Md.'s Highest Court Rules On Lead Paint Lawsuits
Maryland's highest court has ruled that a law giving owners of certain rental properties immunity from personal injury lawsuits based on a child's ingestion of lead-based paint is invalid.
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Maryland's highest court has ruled that a law giving owners of certain rental properties immunity from personal injury lawsuits based on a child's ingestion of lead-based paint is invalid.
A political action committee based in Prince George's County is working with the Maryland Republican Party to challenge the state's redistricting map in federal court.
The family of a man who died outside of a nightclub in the District of Columbia after a physical encounter with several club employees has sued.
The family of Clarence Wells is now part of a civil suit against the farm where the listeria outbreak originated.
Metro has filed a lawsuit seeking more than $13 million from its insurance company, claiming that it has failed to pay costs and extra expenses in connection with the 2009 rail crash that killed nine people.
Farm groups and Perdue say they are raising money for Eastern Shore farmers in a battle with an environmental group.
The popular West Coast burger chain In-N-Out is suing a Maryland restaurant claiming its name, logo and menu is too close to its own.
Some parents in Eastern Allegany County are suing the local school board to prevent their children from having to switch schools.
A federal judge gives the go ahead to a lawsuit filed by the family of an unarmed Marine shot 12 times by a Baltimore City police officer outside of a nightclub. If the lawsuit succeeds, the city could pay out millions for the actions of a police officer already convicted in criminal court.
He's accused of performing unnecessary surgical procedures on hundreds of his patients. Now many of those patients are celebrating news that the state yanked Dr. Marc Midei's medical license.
A Baltimore judge says a suit against the $1.6 billion State Center redevelopment project can proceed.
A federal judge has refused to halt a civil suit filed by Maryland's attorney general over last-minute Election Day robo-calls in the governor's race.
A jury has awarded a black man $1.65 million, saying he had been fired from his job at the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission because of race discrimination.
It has been two years since a pair of Metro trains collided in Washington, killing nine people, but a complicated lawsuit resulting from the crash could take until 2012 to resolve.
The Washington City Paper has filed a motion seeking to dismiss a defamation lawsuit by Washington Redskins owner Daniel Snyder.
A Maryland congressman is among a group of lawmakers who are filing a lawsuit against President Barack Obama. They say he's abusing his war powers.
Baltimore City now faces a multi-million dollar civil lawsuit, in part for keeping Officer Gahiji Tshamba on the police force—despite his troubled past. On Thursday, a judge found Tshamba guilty of manslaughter for shooting an unarmed Marine.
Shocking allegations from an elementary school student who says another student bullied and sexually assaulted him. The boy's parents say the school did nothing.
An Anne Arundel County judge has acquitted a contractor accused of stealing from his clients.
A federal judge will hear the gender discrimination lawsuit filed against County Executive John Leopold.
While an environmental disaster continues to be cleaned up in Baltimore County, those affected are battling it out in court in Towson.
The family of a murdered Anne Arundel County teen reached a surprising settlement in civil court. Fourteen-year-old Christopher Jones was jumped and beaten to death while riding his bike two years ago.
Wegmans Food Markets has agreed to settle the trademark infringement lawsuit Walgreens filed against the supermarket chain over its use of a logo similar to the one used by the drug store company.
A Frederick woman is seeking $10 million in damages from Frederick County following her daughter's jailhouse suicide.
A Maryland lawmaker says he is talking to attorneys about filing a lawsuit against a measure allowing in-state tuition for illegal immigrants.
