A tort is a civil wrong,other than breach of contract,that causes a claimant to suffer loss or harm,resulting in legal liability for the person who commits the tortious act. Tort law can be contrasted with criminal law,which deals with criminal wrongs that are punishable by the state. While criminal law aims to punish individuals who commit crimes,tort law aims to compensate individuals who suffer harm as a result of the actions of others. Some wrongful acts,such as assault and battery,can result in both a civil lawsuit and a criminal prosecution in countries where the civil and criminal legal systems are separate. Tort law may also be contrasted with contract law,which provides civil remedies after breach of a duty that arises from a contract. Obligations in both tort and criminal law are more fundamental and are imposed regardless of whether the parties have a contract.
The United States District Court for the District of Maryland is the federal district court whose jurisdiction is the state of Maryland. Appeals from the District of Maryland are taken to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.
Trespass to chattels,also called trespass to personalty or trespass to personal property,is a tort whereby the infringing party has intentionally interfered with another person's lawful possession of a chattel. The interference can be any physical contact with the chattel in a quantifiable way,or any dispossession of the chattel. As opposed to the greater wrong of conversion,trespass to chattels is argued to be actionable per se.
Catherine Curran O'Malley is an American jurist who served as a Baltimore City District Court judge. She is married to Martin O'Malley,a former governor of Maryland and mayor of Baltimore,and a 2016 presidential candidate. She was an unsuccessful candidate for Maryland Attorney General in the 2022 election.
Same-sex marriage has been legally recognized in Maryland since January 1,2013. In 2012,the state's Democratic representatives,led by Governor Martin O'Malley,began a campaign for its legalization. After much debate,a law permitting same-sex marriage was passed by the General Assembly in February 2012 and signed on March 1,2012. The law took effect on January 1,2013 after 52.4% of voters approved a statewide referendum held on November 6,2012. The vote was hailed as a watershed moment by gay rights activists and marked the first time marriage rights in the United States had been extended to same-sex couples by popular vote. Maryland was the ninth U.S. state to legalize same-sex marriage.
This is a list of notable events in the history of LGBTQ rights that took place in the year 2007.
Maouloud Baby v. State of Maryland is a Maryland state court case relating to the ability to withdraw sexual consent.
Marvin Earl Holmes Jr. is an American politician. He is a member of the Maryland House of Delegates,representing District 23B in Prince George's County,Maryland.
Equality Maryland (EQMD) was a non-profit organization formerly headquartered in Silver Spring,Maryland,now based in Baltimore. It was at the time,the largest organization in Maryland whose activities focused on advocacy and education with regard to LGBT social and political movements. Its mission included:the passage of laws prohibiting discrimination based on sexual orientation,gender expression,and gender identity;the expansion of Maryland's hate-crimes statute;the increase of domestic partner benefits;the legal recognition of same-sex marriage in Maryland and laws banning the practice of conversion therapy on minors. In 2016,the organization merged with FreeState Legal Project,to form FreeState Justice.
Wyeth v. Levine,555 U.S. 555 (2009),is a United States Supreme Court case holding that Federal regulatory approval of a medication does not shield the manufacturer from liability under state law.
Deborah Havis Koss Chasanow is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Maryland.
Ellen Frances Lipton Hollander is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Maryland.
James Kelleher Bredar is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Maryland. He previously served as a United States magistrate judge of the same court.
Paul Mark Sandler is a Maryland trial lawyer and author of numerous books on trial advocacy and litigation.
The 1994 Maryland gubernatorial election was held on November 8,1994. Incumbent Democratic governor William Donald Schaefer was ineligible for re-election. Prince George's County Executive Parris Glendening emerged victorious from the Democratic primary after defeating several candidates. Maryland House minority leader Ellen Sauerbrey,who would also be the 1998 Republican nominee for governor,won her party's nomination.
Henrietta Haynie Maddox was a vocalist,lawyer and suffragist. Maddox became the first woman in Maryland licensed to practice law in 1902. She fought for the rights of women to take the bar exam and practice law in the state of Maryland. She was a successful vocalist who studied at the Peabody Conservatory of Music before starting a second career as an attorney. She was the co-founder of the Maryland Woman Suffrage Association in 1894 and campaigned for equal pay for equal work. Maddox wrote the first Maryland suffrage bill introduced to the General Assembly on February 23,1910.
Brynja McDivitt Booth is an American lawyer who has served a justice of the Supreme Court of Maryland since 2019.
Rose S. Zetzer was an American lawyer. She was the first woman to gain admission to the Maryland bar and the founder of Maryland's first all-female law firm.
The Maryland Attorney General election of 2022 was held on November 8,2022,to elect the Attorney General of Maryland. Incumbent Democratic Attorney General Brian Frosh was eligible to seek a third term in office,but announced that he would retire at the end of his term in early 2023.
