A routine prisoner transport from Maryland to South Carolina turned into a nine-day ordeal in which detainees experienced dangerous and disgusting conditions, according to a lawsuit pending in federal court. A federal judge ruled last week that claims against the ...

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Gun rights advocates arrested by a Maryland Capitol Police officer during a peaceful protest near the State House three years ago can pursue their lawsuit alleging their constitutional rights to speak freely and be free of unreasonable seizure were violated, ...

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Excessive force and battery claims against a Baltimore police lieutenant who pepper-sprayed a man at close range and a sergeant who took the man to the ground during the 2015 civil unrest following the death of Freddie Gray will proceed ...

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A judge has blocked Montgomery County's restrictions of the use of certain pesticides on lawns and near schools and playgrounds, finding the ordinance is preempted by state law on the issue.

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The fight to save Sojourner-Douglass College, which was forced to shut its doors in 2015 after losing accreditation, was dealt another blow Thursday as the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a federal judge’s summary judgment ruling dismissing the case. ...

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One of two insurance companies for George Huguely V, convicted in 2012 of murdering fellow University of Virginia student Yeardley Love, may have to defend and indemnify him in the civil suit brought by Love’s mother, a federal judge ruled Monday. U.S. District ...

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Insurance companies for George Huguely V, convicted in 2012 of murdering fellow University of Virginia student Yeardley Love, are asking a federal judge to allow them to decline to defend Huguely or cover any damages from the civil suit filed by ...

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The trustee for failed mortgage lender Thornburg Mortgage Inc. has been awarded more than $45 million in damages in a lawsuit alleging an investment bank improperly liquidated mortgage-backed securities more than eight years ago. Thornburg, now known as TMST Inc., ...

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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.

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In a suit to quiet title by adverse possession, did the circuit court (1) err in granting summary judgment to plaintiff, and abuse its discretion in (2) denying defense's motion for a continuance to obtain counsel or (3) denying defense's motion to alter or amend?

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