The Housing Authority of Baltimore City should not have had to use federal money meant for low-income housing to satisfy several lead-paint poisoning judgments, a lawyer for the successful plaintiffs said Tuesday.

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A federal appeals court has upheld a Grasonville accountant’s conviction for helping prepare false tax returns, even though the trial judge made repeated and improper references to the earlier guilty pleas of the accountant’s clients. The 4th U.S. Circuit Court ...

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Maryland’s top court affirmed a $5 million judgment for a man who was falsely arrested and imprisoned for the murder of his estranged wife and was not released for eight months. Monday’s decision by the Court of Appeals establishes that ...

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A Glen Dale couple has been awarded $1.4 million from their former mortgage broker, whom they accused of predatory lending practices resulting in more than $40,000 in broker’s fees and $9,600 in monthly mortgage payments on two homes. Vernon and ...

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During this holiday season, Marylanders can perhaps rejoice in the fact their top court is a “point of light” and not a “judicial hellhole,” according to a national organization that seeks to rein in what it considers runaway jury awards. ...

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A Glen Burnie man has been awarded a nearly $115,000 judgment against his two former business associates in the purchase and operation of a Canton bar. Angelo Micklos, Delio Pennachia and Walter Lupo formed Canton Entourage Inc. in June 2006 ...

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The Supreme Court won’t reinstate a $21 million judgment against Nintendo of America Inc., turning away a claim of patent infringement from a Texas gaming company. The high court refused to hear an appeal from Anascape Ltd. on Monday. A ...

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