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Widow wants handwritten contract to trump will
A Baltimore woman is seeking to have a handwritten contract between her and her late husband enforced as a will. Chana Lepman alleges the contract should supersede a 2008 will […]
Lawyers for officer accused of slitting dog’s throat seek to disqualify Mosby from case
Lawyers for a former Baltimore police detective accused of slitting a dog’s throat have asked for an independent prosecutor because of State’s Attorney Marilyn J. Mosby’s relationship with William H. […]
Franchot announces tax extension for Baltimore businesses
Businesses in Baltimore City will have an extra two weeks on the state’s sales tax deadline. Comptroller Peter V.R. Franchot granted the extension in the wake of civil unrest and […]
TRUFFLES AT THE BELVEDERE, LLC v. G & J CHASE, LLC, ET AL.
Under Truffles’ view, any water that is not contained in a pipe is by necessity outside the scope of the Easement and is therefore actionable. We disagree. Nothing in the concept of an easement generally, or in the language of this specific Easement is so limiting.
RITU WALIA v. KIM WITKOWSKI, ET AL.
For purposes of summary judgment, the Witkowskis claimed the alleged statement was indisputably true, or at least “substantially correct.” Reviewing the motion on a de novo basis, we cannot agree with the court’s conclusion.
ALVIN WRIGHT v. STATE OF MARYLAND
Did the circuit court err in admitting hearsay testimony from a forensic nurse and from a redacted medical report, and in permitting the State to elicit from the forensic nurse her opinion as to whether her findings were consistent with what the victim told her?
JENNIFER R. MILLER et vir v. UNIVERSITY of MARYLAND MEDICAL SYSTEM CORPORATION
If the physician-patient relationship were expanded to include teacher-student relationships on facts such as this, potential tort liability would be expanded to unmanageable bounds.
JEFFREY BURDICK v. BALTIMORE CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT
A default judgment should not have been entered against non-existent parties, and the default judgment would be unenforceable against BCPD because appellant did not prove the unidentified officers acted within the scope of their employment and without malice.
POLICARPIO ESPINOZA PEREZ v. STATE OF MARYLAND
On May 27, 2004, three children, Lucero Espinoza, age 8, her brother, Ricardo Espinoza, Jr., age 9, and their cousin Alexis Espenjo Quezada, age 10, were killed while alone in an apartment in Northwest Baltimore
SYLVIA HILL-GILCHRIST v. PUBLIC SCHOOL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD et al.
argues that the Board was required to inform her when it dismissed her 2011 complaint that she had the right to appeal, and that the Board’s failure to so inform her should excuse the late filing of her 2013 complaint.
TROY JAQUAN GEE v. STATE OF MARYLAND
1. Did the court below err by denying Appellant’s motion to dismiss based on a violation of his constitutional right to a speedy trial? 2. Did the court below err by excluding evidence crucial to Appellant’s defense under the Maryland rape shield statute? 3. Is the evidence legally insufficient to sustain Appellant’s convictions?
STATE OF MARYLAND v. KARIEM YOONUS AKA FARIEN YOONUS and DASHAWN PAYTON
Did the lower court act without authority when it set aside [a]ppellees’ convictions, permitted them to withdraw from their binding plea agreements and dismissed their indictments for the State’s technical violation of a scheduling order
