Baltimore, Maryland civil rights lawyer represented the Plaintiff on a civil rights violation theory.

Plaintiffs' allegations arise out of Mr. Proctor's death after he was stabbed by another inmate on December 14, 2020, while he was incarcerated at Dorsey Run Correctional Facility (“Dorsey Runâ€�) in Jessup, Maryland. (ECF No. 1 ¶¶ 19, 24.) Plaintiffs allege that shortly before 11:00... More...    $0 (12-20-2024 - MD)

Smith & Nephew is a medical technology company that develops, manufactures, and sells medical devices to repair, regenerate, and replace soft and hard tissue. The company operates in more than 100 countries and is a constituent of the UK's FTSE100.

Smith & Nephew, a UK-based medic... More...    $0 (10-11-2024 - MD)

Baltimore, Maryland personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendant on a negligence theory.

Maryland personal injury law protects individuals who have been injured due to the carelessness or recklessness of another person. If you've been hurt in an accident, whether from a car crash, slip and fall, or medical malpractice, you may be entitled to compensation for you... More...    $1 (01-04-2024 - MD)

Greenbelt, Maryland personal injury slip and fall lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendant on a premises negligence theory.


Maryland personal injury law protects individuals who have been injured due to the carelessness or recklessness of another person. If you've been hurt in an accident, whether from a car crash, slip and fall, or medical malpractice, you may be enti... More...    $1 (01-12-2024 - MD)

Baltimore, Maryland personal injury car wreck lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendant on an auto negligence theory claiming to have suffered more than $75,000 in damages and/or injuries as a direct result of an auto accident caused by Daly's failure to exercise due care in the operation of his vehicle.

Maryland's auto negligence law.

Contributory negligence: ... More...    $0 (12-22-2023 - MD)

This case arises out of the arrest, prosecution, and conviction of Plaintiffs Alfred
Chestnut (“Chestnut�), Andrew Stewart, Jr. (“Stewart�), and Ransom Watkins (“Watkins�)
(collectively, “Plaintiffs�) for felony murder of a 14-year-old boy named DeWitt Duckett in
1983. (ECF No. 1.) On November 25, 2019, the Circuit Court for Baltimore City granted the
Plaintiffs... More...    $0 (02-27-2022 - MD)

Baltimore, Maryland personal injury lawyers represented the Plaintiffs who sued the Defendants on civil rights violation theories.

This case arises out of the arrest, prosecution, and conviction of Plaintiffs Alfred
Chestnut (“Chestnut�), Andrew Stewart, Jr. (“Stewart�), and Ransom Watkins (“Watkins�)
(collectively, “Plaintiffsâ€�) for felony murder of a 14-year-ol... More...    $48000000 (04-28-2021 - MD)

These appeals are part of broader litigation alleging pervasive race discrimination and unlawful retaliation against three African-American police officers who worked for Pocomoke City in Worcester County, Maryland. The issues before us today arise from the interactions of one of those plaintiffs, Franklin Savage, with the State’s Attorney for Worcester County, Beau Oglesby. According to Savage, O... More...    $0 (07-14-2018 - MD)

This matter involves a school resource officer’s decision to handcuff a calm, compliant elementary school student for fighting with another student three days prior. The child brought a claim under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for excessive use of force in violation of the Fourth Amendment and several state law claims. On a motion for summary judgment, the district court concluded that the officer’s conduct d... More...    $0 (02-14-2018 - MD)

For over a year, Appellant Marlow Humbert languished in pretrial solitary confinement, charged with committing a heinous act of sexual assault. The questionable investigatory strategies of Baltimore City Police Department (“BPD”) officers led to Humbert’s unlawful arrest. Afterwards, the officers failed to inform the State’s Attorney that the victim could not positively identify Humbert and that D... More...    $0 (08-24-2017 - MD)

Appellant, Michael Harris, brings this appeal from the Circuit Court for Carroll
County’s judgment that ruled on his workers’ compensation claim stemming from
injuries sustained when the company vehicle he was driving was struck from behind.
Harris sustained injuries to his head, neck, and back, and he had surgery on his back.
After developing additional health issues, the Wo... More...    $0 (11-25-2015 - MD)

This case arises out of one of the largest residential arsons in Maryland history. See Michael E. Ruane & Joshua Partlow, No Motive Found in Charles Arsons; Eco-Terrorism, Racism Considered, Wash. Post, Dec. 8, 2004, at B1. Appellants (Homebuyers) contracted to purchase homes that were later damaged or destroyed due to the arsons. Following the arsons, the Homebuyers brought suit against a company... More...    $0 (04-15-2014 - MD)

This appeal comes to the Court after what the district court described as “a rather long and tortured factual history.â€� Several orders are on appeal: dismissal; grant of summary judgment; denial of a motion pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 59(e); and denial of a motion pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 60(b). As explained in greater detail below, we affirm in part, reverse... More...    $0 (02-21-2014 - MD)

Thirty years ago, in Harrison v. Montgomery County Bd. of Educ., 295 Md. 442, 444, 456 A.2d 894 (1983), this Court issued a writ of certiorari to decide “whether the common law doctrine of contributory negligence should be judicially abrogated in Maryland and the doctrine of comparative negligence adopted in its place as the rule governing trial of negligence actions in this State.â€� In a compr... More...    $0 (07-09-2013 - MD)

The State of Maryland charged Bryan Kevin Thomas, age 39, with first-degree murder, felony murder and felony theft in conjunction with the beatin gdeath of Steven Payne, assistant manager of the Maryville, Maryland Aubrey's Restaurant, on November 24, 2010.

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Title 2 Maryland Criminal Code Section 2-303 provides:

(a) Definitions.-

... More...    $0 (05-31-2013 - MD)

Albert DiFederico, a former naval commander, was serving as a civilian contractor for the State Department in Pakistan when he was killed in a terrorist attack on the Marriott Islamabad Hotel. His widow, Mary DiFederico, and their three sons, brought this wrongful death action and survivorship claim alleging that Marriott International ("Marriott") was liable for its failure to adequately secure i... More...    $0 (05-01-2013 - MD)

Appellants Thomas and Danielle Francis ("the Francises" or "Appellants") appeal an order of the district court granting summary judgment to Appellee Allstate Insurance Company ("Allstate"). In March 2011, Appellants brought this action in Maryland state court seeking a declaration as to Allstate’s duty under a renters insurance policy to defend and indemnify the Francises in a tort suit brought ... More...    $0 (03-07-2013 - MD)

Marjorie Gayle Hendrix, the appellant, was injured in an automobile accident caused by Charles Robert Burns, one of the appellees. In the Circuit Court for Baltimore County, Mrs. Hendrix sued Mr. Burns and Candice Marie Burns, his wife, the other appellee, alleging battery and negligence against Mr. Burns and negligent entrustment against Mrs. Burns.

Mrs. Hendrix prayed a jury trial. Before... More...    $0 (03-29-2012 - MD)

This is a civil action, authorized by a State statute and by the Howard County Code, in which the plaintiff seeks damages for a school’s alleged discrimination because of the plaintiff’s handicap. We issued a writ of certiorari in the case to consider whether discrimination because of a “handicap,â€� within the meaning of the Maryland statutory provisions, should be construed “strictly to ... More...    $0 (01-26-2012 - MD)

In this case, we apply the principles of res judicata in deciding whether a pair of adult children (“Petitionersâ€�) may proceed with a lawsuit against an energy company that spilled heating oil in their parents’ home. Their parents (“Cochran Parentsâ€� or “Parentsâ€�) had previously sued Griffith Energy Services (“Griffithâ€�), the same company, and won a judgment after a jury trial.More...    $0 (05-01-2012 - MD)

Helen C. Griggs and her late husband, Victor G. Griggs, refinanced the mortgage on their home with Beneficial Mortgage Company of Maryland. One of the mortgage instruments the Griggses executed, when they met with representatives of Beneficial Mortgage to obtain the refinancing, contained an arbitration rider, providing that disputes “arising from or relatingâ€� to their agreement with Beneficia... More...    $0 (05-02-2012 - MD)

We are asked to review a jury verdict in favor of the Petitioner, Julia M. Taylor, an African American female, in a suit in which she alleged both sexual discrimination and retaliatory termination against Giant of Maryland LLC, Respondent.1 The focal point of our review of the discrimination verdict is the application of “comparator evidenceâ€�2 in the context of Ms. Taylor’s claim of disparat... More...    $0 (12-06-2011 - MD)

This appeal presents the question of whether an injury suffered by appellant at the hands of a third party was “directed against [him] in the course ofâ€� his employment. John Doe, appellant, appeals from the decision of the Circuit Court for Baltimore City that reversed an award of benefits made by the Workers’ Compensation Commission. In this workers’ compensation case, appellant raises tw... More...    $0 (10-03-2011 - MD)

In the case at bar, this Court granted both a petition and cross-petition for a writ of certiorari to address two issues of public importance: (1) the extent to which the First Amendment’s “ministerial exceptionâ€� is applicable to a sixteen count civil action asserted against a church by a former employee who claims that she was the victim of sexual harassment and employment discrimination; a... More...    $0 (09-21-2011 - MD)

Hans Wilhelmsen and hundreds of other Jacksonville, Maryland property owners sued Exxon Mobil Corp. on a negligence theory claiming that a 26,000 gallon gasoline leak in 1979 and 1980 at a service station owned and operated by it contaminated the ground water that they relied upon and, as a direct result, their property values decreased, they suffered emotional distress and were forced to purchase... More...    $2000000000 (06-29-2011 - MD)

Appellant Lynette Harris (“Harrisâ€�) challenges the district court’s grant of summary judgment on her claims against her employer, Appellee Mayor and City Council of Baltimore (collectively, the “Cityâ€�), for hostile work environment and failure to promote under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. §§ 2000e et seq.; deprivation of constitutional equal protection under 42 ... More...    $0 (05-06-2011 - MD)

On September 23, 2008, appellants, Giuseppina, Tom, and David Muti, filed a complaint in the Circuit Court for Baltimore City, naming appellee, University of Maryland Medical System Corporation (“UMMSâ€�), as the sole defendant and claiming three counts of wrongful death and one count of medical negligence as a survival action. On August 31, 2009, appellee moved to dismiss appellants’ wrongful... More...    $0 (02-04-2011 - MD)

In this appeal, we are asked to determine the appropriate State constitutional standard for a claim that police used excessive force on a citizen in custody following a valid arrest.

The unfortunate circumstances described below led Eyrania Smith, appellant, to file suit in January 2008 in the Circuit Court for Baltimore County against Michael Bortner, appellee, an officer of the Baltimore ... More...    $0 (07-07-2010 - MD)

Eric and Mary Haberkorn, Arthur and Sonja Pereschuk, and James and Renee Rudolph sued Jeffrey Lynn Hurd, at 56, on intentional infliction of emotion distress and nuisance theories. Specifically, Plaintiffs claimed that for wrongfully shooting and killing their dogs. The Haberkorns claimed Hurd spied upon, threatened and harassed them.

Arthur Pereschuk claimed that Defendant fatally shoot ... More...    $150000 (05-09-2010 - MD)

This is the second appeal in a successful action by Robert and Suzanne Cochran (“the Cochrans�), the appellants, against Griffith Energy Services, Inc., t/a Ewing Oil (“Griffith�), the appellee, for damages caused by a fuel oil spill in the Cochrans’ home. The primary issue now in dispute is the amount of post-judgment interest the Cochrans are entitled to receive.

A jury in the C... More...    $0 (03-31-2010 - MD)

This appeal is from a judgment entered by the Circuit Court for Prince George’s County against Ahmed M. Ali, appellant, and in favor of CIT Technology Financing Services, Inc., appellee, in the amount of $190,725.85 in damages and $21,977.95 in prejudgment interest. Appellant contends that the trial court should have dismissed the suit because it was barred by the applicable statute of limitatio... More...    $0 (10-05-2009 - MD)

In June 2006, Albert Snyder instituted this diversity action in the District of Maryland against Westboro Baptist Church, Incorporated (the "Church"), and several of its members (collectively, the "Defendants"). Snyder’s lawsuit is predicated on two related events: a protest the Defendants conducted in Maryland near the funeral of Snyder’s son Matthew (an enlisted Marine who tragically died in... More...    $0 (10-03-2009 - MD)

In June 2006, Albert Snyder instituted this diversity action in the District of Maryland against Westboro Baptist Church, Incorporated (the "Church"), and several of its members (collectively, the "Defendants"). Snyder’s lawsuit is predicated on two related events: a protest the Defendants conducted in Maryland near the funeral of Snyder’s son Matthew (an enlisted Marine who tragically died in... More...    $0 (09-25-2009 - MD)

This appeal arises from a civil rights action brought by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission on behalf of La Tonya Medley, an African-American female. The EEOC alleges that Medley’s former employer, Central Wholesalers, Inc. ("Central"), subjected her to a hostile work environment based on her gender and race and constructively discharged her. The district court granted summary judgment ... More...    $0 (07-21-2009 - MD)