The parents of a 7-year-old boy who died in 2009 of an allegedly botched hernia operation followed by a misdiagnosed and mistreated kidney infection settled their medical malpractice lawsuit against their Bel Air urologist and his medical practice.

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A Baltimore grandfather who was beaten while in jail with his wife on allegedly trumped-up charges of kidnapping their grandchild will receive $500,000 from the city under an out-of-court settlement approved last week.

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ANNAPOLIS — Maryland’s state prosecutor says a verbal agreement has been reached to settle cases involving a lawmaker accused of using campaign funds to pay for wedding expenses and using state money to pay an employee in her private law ...

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WASHINGTON — Federal regulators said Monday that a subsidiary of diet plan marketer Medifast Inc. will pay a $3.7 million civil penalty to settle charges that it violated a previous federal order by making unsupported claims about its weight-loss products. ...

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State residents involved in a class action lawsuit against a group of debt collection agencies will have their debts erased and lawsuits against them dropped as part of a settlement agreement.

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Home Depot U.S.A. Inc. will pay $100,000 to a part-time Towson cashier the retailer allegedly fired because she had cancer, under a settlement the company reached last week with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

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In addition to the hard work of preparing yourself mentally, understanding your case and communicating with your client, negotiating effectively requires a complex set of skills as well as a healthy amount of common sense.

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In a move that could wrap up more than 17 years of legal wrangling over fair housing options in Baltimore, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and the city housing department have filed a proposed settlement agreement of a class action by public housing residents.

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A Baltimore City Circuit Court judge ordered U.S. Bank N.A. to pay a real estate agent $155,566 for injuries she received during an inspection at a bank-owned house.

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The family of a 24-year-old woman killed in a traffic accident in Baltimore in 2010 was awarded $760,000 by a city jury — almost all of it in solatium damages.

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