A retired judge on Wednesday cut in half the 100-year sentence he gave a defendant 23 years ago, partially granting a defense motion asking him to reconsider. The defendant, Gerald Jamar Cook, 40, was convicted of second-degree murder and related offenses ...

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The family of a then-6-year-old girl shocked at the MGM National Harbor outside Washington has officially sued the resort and contractors.

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A judge has ruled that a man charged in a deadly shooting at a Maryland police station is not qualified to pursue an insanity defense.

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Gov. Larry Hogan appointed an assistant attorney general and a family magistrate to fill two vacancies on the Prince George’s County Circuit Court bench. Peter K. Killough has been with the Maryland Office of the Attorney General since 2009 and ...

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A Prince George’s County jury has awarded $1 million to a Fort Washington woman who developed lung cancer after her gynecologist failed to properly follow up on results of a hysterectomy. The jury deliberated for approximately 90 minutes Thursday before finding ...

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An Olney man injured in a vehicle collision in 2011 has elected to accept a drastically reduced damages award rather than challenge the reduction or have a new trial after a judge ruled last month that the jury’s award “shocked the conscience.” ...

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An Olney man injured in a multi-vehicle crash on Interstate 70 has been awarded $1.8 million in damages following a five-week jury trial in Prince George’s County Circuit Court. Jeremy R. Iocozzia, was 19 years old in November 2011 when ...

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A Prince George’s County Circuit Court jury has awarded more than $4 million to a woman whose leg was severely fractured when a table at the Six Flags America amusement park in Bowie was lifted by gusts of wind and ...

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A Prince George’s County jury has awarded $397,000 to a couple who had a fourth child less than a year after the wife underwent surgery to prevent her from becoming pregnant again. After Chivonne Posey and her husband, William, expressed ...

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A Prince George’s County jury has awarded more than $1 million to a man who alleged that the Waldorf dealership where he bought his truck teamed up with a local towing company in an attempt to illegally take possession of ...

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