Judge Preliminarily Approves Class Settlement
On January 8, 2008, Judge Louis F. Oberdorfer, of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, granted preliminary approval to a class action settlement involving Allstate Insurance Company and a class of their D.C. policyholders who filed uninsured motorist claims. Class members will receive between $150 and $1,200 each, depending on the length of time it took Allstate to pay their claims. Tom Minton is co-counsel for the class. You may link to the court-approved NOTICE OF SETTLEMENT here.
Tom Minton Successful in Court of Appeals
On August 30, the front page of the Daily Record featured an article reporting on Tom Minton’s recent victory in the Court of Appeals on behalf of investors and directors of a bankrupt bio-tech start-up company who had been charged with personal liability for the company’s alleged breach of its lease obligations. The opinion marks the end of nearly five years of complex litigation between the individuals who controlled Frederick based Intracel Corp. and its former landlord at its Rockville laboratory and office site, ARE Acquisitions, LLP. After Mr. Minton won partial dismissal of ARE’s 14-count Second Amended Complaint in Montgomery County Circuit Court, followed by summary judgment on the surviving counts, the Court of Special Appeals affirmed the result as to all but one count, sounding in “Trespass,” which it reversed and remanded for trial. Mr. Minton persuaded the Court of Appeals to grant a petition for a writ of certiorari on that last remaining issue. The end result, a complete victory for G&M’s clients, is described in the Daily Record article, to which you can link here.
G&M Files Class Action in Baltimore County against Home Improvement Company
On June 6, 2007, G&M filed a class action suit against Case Handyman and Remodeling Services, LLC and Case Design/Remodeling, Inc. G&M acted in response to complaints it received from several homeowners who had paid large sums of money for home improvement work, including substantial additions to their homes, only to learn that the contractor would not perform the work and had ostensibly lost or spent all of the money. The contractor traded under the name Case Handyman Services, which has been touted as one of the largest and most reliable home improvement companies in the U.S. If you have been victimized by Case Handyman Services, please feel free to call Tom Minton for more information. If you are interested in reading the complaint that was filed, you can link to it here.
Baltimore Judge Approves Settlement of Nationwide Class Action
On April 16, 2007, Judge John Glynn of the Baltimore City Circuit Court gave final approval to the $16.1 million class action settlement announced on this site late last year. More >
D.C. Judge Approves Expanded Class vs. Insurer
In a case in which Tom Minton is acting as co-counsel for a class of D.C. residents, Judge Louis Oberdorfer of the U.S. District Court in D.C. has determined that the certified class of Allstate Insurance Company automobile policyholders in D.C. can be expanded to include a large group of people who had accidents after the D.C. Consumer Protection Procedures Act was amended to permit an award of statutory damages of $1,500 per violation. More >
Where’s
Bawlmer’s Best Café At?
On The Avenue in Hampden, Hon.
On “The Avenue (36th Street)” in Hampden, Baltimore’s notorious working class neighborhood turned popular kitsch central, there’s an enormous pink flamingo towering over the entrance of Café Hon. The restaurant/cultural center is the brainchild of Denise Whiting, who serves up good ole home style cooking. More >
Law Matters – New Investigation
Have you received a notice from a collection agency for a bounced check? Some agencies regularly seek to collect up to $1,000 more than the debt you already owe. More >
Mediation: Cost-Effective Successes
In recent years, many of our individual and small-business clients have had their civil litigation issues settled by way of private mediations, rather than trials. More >
Business for Artists: The 10 Basics
Artists
create. To live well and prosper, artists must sell what they create.
Selling art can be as painstaking as creating it. Therefore, many successful
artists enlist the help of professionals to tend to the selling details. Other
artists handle the business details themselves. More >
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