For purposes of summary judgment, the Witkowskis claimed the alleged statement was indisputably true, or at least “substantially correct.” Reviewing the motion on a de novo basis, we cannot agree with the court’s conclusion.

Tagged with: Arthur baltimore city defamation Sept. Term 2013 Summary judgment

The Dzikowski opinion, which found that open discovery was not a substitute for a bill of particulars, did not apply retroactively to appellant, whose convictions were affirmed a month before Dzikowski was decided.

Tagged with: criminal procedure Hotten Prince George's County Sept. Term 2013

Did the circuit court err in admitting hearsay testimony from a forensic nurse and from a redacted medical report, and in permitting the State to elicit from the forensic nurse her opinion as to whether her findings were consistent with what the victim told her?

Tagged with: baltimore city criminal procedure evidence hearsay Leahy rape Sept. Term 2013 voir dire

Pham’s sentence for violation of a protective order by possession of a firearm must merge into his sentence for possession of a regulated firearm. We shall affirm in all other respects.

Tagged with: criminal procedure Howard County Jury instructions merger of sentences sentencing Sept. Term 2013 Wright

Did the trial court err by determining that Larson did not have a meritorious reason to discharge counsel prior to hearing Larson’s reasons for the request?

Tagged with: allegany county Alpert criminal procedure Sept. Term 2013

I. Did the trial court err in admitting testimony of a prior bad act? II. Did the trial court err in denying appellant’s motion for judgment of acquittal as to his murder- and robbery-related convictions?

Tagged with: Alpert criminal procedure evidence murder prior bad acts Sept. Term 2013 Wicomico County

If the physician-patient relationship were expanded to include teacher-student relationships on facts such as this, potential tort liability would be expanded to unmanageable bounds.

Tagged with: baltimore city Eyler_James medical malpractice Sept. Term 2013 University of Maryland Medical System

Appellants filed a Motion to Stay Sale of Property in which they argued that appellees, trustees for HSBC Bank, did not properly engage in loss mitigation as they declined to consider loan modification as a means of avoiding foreclosure.

Tagged with: foreclosure Montgomery County Real Estate Sept. Term 2013 Thieme

argues that the Board was required to inform her when it dismissed her 2011 complaint that she had the right to appeal, and that the Board’s failure to so inform her should excuse the late filing of her 2013 complaint.

Tagged with: administrative law Alpert baltimore city public employees Sept. Term 2013

This appeal turns on the scope of the Board’s authority to grant the relief the Kehoes sought, i.e., an order declaring that a reconfiguration of the three parcels and the allocation of the remaining density units to the reconfigured parcels would not exceed the uses allowed in R.C.2 zones.

Tagged with: Baltimore County land use Nazarian Sept. Term 2013 zoning