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Lives ‘destroyed’: Baltimore approves $48M settlement for 3 men wrongfully convicted of murder
Three men who spent a combined 108 years in prison for murder before being exonerated in 2019 will receive a $48 million settlement.
Victims of Baltimore’s Gun Trace Task Force win $6M settlement after decade-long pursuit of justice
Baltimore's Board of Estimates approved a $6 million settlement, among the largest to result from the corrupt actions of the now-defunct Gun Trace Task Force.
Baltimore poised to settle another GTTF evidence-planting lawsuit
Baltimore's Board of Estimates will vote on a six-figure settlement to end a civil rights lawsuit stemming from allegations that members of the corrupt Gun Trace Task Force planted a gun on a man.
Baltimore to pay $65K to settle suit over collision involving officer
The Baltimore City Board of Estimates is set to approve a $65,000 settlement with a woman who claims a police officer ran a red light and hit her vehicle. Tuesday Nemcek-Skelton filed suit in Baltimore City Circuit Court in 2018 alleging she had a green light on Lombard Street in December 2015 when Officer Jason […]
City law department recommends $40K settlement for unarmed man shot by police
The Baltimore Board of Estimates is set to approve a $40,000 payment Wednesday for a man who was shot by police in 2014 while he was unarmed and fleeing the scene of a burglary. Michael Johansen sued four officers and former Baltimore Police Commissioner Anthony Batts in federal court in 2015. The case was dismissed […]
Man shot by Laurel police in 2016 reaches settlement
A Baltimore County man who was shot by a Laurel Police Department officer in 2016 settled his federal lawsuit last week and the court dismissed the case Tuesday. Rashawn Curbeam filed suit last year in Prince George’s County Circuit Court — the case was later removed to U.S. District Court in Greenbelt — alleging an […]
Baltimore set to approve $30k settlement for fatal car chase
The Baltimore City Board of Estimates is set to approve a $30,000 settlement for the mother of a child struck and killed in a crash involving a driver fleeing from a police officer.
Baltimore spending panel to consider $30K settlement for child struck by police car
The Baltimore City Board of Estimates will consider a proposed $30,000 settlement Wednesday to resolve a lawsuit stemming from a 2015 incident where a police officer responding to a reported crime struck a child with his vehicle.
Baltimore board approves $9M to man wrongfully convicted of ’87 murder
Nine years after being released from prison where he was serving a life sentence, a Baltimore man who was wrongfully convicted will be compensated by the city for the more than 20 years he spent behind bars.
Baltimore spending board to vote on $50K settlement with arrestee
The Baltimore City Board of Estimates is set to approve Wednesday a $50,000 settlement with a man who injured his knee when a police officer threw him to the ground during an arrest.
Baltimore spending panel to consider $90K for man tackled, detained after witnessing robbery
The Baltimore City Board of Estimates is set to approve a $90,000 settlement Wednesday with a man who witnessed a robbery and was forcibly taken into custody and later charged with assault when he refused to go to the police station to give a formal statement.
Baltimore to approve settlement with man stunned, tackled outside nightclub
The Baltimore City Board of Estimates is set to approve Wednesday a $135,000 settlement with a man who was hit with a stun gun and forced to the ground by police who intervened after a bouncer put him in a chokehold. Jamar Kennedy filed suit in 2015 seeking $5 million for his injuries as well […]
