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Family settles suit over bicyclist’s death
The family of a Baltimore man who was killed last year when his bicycle collided with a large truck has settled a lawsuit against the alleged hit-and-run driver and Potts […]
Md. Court of Appeals: Child’s best interests are ‘transcendent’
Calling a child‘s best interests “transcendent,” Maryland‘s top court has ordered a Baltimore juvenile court to reconsider its decision allowing a mother with a history of neglect to retain parental […]
No stemming the tide of Md. foreclosure cases
W. Michel Pierson, the judge overseeing the foreclosure docket review for the Baltimore City Circuit Court, apologizes to visitors in his chambers for the files stacked around his office, including […]
Justice decayed, answers to questions of feasbility delayed
Everyone agrees the Baltimore City Circuit Court buildings are “absolutely terrible” and that a new courthouse is in order, the city’s administrative judge declared at a meeting of city and […]
Judge Prevas: Chronicle of a death foretold
When I heard last night that Baltimore City Circuit Chief Judge John N. Prevas had died from a heart attack apparently suffered while at the downtown courthouse, I thought, among […]
Baltimore chief judge John Prevas dies at 63
BALTIMORE — A city official says the chief judge of Baltimore‘s Circuit Court, John Prevas, has died. He was 63. Police department spokesman Anthony Guglielmi tells The Baltimore Sun that […]
Jury delivers defense verdict in cop-on-cop killing
A Baltimore jury deliberated only a few hours this week before deciding Officer John Torres acted reasonably when he shot and killed Norman Stamp, a fellow member of the Baltimore […]
Arrested deputy gets verdict for $600K
A Baltimore jury has awarded $600,000 — two-thirds of it in “nominal” damages — to a deputy sheriff who was arrested by a city police officer in May 2008 while […]
