The plaintiffs’ choice of where to sue is owed little deference when they live in a different Maryland jurisdiction, a sharply divided Maryland high court has held in allowing an Eastern Shore family’s medical malpractice case against a Baltimore hospital ...

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After working on some very serious personal injury matters, along with doing pro bono work for immigrant children, it dawned on me that I needed to take the fork in the road.

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PHILADELPHIA — A concussion-related lawsuit bringing together scores of cases has been filed in federal court, accusing the NFL of hiding information that linked football-related head trauma to permanent brain injuries. Lawyers for former players say more than 80 pending ...

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TORRANCE, Calif. — Lawyers for American Honda Motor Co. returned to court Thursday to try to overturn a highly publicized small claims court award to a woman who sued over the fuel economy of her hybrid Honda Civic. Superior Court ...

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The bitter legal feud over unpaid damages for lead-paint poisoning victims by the Housing Authority of Baltimore City is heating up. Wednesday, attorneys for two plaintiffs filed a motion in Baltimore City Circuit Court claiming the HABC was “attempting to ...

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Matthew P. Woods was sitting in his Towson law office in March 2007 when a scary story came across his desk. There were no ghouls, vampires or undead serial killers involved, but enough questions of liability to send chills down ...

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A judge ruled Friday that plaintiffs in a wrongful death case cannot claim malice by five state correctional officers who failed to prevent a man from killing a fellow inmate aboard a prison bus in 2005. The ruling by Baltimore ...

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LONDON — More than 60 people have filed court papers alleging their phones were hacked by the News of the World, a lawyer said Thursday, amid preparations for a group lawsuit against Rupert Murdoch’s now-defunct tabloid. The claimants include movie ...

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Civil Procedure Attorneys’ fees BOTTOM LINE: Plaintiffs who successfully obtained a declaratory judgment vindicating their rights under the Americans with Disabilities Act were entitled to attorneys’ fees related to their successful claims for declaratory relief, pursuant to the statute’s fee-shifting ...

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WASHINGTON — It has been two years since a pair of Metro trains collided in Washington, killing nine people, but a lawsuit resulting from the crash could take until 2012 to resolve. Wednesday marks two years since a malfunctioning electronic ...

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