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Arrest outside bar leads to $72K settlement
The Baltimore City Board of Estimates approved this week a $72,000 settlement to resolve a claim by three relatives who alleged that police falsely arrested and assaulted them outside a Federal Hill bar.
Ticketmaster settles rewards lawsuit for $23M
LOS ANGELES — Ticketmaster has agreed to settle claims for up to $23 million over a lawsuit affecting more than a million people who, after buying a ticket online, were […]
Baltimore County settles three ADA cases
Two firefighters and a former police lieutenant have tentatively settled their $6.9 million lawsuit alleging that Baltimore County forced them from their county jobs in violation of the federal Americans with Disabilities Act, County Attorney Michael E. Field said in a statement last week.
City to pay $100K for child’s fatal jump from back of bus
The family of a 6-year-old special needs education student who died after falling from the back of a school bus will receive $100,000 from the Baltimore City Public Schools.
After 5 years, Bank of America settles with MBIA for $1.7B
MBIA Inc. and Bank of America Corp. settled a five-year legal battle over soured mortgage debt in a deal that will pay MBIA the equivalent of $1.7 billion and give […]
AMVETS settles $500K wrongful termination lawsuit
American Veterans Inc., a Lanham-based nonprofit organization that helps veterans process disability claims, has tentatively entered into a confidential settlement of a wrongful termination lawsuit by a former employee.
P.G. County firefighter wins $300K on retaliation claim
A retired Prince George’s County firefighter was awarded damages of $300,000 after a federal jury found the county unlawfully retaliated against her for filing a complaint of racial and gender bias.
Bank of America closes one mortgage lawsuit, another lingers
Bank of America has agreed to settle a class-action lawsuit brought by investors who bought mortgage investments from Countrywide Financial, the California-based lender it acquired in 2008.
94-year-old settles fraud suit against grandkids
A 94-year-old Maryland woman has agreed to settle the lawsuit she brought against her grandchildren, claiming they engaged in a “campaign of harassment and abuse” to drive her from the home she built on their Virginia farm.
Court of Special Appeals restores stroke verdict
An Edgemere man whose stroke symptoms were diagnosed as carpal tunnel syndrome has convinced an appellate court to reinstate the $1.1 million verdict a jury awarded him in his medical malpractice suit.
Gas drilling companies paid $750K settlement
PITTSBURGH— Newly released court documents show gas drilling company Range Resources and other defendants paid $750,000 to settle claims that the activity ruined a western Pennsylvania family’s property. Stephanie and […]
Disabled teen wins Supreme Court case over settlement
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court has blocked North Carolina from trying to take more than $900,000 from a legal settlement won by the family of a 13-year-old girl who suffered […]
