A firefighter who retired with “total disability retirement benefits” for a back injury cannot later seek workers’ compensation when his hearing fades, Maryland’s top court ruled last week.

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The deaths of three Baltimore firefighters who got trapped in a burning vacant home when it partially collapsed were determined to be homicides, city police said.

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A unanimous Maryland high court on Monday upheld a $30.7 million award to Baltimore police and firefighters who were retired or retirement eligible as of June 30, 2010, to compensate them for the city’s elimination that year of a stock ...

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A Baltimore judge on Tuesday awarded $30.7 million to retired and retirement-eligible city police and firefighters in compensation for changes Baltimore made to its pension system that eliminated a stock market-based benefit. Baltimore City Circuit Judge Julie R. Rubin’s award ...

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Welcome to Monday, the 60th anniversary of the Broadway premiere of “A Raisin in the Sun.” Here are some news items to get your week started: — Will “packing” the Supreme Court be part of the Democratic platform? — Should ...

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The Florida-based Firehouse Subs Public Safety Foundation, the nonprofit of Firehouse Subs, is set to mark more than $50,000 in equipment grants to Maryland fire companies at local Firehouse Subs franchise restaurants on Friday. Westminster Fire Engine & Hose Co. No. 1 received ...

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ANNAPOLIS — A Maryland Senate panel has added a tax break on retirement income for law enforcement and emergency services personnel to an overall tax-relief plan. The Senate Budget and Taxation Committee made the changes Wednesday, sending it to the ...

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GERMANTOWN — Fire officials in Maryland say eight firefighters were injured in a collapse at a burning townhouse in Germantown. Montgomery County Fire and Rescue officials say the fire broke out in a home early Monday. Fire Chief Scott Goldstein ...

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Former firefighter appeals dismissal of breach of contract claim against the city of Baltimore, arguing it was premature and an abuse of discretion to decide Appellant did not have grounds to pursue a breach of contract claim per the Memorandum of Understanding.

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A federal judge erred in finding the change from a variable benefit to a staggered annual cost-of-living adjustment unconstitutional, the federal appeals court held Wednesday.

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