A $1 million verdict for the mother of a 22-year-old woman who died was cut in half by an appellate court last week after the judges determined there was insufficient evidence to support the economic damages award. A Baltimore city jury ...

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Attorneys for Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center Inc. asked a Baltimore judge to set aside or reduce a $229 million birth injury malpractice verdict from earlier this year, arguing that the result was not consistent with the evidence and indicated ...

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A Baltimore jury on Wednesday awarded $2.7 million to a man who was beaten by correctional officers in 2013, finding prison officials failed to take adequate steps to protect him. Kevin Younger was assaulted by several officers  at the Maryland ...

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A Baltimore County judge reduced a $20 million jury verdict to $1 Tuesday after determining that the plaintiff, a local aerospace manufacturing company, had failed to prove damages against Beretta USA for breaching a nondisclosure agreement. Adcor Defense Inc. brought ...

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The Baltimore Board of Estimates is scheduled to approve Wednesday a $2 million settlement with a man who was wrongfully accused of rape and incarcerated for more than a year based on a warrant for his arrest which lacked sufficient probable cause.

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A jury has awarded a man $18.6 million after he went to the hospital with severe abdominal pain but left with permanent brain damage and could no longer walk.

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After three straight acquittals for officers charged in connection with the death of Freddie Gray, there are few theories left for prosecutors to offer that Baltimore City Circuit Judge Barry Williams has not already rejected.

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With the acquittal Thursday of the officer facing the most serious charges in connection with the death of Freddie Gray, attention now turns to what Baltimore City State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby will do with the remaining four officers’ trials. Baltimore ...

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A Baltimore County jury has awarded $1.5 million to a Harford County woman who developed necrotizing pancreatitis — a serious condition in which pancreatic tissue begins to die — following an endoscopic procedure that she alleged was performed without her ...

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A Baltimore city jury Tuesday night awarded $70,000 to a community activist who alleged he was assaulted in his driveway by police. Abdul Salaam complained to the department after Officers Nicholas David Chapman and Jorge Omar Bernardez-Ruiz pulled him from ...

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