Maryland’s top court might soon revisit its decades-old precedent that a prohibition on minor children suing their parents survives the child’s death.

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Maryland’s top court on Tuesday declined to decide whether the prohibition on minor children suing their parents survives the child’s death and bars a youngster’s estate from suing a parent for wrongful death. The Court of Appeals’ refusal to address ...

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ANNAPOLIS – Maryland’s top court grappled Friday with whether the prohibition on minor children suing their parents survives the child’s death, thus barring a youngster’s estate from suing a parent for wrongful death. The Court of Appeals addressed the breadth ...

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