19 articles.
In D.C., the city usually can’t be sued for failing to protect someone, but there are real exceptions. A 2025 ruling on a stillborn baby shows where the line falls.
A Maryland jury awarded $2 million to a man stabbed 17 times in a state prison. The Supreme Court of Maryland cut it to $400,000. Here is how the cap on suing the State works, and what counts as one incident.
The D.C. Court of Appeals answered the Whiteru certified question: property owners who know someone lies injured must render reasonable aid. The saga ends.
Baltimore renewed its dockless scooter program in 2024 with Spin and Lime. Who pays when a rider is hurt: the company, a driver, or the city?
When a Virginia school bus crash injures a child, sovereign immunity is waived up to the school board's insurance. How these claims actually work.
The Supreme Court of Virginia held a housing authority acts like any private landowner when maintaining its property: no sovereign immunity.
The D.C. Circuit has certified the Whiteru v. WMATA trespasser question to the D.C. Court of Appeals. What's at stake for injured Metro riders.
Hit by debris, tripped at a torn-up sidewalk, hurt near a DC construction site? How bystander claims work: who owes duties, notice traps, and evidence.
Injured on Metro? How WMATA claims work: compact immunity, common-carrier duties, and what last year's Whiteru decision changed for passengers.
The Supreme Court of Virginia holds community services boards are not immune from tort suits: a major ruling for abuse survivors and injured Virginians.
Maryland's highest court holds federal teacher-immunity law doesn't preempt negligence claims and bullying suits aren't barred as "educational malpractice."
Hurt by a Maryland county or city employee? The Local Government Tort Claims Act requires written notice within one year: miss it and lose the claim.
The Supreme Court of Virginia revives a teacher's suit against a Petersburg officer: gross negligence defeats sovereign immunity in police misconduct cases.
Injured on a WMATA train, bus, or station? Why Metro cases are unlike any other injury claim: sovereign immunity, federal court, and strict deadlines.
In Blair v. DC, the DC Court of Appeals held a jury must decide whether the District is liable for an off-duty officer who invoked police authority.
Maryland injury deadlines explained: the 3-year rule, the discovery rule, tolling for minors, medical malpractice limits, and the LGTCA 1-year notice.
Before you can sue the DC government for an injury, D.C. Code § 12-309 requires written notice within six months. Miss it and even a strong case is gone.
Hurt by a Virginia state employee or agency? The Virginia Tort Claims Act allows suit, but with a one-year notice deadline and a $100,000 cap. Know the rules.
Maryland's highest court restored a family's judgment against a correctional officer whose reckless failures led to an inmate's murder during transport.
