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MILLION DOLLAR INSURANCE VERDICT
After a two-week trial, a federal jury in Baltimore has awarded more than $1 million to a Maryland couple whose insurance carrier refused to pay after their house burned down. Mutual Benefit Insurance Company claimed that the couple falsely inflated the amount of their losses, but the jury found otherwise and ordered the insurer to pay Kramer & Connolly's clients the sum of $1,023,147. Read The Daily Record story by clicking here.
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COPYRIGHT & TRADEMARK INFRINGEMENT
Representing The Legal Television Network, Kramer & Connolly took swift action to redress a Louisiana company's wilful theft, editing and display of CLIENTELEVISION videos. According to a complaint filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland, on twelve separate occasions, Defendants Nader Anthony Odeh and Claims Consulting, LLC copied these videos, removed LTVN's branding, and passed these segments off as their own online content.
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HOMEOWNER FORECLOSURE ACTION
Recognizing a firm's duty to perform pro bono service to support the surrounding community, Kramer & Connolly represents a family threatened with foreclosure by a homeowners association that claims to have spent nearly $10,000 to collect late fees of only $55. For a summary of the case, see WBAL-TV's story by clicking here.
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CHALLENGING SLOTS BALLOT
Representing citizens concerned about deceptive language in a ballot question authorizing slot machines, Kramer & Connolly took the State of Maryland to court and forced officials to change the wording. Although the Circuit Court agreed that the ballot language drafted by the Secretary of State was misleading, the three-judge panel only ordered the insertion of one word in an effort to cure this defect. The Court of Appeals affirmed the ruling and the measure was ultimately approved by voters in the November 2008 General Election.
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CHALLENGING SPECIAL SESSION LAWS
Representing a group of legislators and a prominent Maryland business person, Kramer & Connolly challenged the constitutionality of laws enacted during the 2007 Special Session of the Maryland General Assembly, including the largest tax increase in the State's history. During discovery, the Clerk of the House of Delegates admitted to the fabrication and backdating of legislative records at the instruction of legislative leaders.