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Court of Special Appeals creates manual for non-lawyers
ANNAPOLIS — The Maryland Court of Special Appeals has created a guide to help non-lawyers represent themselves in court. Chief Judge Peter Krauser says that approximately 2,000 appeals are filed […]
Opinions – 7/23/12: Maryland Court of Special Appeals
Criminal Procedure Jury instructions BOTTOM LINE: The circuit court erred by refusing to allow defendant’s request to submit the charge of fourth-degree burglary to the jury, where the evidence was […]
Opinions – 7/16/12: Maryland Court of Special Appeals
Civil Procedure In banc review BOTTOM LINE: An in banc panel of the circuit court lacked jurisdiction to consider the merits of a husband’s request to dissolve a consent judgment […]
O.C. chamber can’t claim inability to pay, appeals court holds
Employers cannot get out of paying attorneys’ fees in a wage payment dispute by claiming they can’t afford it, the Court of Special Appeals has held. The decision revived the […]
Opinions – 7/2/12: Maryland Court of Special Appeals
Real Property Interpretation of deed BOTTOM LINE: The circuit court did not err by declaring that plaintiff owned no interest in a 10-foot strip of land that borders property owned […]
CSA voids $3M asbestos award
The Court of Special Appeals on Friday overturned a $3 million award to the family of an Oakland woman who died of mesothelioma, allegedly as a result of her husband’s […]
Former teaching assistant’s abuse conviction affirmed
Karl Marshall Walker Jr., a former teacher’s aide in Howard County, was properly convicted of sexual abuse and attempted sexual abuse of a minor, the Court of Special Appeals held. […]
CSA affirms special exception for Prigel creamery
The Court of Special Appeals on Friday affirmed the grant of a special zoning exception that allowed Bobby Prigel’s Bellevale Farms to operate a retail store on his organic dairy […]
Not enough new nominees for CSA
Those who missed the application deadline to succeed retired Judge James R. Eyler on the Court of Special Appeals will have a second chance, as the vacancy will be readvertised. […]
Opinions – 6/25/12: Maryland Court of Special Appeals
Civil Procedure Issue preclusion BOTTOM LINE: Plaintiff’s Maryland claim was barred by issue preclusion, since the issue of liability was conclusively decided by a court in a prior proceeding in […]
Opinions – 6/18/12: Maryland Court of Special Appeals
Commercial Law Antitrust BOTTOM LINE: Defendant was entitled to judgment on plaintiff’s antitrust claim because plaintiff failed to prove that defendant’s work rules unreasonably restrained competition. CASE: Krause Marine Towing […]
State not liable for convict’s killing of teen
The state is not liable for the death of a 15-year-old boy at the hands of a child sex offender it failed to effectively monitor after his release from prison […]
