Spying landlord hit with $1M verdict
A Montgomery County Circuit Court jury has found a Chevy Chase man liable for more than $1 million in damages for using a hidden camera to spy on a former tenant and her then-boyfriend.
P.G. jury awards $9.5M in med-mal case
A Prince George’s County jury has awarded $9.5 million in damages to the family of a child who developed cerebral palsy as an infant after signs of an infection were not immediately treated by emergency room personnel.
Prince George’s Co. jury awards $9.5M in med-mal case
A Prince George’s County jury has awarded $9.5 million to the family of a child who developed cerebral palsy as a newborn after signs of an infection were not immediately treated by emergency room personnel.
ESPN Zone settles with Inner Harbor workers
Employees of the former ESPN Zone in the Inner Harbor have reached a settlement over back pay after the restaurant was shut down in 2010 without federally required notice to the workers.
City settles assault claim for $95K
The Board of Estimates last week approved a $95,000 settlement with a Baltimore man who alleged city police officers chased and assaulted him without probable cause.
Verdict overturned in Christmas Day killing
Maryland’s top court has overturned the first-degree murder conviction and life sentence of a mentally ill man alleged to have stabbed his father to death in a Gaithersburg park on Christmas Day 2007.
State Farm hit with $1M verdict in underinsured motorist suit
A Montgomery County jury has awarded more than $1 million in damages to a Walkersville woman after concluding that State Farm Insurance Cos. breached its policy by failing to provide underinsured motorist coverage after she was seriously injured in a January 2007 car crash.
Judge awards family $346K in med-mal case
A federal judge has awarded more than $346,000 in damages to the family of a man whose death resulted from a doctor’s misdiagnosis of his condition at the Veterans Administration Medical Center in Baltimore.
Harford jury gives $958K in med mal case
A Harford County jury has awarded more than $958,000 to the estate and surviving family members of a woman who died after being given excessive pain medication following surgery at Upper Chesapeake Health Center, where she had gone for treatment of leg ulcers in February 2010.
Police settle suit claiming racially motivated stop
The Maryland Board of Public Works has approved a $55,000 settlement with a Philadelphia man who claimed state troopers stopped him three times in two months because he is black and then pursued trumped-up charges that cost him 20 days in jail after he filed a Public Information Act request for details of the traffic stops.
SEC settles with whistleblower for $580K
An attorney who claimed he was fired from the Securities and Exchange Commission for having told superiors and congressional committees of agency misconduct has received $580,000 in settlement of his unlawful-retaliation lawsuit against the SEC.
City to settle student bullying suit for $45K
The Baltimore City Board of Estimates is slated to approve the settlement of a lawsuit filed by a mother who said her daughter was assaulted and verbally harassed by another classmate.