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Man gets 13 years for fatal hit-and-run of student
A man who pleaded guilty to the 2009 hit-and-run death of a Johns Hopkins University student has been sentenced to 13 years in prison. Thomas Meighan Jr. of Elkridge was […]
Dept. of Human Services says it is proud of improved turn-around time
ANNAPOLIS — Officials of Maryland’s Department of Human Resources boasted to a House Appropriations Committee subcommittee Tuesday about exceeding the court-ordered number of quick turned-around claims for Marylanders on public […]
Protestors rally against racism outside Baltimore courthouse
More than a dozen protesters gathered outside Baltimore City Circuit Court on Monday morning to seek the disbanding of Shomrim, a Jewish neighborhood watch group, after one of its members was charged with assaulting a black teenager in November.
State Center developers seek lawsuit’s dismissal
Developers of the $1.5 billion State Center project, stalled this week because of a lawsuit filed by downtown property owners, are seeking to have the suit dismissed. Caroline G. Moore, […]
Dennis M. Sweeney: How many strikes are enough?
Last September, three men were tried together in Baltimore City Circuit Court for the murder of former Baltimore City Councilman Kenneth Harris. Given that the charges carried the possible sentence […]
Court of Special Appeals overturns verdict in Chapman fee fight
In a fee dispute between prominent attorneys, a Maryland appeals court Tuesday overturned a $200,000 unjust-enrichment award to the law firm of Nathaniel E. Jones Jr., a Baltimore lawyer who […]
Court of Appeals overturns reckless-endangerment conviction
Judges must tell jurors they may infer a criminal defendant’s innocence from the state’s destruction or misplacement of critical evidence in the case, Maryland’s top court ruled unanimously Friday. The […]
Lawsuit seeks to halt State Center development
Seventeen stories above Charles Street, David E. Johnson looked at the panorama of Baltimore‘s center city and bemoaned the vacancy rate in commercial buildings that today has reached nearly 25 […]
A year later, former Mayor Sheila Dixon is taking it one day at a time
One year after the misdemeanor embezzlement conviction in Baltimore City Circuit Court that led to her resignation, former Baltimore Mayor Sheila Dixon offered a long-awaited apology for the scandal and […]
Judge dismisses federal suit over ‘live burn’ fatality
The “live burn” training exercise that cost Racheal Wilson her life does not create grounds for a civil rights action in U.S. District Court, a federal judge has ruled. Although […]
Millersville woman can’t file bad-faith claim in Baltimore
Though her car crash occurred in Millersville, Christina Thompson of Anne Arundel County tried to sue her auto insurer in Baltimore City Circuit Court, saying a state law expressly permits […]
New trial granted to Amtrak worker’s widow
A widow can pursue a wrongful-death claim against Amtrak because the trial judge failed to tell jurors that assumption of risk is no defense in the case of a railroad […]
