Maryland courts will begin holding jury trials again as of March 7 under a new administrative order issued Friday amid a decline in COVID-19 cases. Court of Appeals Chief Judge Joseph M. Getty issued an order that will return the ...

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A Charles County jury has awarded $1.1 million to a Friendship man who sustained a permanent lower back injury in a vehicle collision in 2015. Steven Mudd was driving on Route 925 in Waldorf on May 21, 2015 when he collided ...

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A Cecil County jury has awarded $1.1 million to a Port Deposit man who suffered complications following an unnecessary, invasive surgery, leaving him with chronic pain and unable to work. The award, announced Friday, includes $750,000 for pain and suffering, ...

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Officer Edward Nero may be planning to elect for a trial before a judge rather than a jury of his peers based on recent scheduling announcements.

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Even if you don’t know the name, you’ve by now heard of Jennifer Connell, aka The Aunt Who Sued Her Nephew Over a Hug. It was reported earlier this week that a Connecticut jury found against Connell in her $127,000 ...

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HARTFORD, Conn. — A woman who sued her 12-year-old nephew for $127,000 over injuries she received when he exuberantly greeted her at his birthday party four years ago was forced to go to court over her medical bills, her lawyers ...

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With six separate trials now set to be held in Baltimore for the officers charged in connection with the death of Freddie Gray in police custody, legal observers say the defendants may be beginning to consider trial by judge rather ...

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The Court of Appeals vacated the judgment of this Court as to Burroughs and remanded for further consideration in light of Nalls and Melvin v. State. For the reasons that follow, we shall hold that the issue has not been preserved for our review

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The Court of Appeals told the Court of Special Appeals to reconsider its new-trial orders for Anthony Thomas Bookman, Damerum Burroughs, Brandon Cash Morris and Ronnie Turner.

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In a victory for state prosecutors, Maryland’s top court has vacated 10 intermediate appellate decisions that overturned the convictions of defendants who had waived their right to a jury trial. The court also vacated one decision that upheld a conviction.

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