Defendants need not know they were wearing, carrying or transporting a handgun to be found guilty of the crime, Maryland’s high court unanimously rules.

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A Montgomery County jury Wednesday awarded $545,000 to a 7-year-old girl who was bitten by a pit bull owned by her father’s landlord in 2012. The girl, who has scarring on her leg, required five surgeries and has post-traumatic stress, ...

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Baltimore bar owners can lose their liquor licenses for illicit sexual activity in their taverns regardless of whether they knew it was occurring, court rules.

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Baltimore bar owners can be stripped of their liquor licenses for illicit sexual activity in their taverns regardless of whether they knew, an attorney for the city’s liquor board said Tuesday in urging Maryland’s top court to reinstate a one-month suspension of the liquor license at Club Harem.

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A Walkersville church cannot be held strictly liable for essentially scaring to death four of a neighboring dairy farmer’s cows with its lawful fireworks show because such pyrotechnical displays are not an “abnormally dangerous activity,” Maryland’s top court has ruled.

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With more than $1.75 million at stake, Maryland’s top court said it will consider whether a pharmaceutical company should be held financially liable for negligently failing to warn doctors about a drug’s potentially carcinogenic side effect even though the cancer victim contributed to the fatal disease by smoking cigarettes.

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The General Assembly's pit bull task force met Thursday for the first time since this summer.

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A task force that studied possible solutions to a liability problem created by a Maryland high court ruling that called pit bulls "inherently dangerous" will be reconvened, a state lawmaker said.

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The signature bills of this General Assembly special session should arrive on the floor of the House of Delegates Tuesday. ...

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As I’m sure most of you animal lovers already know, the Court of Appeals opinion has imposed strict liability on pit bull owners if their dog attacks someone. In most cases of a dog attack, owners are only liable if ...

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