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The Oregon Grille parking lot case is back!
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Read More »End of the road for pavement lawsuit?
CSA: Baltimore police can fire officer in excessive force case
The Baltimore Police Department correctly followed procedure when it fired an officer involved in a 2013 excessive force incident, the Court of Special Appeals has held in reinstating the termination.
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Read More »Patients’ pre-care conduct irrelevant in med-mal cases, Md. court says
Patients’ mistreatment of themselves before seeking medical care cannot later serve as a doctor’s defense against a malpractice claim, Maryland’s second-highest court ruled last week.
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Read More »CSA reverses manslaughter conviction for heroin sale
The Court of Special Appeals has reversed the manslaughter conviction of a Worcester County drug dealer last week after determining prosecutors failed to establish a causal link between the drugs sold to the victim and his death.
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Read More »On nervousness
The aspect of pending oral argument that proved the most challenging to prepare for was a horrible affliction of nerves. Here's how I mitigated them.
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Read More »Appeals court upholds re-conviction of Eastern Shore man in ’80 murder
A Wicomico County man found guilty last year in a retrial for the 1980 murder of his wife has had his second conviction upheld by Maryland’s intermediate appellate court.
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Read More »CSA: Default judgment can be challenged 6 years later
A civil defendant facing a $500,000 default judgment – who did not respond to the case despite multiple attempts to reach her for nearly six years – may still be able to get the judgment vacated if she can prove she did not waive personal jurisdiction, the Court of Special Appeals has held.
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Read More »Baker not responsible for former company’s debt, Md. appellate court rules
Prince George’s County Executive Rushern L. Baker III is not responsible for a loan made when he was executive director of Community Teachers Inc. in 2003 because the collection agency did not prove he signed loan documents, the state’s intermediate appellate ...
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Read More »Appeals court rejects stay of Baltimore food truck injunction
Baltimore’s food trucks are free to roam the city’s streets without fear of enforcement of the city’s proximity ban prohibiting them from setting up shop near a restaurant with similar cuisine. The Court of Special Appeals last week denied the city’s ...
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Read More »Fader joins Court of Special Appeals, calling it ‘a profound privilege’
ANNAPOLIS — Matthew J. Fader was sworn in Monday as the 68th judge to serve on Maryland’s intermediate Court of Special Appeals during a noontime ceremony in the House of Delegates chamber at the State House. “It is indeed a ...
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