before the holidays that Worthington Industries is closing its steel-processing plant in Essex is a reminder of the long, grinding attrition of Maryland’s traditional strengths in manufacturing and heavy industry.

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Imagine the fate of your family life depends on a trial judge, who will issue a custody decision based in part on an investigative report. Now, imagine that the report can only be viewed in one room of one courthouse. No copying allowed. No exceptions.

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The city’s Board of Estimates is scheduled Wednesday to approve a $63,000 settlement with a West Baltimore man nicknamed the “Mayor of Poppleton” who alleged police broke his arm and used excessive force during a traffic stop.

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The state’s highest court has questioned a longstanding policy of the Baltimore City Circuit Court in custody cases, which bars attorneys and self-represented litigants from taking a custody investigator’s report out of the Family Division Clerk’s Office or even making photocopies of it.

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The lawsuit contains similar allegations to a federal lawsuit filed months before indictments came down in the Black Guerilla Family jailhouse drug ring.

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A Baltimore judge will decide the fate of the Raw Barge Seafood Co., a proposed floating restaurant next to the popular but controversial Tiki Barge in the Harborview community.

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A Baltimore company’s breach of contract lawsuit against The Cordish Cos. and Dick’s Last Resort has finally landed in Baltimore City Circuit Court.

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Veronica and Peter Nikoroken thought they had cleared up any confusion with Bank of America after a vacancy notice was mistakenly placed on their East Baltimore home in February. Bank of America did not even have a mortgage on their home, after all.

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Maryland’s top court said Wednesday it will not stay its landmark decision that criminal defendants have a constitutional right to counsel at initial bail hearings — but even so, it may have prolonged the seven-year legal fight between the accused and the state.

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