On September 10, 2015, Judge Pamela J. White of the Circuit Court for Baltimore City gave final approval to a class action settlement in a case filed by Tom Minton in March 2014 (as co-counsel with lawyers at the Public…
G&M Argument Results in Landmark Consumer Rights Opinion
UPDATE: On June 18, 2015, Judge Glenn L. Klavans of the Circuit Court of Maryland for Anne Arundel County, certified the class. A copy of the Order can be found here. ORIGINAL POST: On February 24, 2014, the Maryland Court…
Baltimore Tenants Succeed in Their Fight against Management Company’s Collection Practices
Close to $1M settlement with Sage Management ends alleged “fee churning” scheme. Baltimore City tenants have settled a class-action lawsuit against rental management company Sage Management, LLC, fourteen months after asserting that the landlord engaged in the anti-consumer practice of…
G&M Prosecutes “Fee Churning” Class Action with the PJC
“I just want to be treated fairly by these landlords,” [Detrese] Dowridge, a medical technician, said, adding, “People are scared to speak up out of fear of retaliation. Just because you may be poor, you don’t have to go through this.”
“Class action lawsuit alleges Sage Management charged illegal fees” [Baltimore Sun, 3/9/14]
Class Settlement Approved Against Jerry’s Chevrolet
On February 20, 2013 Judge Judith Ensor of the Circuit Court for Baltimore County approved a settlement of class action filed by Goldman & Minton against Jerry’s Chevrolet. The complaint asserted that Jerry’s had sold used cars that were former…