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)

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)

The Constitution entrusts the President and Congress, not the courts, with the power to resolve political questions. See Japan Whaling Ass’n v. Am. Cetacean Soc’y, 478 U.S. 221, 230 (1986); Taylor v. Kellogg, Brown & Root Servs., Inc., 658 F.3d 402, 408–409 (4th Cir. 2011). The issue before us is whether a suit brought by United States military personnel, civilian contractors, and surviving family... More...    $0 (06-24-2018 - 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)

In these proceedings, plaintiff Wayne Oliver filed a complaint in Maryland state court alleging asbestos exposure claims against, among other defendants, Campbell-McCormick, Inc. (“CMC”). In response, CMC filed a third-party complaint against several entities, including General Electric Company (“GE”). GE then removed the litigation to the District of Maryland, prompting Oliver to move to sever hi... More...    $0 (11-06-2017 - MD)

This case arises out of appellant Keri Borzilleri’s suit alleging that appellee Marilyn Mosby fired her for supporting Mosby’s political rival, thereby violating Borzilleri’s First Amendment rights. The district court determined that, as an Assistant State’s Attorney, Borzilleri was a policymaker exempt from the First Amendment’s protection against patronage dismissals. We affirm. To hold otherwis... More...    $0 (10-17-2017 - 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)

Judge Michael D. Mason of the Maryland Circuit Court for Montgomery County entered an $87,727.76 judgment against Plaintiffs Robert Horowitz and Cathy Horowitz and in favor of the law firm of Selzer Gurvitch Rabin Wetheimer Polott & Obecny, P.C. (“Selzer”). Following entry of that judgment, the Horowitzes1 brought the instant action alleging that two Selzer attorneys—Defendants Maury S. Epner and ... More...    $0 (03-13-2017 - MD)

During a disciplinary proceeding against appellee Mark Geier, M.D., the Maryland
Board of Physicians publicly disclosed confidential medical information concerning Dr.
Geier, his wife Anne, and their son David. David Geier was the subject of a separate
disciplinary proceeding at the time of the disclosures.
The Geiers responded to the disclosures by accusing the Board, its 22 ... More...    $0 (10-25-2015 - MD)

James Owens brought this action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the Baltimore City State’s Attorney’s Office, an assistant State’s Attorney, the Baltimore City Police Department, and several Baltimore City police officers. In his complaint, Owens alleges that the defendants violated his constitutional rights by intentionally withholding exculpatory evidence during his 1988 trial for the rape... More...    $0 (09-24-2014 - MD)

Appellant Aaron Ross (“Appellantâ€�) brought this action challenging his March 12, 2008 and March 25, 2009 arrests for refusing to obey Baltimore City Police Officer Wayne Early’s (“Officer Earlyâ€�) repeated orders to confine his leafleting to the area designated for protest activities outside the First Mariner Arena (the “Arenaâ€�) in Baltimore, Maryland. The designated protest area was ... More...    $0 (03-06-2014 - MD)

This appeal arises from a $1.1 million jury award in favor of a terminated employee on a claim of retaliation for the exercise of his First Amendment rights.

A veteran deputy sheriff used pepper spray and physical force to subdue a motorcyclist fleeing from a fellow law enforcement officer. The deputy duly prepared his report of the incident and submitted the report to his superiors, who in... More...    $0 (12-10-2013 - 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)

In this appeal, we consider the district court’s summary judgment holding that certain officers of the Baltimore County Police Department were entitled to qualified immunity.

The conduct at issue involved the officers’ entry into the residence of Ryan Meyers (Ryan) in responding to a report of domestic violence involving Ryan and members of his family. While attempting to arrest Ryan, o... More...    $0 (02-01-2013 - MD)

In Maryland the vicious mauling of young children by pit bulls occurred as early as 1916.1 Bachman vs. Clark, 128 Md. 245; 97 A. 440 (1916). In that case, a ten-year-old boy, John L. Clark, was playing on the north side of a street when a pit bull (“bull terrierâ€�) came across the street from its owner’s property and attacked him, inflicting serious injuries. The pit bull refused to release t... More...    $0 (04-26-2012 - MD)

This appeal involves litigation arising from the death of Dondi Johnson, Sr., after he was arrested for public urination. Appellees, and cross-appellants, Mr. Johnson’s estate and his two sons,1 filed a wrongful death and survivorship action in the Circuit Court for Baltimore City against appellants, Officers Sendy Ferdinand, Michael Riser, and Nicole Leake. A jury found in favor of appellees, a... More...    $0 (04-05-2012 - MD)

In this diversity action, Deborah Streeter and her minor son appeal the district court’s amended order granting summary judgment to the Appellees pursuant to Md. Code Ann., Cts. & Jud. Proc. § 5-108(b) (LexisNexis 2006) upon finding that the cause of action had not accrued because it occurred more than ten years after the entire improvements to the real property were made available for its inte... More...    $0 (09-15-2011 - MD)

James N. Hutcherson, Jr., and Sharon T. Hutcherson appeal the district court’s orders granting summary judgment in favor of Officer Chae Lim on their state law tort claims and denying reconsideration. On appeal, the Hutchersons argue that the district court should have declined to exercise supplemental jurisdiction over their state law claims and that the court erred in granting summary judgment... More...    $0 (08-30-2011 - MD)

The parties here challenge us to interpret the pre-suit notice requirement of the 2007 iteration of the Local Government Tort Claims Act (“LGTCAâ€�). Petitioner, Jerry Hansen (“Hansenâ€�), asserts that 1 he complied, strictly or at least substantially, with the required notice provision of the LGTCA as regards Prince George’s County (notice of a claim must be served on the county solicitor o... More...    $0 (07-15-2011 - MD)

On August 12, 2008, officials at the Maryland Correctional Training Center conducted a drug interdiction operation using a portable ion scanning machine capable of detecting minute amounts of controlled substances. Upon entering the building, several employees and independent contractors of the Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services alerted for the presence of drugs and wer... More...    $0 (07-21-2011 - MD)

Without warning, Officer Robert Purnell shot Frederick Henry, an unarmed man wanted for misdemeanor failure to pay child support, when he started running away. In the ensuing § 1983 action, the parties stipulated that Purnell had intended to use his Taser rather than his gun and the district court granted him summary judgment. However, because Tennessee v. Garner prohibits shooting suspects who p... More...    $0 (07-14-2011 - MD)

In the Circuit Court for Baltimore City, Kevin Antoine Mitchell, the appellant, sued the Housing Authority of Baltimore City (“HABCâ€�), the appellee, for damages for injuries he allegedly sustained due to childhood lead paint poisoning. The HABC moved for summary judgment on the ground that neither Mitchell nor a representative had satisfied the notice requirements of the Local Government Tort ... More...    $0 (05-25-2011 - MD)

Daniel Coleman appeals the dismissal of his amended complaint in this suit alleging, as is relevant here, violations of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ("Title VII"), see 42 U.S.C.A. §§ 2000e to 2000e-17 (West 2003 & Supp. 2010), and of the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 ("FMLA"), see 29 U.S.C.A. §§ 2601-54 (West 2009 & Supp. 2010). Finding no error, we affirm.

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Plaintiffs Teofila Ochoa Lizarbe and Cirila Pulido Baldeon brought this action under the Torture Victim Protection Act of 1991 (“TVPAâ€�), see Pub. L. 102-256, 106 Stat. 73 (1992), and the Alien Tort Statute (“ATSâ€�), see 28 U.S.C. § 1350, seeking relief from Defendant Juan Manuel Rivera Rondon for alleged war crimes and human rights violations committed in the 1980s against plaintiffs’ fa... More...    $0 (09-22-2010 - 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)

Petitioner Arnold Houghton, an officer in the Baltimore City Police Department (“BCPDâ€�), was sued for intentional and constitutional torts committed against Respondent Cheryl Forrest in the course of Houghton’s duties. The case was tried in the Circuit Court for Baltimore City, where a jury found against Houghton and awarded compensatory damages to Forrest. On appeal, Houghton argued that th... More...    $0 (02-19-2010 - MD)

This appeal arises from the termination of appellee, Calvin Elliott, Jr., from his position as a Deputy Sheriff with the Howard County Sheriff’s Office (“Sheriff’s Officeâ€�) on October 28, 2005. On December 14, 2005, Elliott filed a complaint for a show cause order in the Circuit Court for Howard County pursuant to the Law Enforcement Officers’ Bill of Rights (“LEOBRâ€�), Maryland Code ... More...    $0 (01-27-2010 - MD)

Appellant, Michael A. Freedman, claimed that appellee, the group of corporate entities known and commonly referred to as “Comcast,â€� violated the 1997 Maryland Wiretapping and Electronic Surveillance Act, Md. Code (1974, 2006 Repl. Vol.), § 10- 402 et seq. of the Courts and Judicial Proceedings Article (“CJâ€�). Appellant filed suit in the Circuit Court for Baltimore City and the parties fil... More...    $0 (01-29-2010 - MD)

Appellants/cross-appellees Mayor and City Council of Baltimore (collectively “the Cityâ€�), challenge the entry of judgment by the Circuit Court for Baltimore City after a jury verdict in favor of appellee/cross-appellant Zvi Guttman, trustee in bankruptcy for Ms. Deborah Mullins (“Ms. Mullinsâ€�), who brought a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 claim against the City alleging that she was fired for engaging ... More...    $0 (01-04-2010 - MD)

In this appeal, we evaluate the legal sufficiency of a complaint, applying the standard articulated in Bell Atlantic Corp. v. Twombly, 550 U.S. 544 (2007), and Ashcroft v. Iqbal, 129 S. Ct. 1937 (2009) — i.e., whether the complaint on its face states plausible claims upon which relief can be granted. Following highly public exchanges between Baltimore City Mayor Martin O’Malley and Baltimore C... More...    $0 (12-04-2009 - MD)

We decide in this case whether the Housing Authority of Baltimore City (“HABCâ€�) enjoys governmental immunity from suits in tort if it has exhausted the limits of its commercial insurance policy in payment of prior claims. The case comes to us from the grant of summary judgment in favor of the HABC, the respondent, in a lead paint action brought by the petitioner, Devonte A. Brooks (“Brooksâ€... More...    $0 (11-17-2009 - MD)

In this case, we must address whether Section 12-303(3)(ix) of the Courts and Judicial Proceedings Article, Maryland Code (1974, 2006 Repl. Vol.),1 permits an appeal of an order denying a motion to compel arbitration, in a case in which the circuit court judge also expressly denied a motion to certify the denial as a final judgment. We will answer that question in the negative, shall vacate the ju... More...    $0 (11-13-2009 - MD)

This appeal arises from a dispute between Gebhardt & Smith LLP (“Gebhardt & Smithâ€�), appellant, and the Maryland Port Administration (“MPAâ€�), appellee, over a lease (“Leaseâ€�) for office space in the Baltimore World Trade Center (“WTCâ€�). The Lease required that the tenant, Gebhardt & Smith, pay to the landlord, the MPA, base rent plus a proportional share of the building’s operati... More...    $0 (10-29-2009 - MD)