This document provides summaries of various civil lawsuits filed in Maryland courts between March 30 and April 1, 2011. Key cases include: 1. Employment discrimination lawsuits filed against Hard Rock Cafe and East Coast Equipment Service by employees alleging discrimination based on race, sex and wage/overtime violations. 2. A securities lawsuit filed against Medifast Inc. alleging the company failed to disclose material information that caused stock prices to decline 24%. 3. Negligence lawsuits filed regarding a death from contact with overhead power lines and trip and fall accidents seeking damages up to $3 million.

1. Baltimore Report
April 01, 2011
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describe allegations only and should not be taken as fact.
USDC Maryland
Greenbelt, Baltimore
Wilfredo Zamora, on
behalf of himself and all
other similarly situated
individuals v.
Washington Home
Services LLC 3/30/2011
11-cv-00831-AW
Williams Jr. (Greenbelt)
Federal Fair Labor Standards Act
violation. Maryland Wage Payment and
Collection Law violation. Plaintiff seeks
damages to be determined at trial. Free
download
Gregg Greenberg
The Zipin Law
Firm LLC
Pamela Lovings v. Hard
Rock Cafe; Jeremy
Piland; Peter Litecky;
Nelci Roche 3/31/2011
11-cv-00852-BEL Legg
(Baltimore)
Employment civil action. Plaintiff, who
was fired, was discriminated against
because of her race and sex. Plaintiff
seeks damages to be determined at trial.
Free download
Pro se
Pamela Lovings v. Hard
Rock Cafe; Jeremy
Piland; Peter Litecky;
Nelci Roche 3/31/2011
11-cv-00853-BEL Legg
(Baltimore)
Employment civil action. Plaintiff, who
was fired, was discriminated because of
her race and sex. Plaintiff seeks damages
to be determined at trial. Free download
Pro se

2. Clear Channel Outdoor
Inc. v. Joseph Kunigonis;
Ali Alavi; AK
Partnership LLC; John
Doe and Jane Doe #1-10,
the last names being
fictitious and unknown to
plaintiff the parties being
intended to be those
persons, corporations,
partnerships, limited
liability companies or
other entities having or
claiming an interest in
the properties described
in this complaint
4/1/2011 11-cv-00857-
CCB Blake (Baltimore)
Fraud. Tortious interference. Defendant
Joseph, during his employment with
plaintiff, became an organizing member
of defendant AK. Defendants Joseph and
AK purchased commercial properties
where plaintiff had an interest and later
sold or leased an easement on the
properties to plaintiff. Defendant Joseph
never disclosed his involvement with
defendant AK to plaintiff, who seeks
damages to be determined at trial. Free
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Raymond Baldwin
Yolanda Alexander v.
MV Transportation
4/1/2011 11-cv-00859-
JFM Motz (Greenbelt)
Federal Fair Labor Standards Act
violation. Defendant failed to pay
plaintiff overtime wages and reduced her
work hours, because she was a union
member. Plaintiff seeks $16 million.
Free download
Pro se
Tim Whelan; Thomas
Dietz, on behalf of
themselves and all others
similarly situated v. East
Coast Equipment Service
Inc.; Danny Massey
4/1/2011 11-cv-00861 No
one listed. (Baltimore)
Federal Fair Labor Standards Act
violation. Maryland Wage Payment and
Collection Law violation. Plaintiffs seek
damages to be determined at trial. Free
download
James Rubin Rubin
Employment Law
Firm

3. Shane Rothenberger,
derivatively on behalf of
Medifast Inc. v. Bradley
MacDonald; Margaret
MacDonald-Sheetz;
Donald Reilly; McDevitt
Michael; Michael
MacDonald; George
Lavin Jr.; Charles
Connolly; Barry
Bondroff; Jeannette
Mills; Jason Groves Sr.;
Cathy Maguire; John
McDaniel; Jerry Reece;
H.C. Barnum; Brendan
Connors; Medifast Inc.
4/1/2011 11-cv-00863-
ELH Hollander
(Baltimore)
Securities Exchange Act violation.
Defendants failed to disclose material
adverse facts about defendant Medifast's
business, operations and prospects.
Defendant Medifast's shares declined by
more than 24 percent when it announced
its forced delay in filing its fiscal 2010
financial results and its annual report.
Plaintiff and other shareholders suffered
significant financial losses as a result.
Plaintiff seeks damages to be determined
at trial. Free download
Thomas Minton
Goldman and
Minton PC
Baldwin Void v. One
West Bank fka IndyMac
Bank 3/31/2011 11-
cv-00838-DKC
Chasanow (Greenbelt)
Removed from Prince George's County
Circuit Court, case number
CAL11-03507.
p: Pro se d: Jeffrey
Barmach Council
Baradel
Douglas Hosack v.
Utopian Wireless
Corporation; Rudolph
Geist 3/31/2011 11-
cv-00858-DKC
Chasanow (Greenbelt)
Removed from Montgomery County
Circuit Court, case number 344488V.
p: Pro se d: Leo
Rydzewski
Baltimore City Circuit Court
MEPT Zenith LLC v.
Marks Thomas Architects
Inc.; The Whiting-Turner
Contracting Co.; Caretti
Inc.; Meyer Consulting
Engineers Corp.
3/31/2011 C-11-2252
Contract. Defendants failed to properly
provide the required work to the exterior
of plaintiff's apartment building.
Defendants breached the contract by not
constructing facade movement joints to
accommodate expected movements of
the brick veneer, among other things.
Plaintiff demands $10 million. Paid
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Cheryl Lardieri
Goodell DeVries

4. Brittany Nolan; Amber
Nolan v. Officer Jones,
ID #F102, individually
and in his official
capacity, Baltimore City
Police Department;
Officer Brown,
individually and in her
official capacity,
Baltimore City Police
Department; Baltimore
City Police Department
4/1/2011 C-11-2265
Battery. False imprisonment.
Defendants, without just cause, detained
plaintiffs for a traffic stop, during which
defendants pulled down plaintiff
Brittany's pants and grabbed plaintiff
Amber's breasts. Further, the traffic stop
lasted for one hour and fifteen minutes
as a K-9 unit searched the vehicle
plaintiff Brittany was operating.
Plaintiffs seek $600,000 each. Paid
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Howard Miliman
C'Alesandro &
Miliman PA
Christopher Kappe, a
minor by and through his
guardian and mother,
Susan Leak; Christopher
Kappe, deceased, by the
personal representative of
his estate, Dawn Bray;
David Kappe Sr. v.
Baltimore Gas and
Electric Company dba
BGE aka Constellation
Energy Corporation dba
Constellation Energy
Group Inc. dba
Constellation Energy Inc.
dba Constellation Energy
Corporation 4/1/2011
C-11-2275
Negligence. Defendants failed to
minimize the hazards posed by overhead
power lines near Christopher Kappe's
residence. Christopher Kappe died, when
the electricity from the power line arced
out and into the downspout he was
handling. Plaintiffs demand $10 million.
Paid download
Robert Joyce

5. Lemell Stukes; Stephone
Stukes; Stacie Stukes, a
minor by his next friend,
Ivan Stukes; Quick
Stukes, a minor by his
next friend, Ivan Stukes;
Milano Stukes, a minor
by his next friend, Ivan
Stukes; Christal Stukes, a
minor by her next friend,
Ivan Stukes v. Phillip
Lowe; Estate of Phillip
Lowe; Mary Casey dba
Carey Properties
Associates; Estate of
Mary Casey;
Communities Organized
to Improve Life Inc.;
Robert Ferguson Jr.;
Estate of Robert
Ferguson Jr.; James
Cann, to the extent of
insurance; Estate of
James Cann; Thomas
Swisher; Estate of
Thomas Swisher; Estate
of Leon Kuryk; Tony
Lee; Estate of Tony Lee
3/31/2011 C-11-2234
Lead paint.
George Swegman
The Law Offices of
Peter T. Nicholl
Cynthia Smith v. Adrian
Marquez; Transcare
Maryland dba KIN
Leasing 3/31/2011
C-11-2246
Motor tort. $200,000. Peter Fedak
Trillion Bryant v. Richard
Shepherd; The estate of
Richard Shepherd;
Housing Authority of
Baltimore City; Lisa
Cook; The estate of Lisa
Cook; Linda Cook; The
estate of Linda Cook;
Erma Cook; The estate of
Erma Cook; Walter
McLellan; The estate of
Walter McLellan
3/31/2011 C-11-2251
Lead paint.
David Albright Jr.
Bennett & Albright
PA

6. Mayor and City Council
of Baltimore v. York
Enterprises Inc.; State of
Maryland 4/1/2011
C-11-2253
Condemnation. Plaintiff seeks to acquire
a leasehold interest in 1029 N. Castle St.
for redevelopment purposes in the EBDI
Phase II.
Jonathan Haar
Mayor and City Council
of Baltimore v. 133
Potomac LLC; EMC
LLC; Mororm LLC
4/1/2011 C-11-2254
Condemnation. Plaintiff seeks to acquire
a leasehold interest in 1013 N. Castle St.
for redevelopment purposes in the EBDI
Phase II.
Brian Kilgore
Chinyere Garrison;
Joshua Crawford v. Joel
Dackman; Estate of Joel
Dackman; Jacob
Dackman & Sons
Partnership; Elliot
Dackman, as general
partner and trustee of
assets of Jacob Dackman
& Sons Partnership
3/31/2011 C-11-2256
Lead paint.
George Swegman
The Law Offices of
Peter T. Nicholl
Mill Centre Limited
Partnership v. Pauline
Harris, surviving director
and trustee of SPIN LLC
3/31/2011 C-11-2258
Contract. Defendant failed to pay
plaintiff for commercial space she leased
from plaintiff, who seeks $47,000.
Gary Blibaum
Blibaum &
Associates PA
M Consulting and Export
LLC v. Wines & Spirits
Expo LLC ta Cork N
Bottle; O.S.T. Trucking
Inc. 3/31/2011 C-11-2261
Contract. Defendant O.S.T. failed to
deliver 500 cases of sparkling wine to
plaintiff, who seeks $64,000.
David Marks Skeen
& Kauffman LLP
Peter Kahura v. Central
Parking System et al.
4/1/2011 C-11-2264
Employment civil action. Defendant
discriminated against plaintiff because of
his physical disability. Plaintiff suffered
a hypoglycemic state, despite defendant's
claim that plaintiff was under the
influence of alcohol. Plaintiff was fired
and seeks damages to be determined at
trial.
Pro se
Robert Owens III v. J&W
Realty Inc.; Jeffrey
Blum; John Doe 4/1/2011
C-11-2267
Lead paint. Saul Kerpelman

7. Mayor and City Council
of Baltimore v. Japura
Enterprise LLC; Neil
Kirschner; Linda
Kirschner 4/1/2011
C-11-2269
Condemnation. Plaintiffs seek a
leasehold interest in 1741 E. Preston St.
for redevelopment purposes in the East
Baltimore Development Initiative
Project, Phase II.
Brian Kilgore
Baltimore County Circuit Court
G.Y.P. Enterprises Inc. v.
110 West Road
Associates Limited
Partnership; MacKenzie
Properties Inc.; CFM
Associates Limited
Partnership 3/29/2011
C-11-03059
Declaratory judgment. Contract. Plaintiff
wants the court to determine that
conditions in a previous lease with
defendants for storage space were not
automatically extended to another lease.
Further, defendants overcharged
plaintiff, who demands $500,000. Paid
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William Baker
Baker & Baker PA
Stylianos Trakas;
Paraskevi Trakas;
Dionysia Traka; v. The
Bank of America NA
3/4/2011 C-11-02117
Foreign judgment.
Ralph Sapia
Tillman Sapia PA
Raymond Wilson v.
Greater Northern
Insurance Co. 3/25/2011
C-11-02915
Motor tort. UM/UIM. $325,000.
(Previously reported as docket only.)
William Klumpp Jr.
Parker Pallett
PNC Bank National
Assn. v. Westview
Beauty Inc.; Sam Lee
3/25/2011 C-11-02922
Confessed judgment.
p: Donna Donaher
d: Brett Solomon
Corey Shockey v.
Agency Insurance Co.;
Charles Scott 3/24/2011
C-11-02972
Friendly suit.
p: Anthony Rogers
d: Winn Friddell
Bodie Dolina
American Express Bank
FSB v. Michael
Whitehead Sr. aka
Michael Whitehead;
Anchor Construction
Corporation 3/28/2011
C-11-02999
Contract. Defendants failed to re-pay
plaintiff for monies owed on a charge
card account plaintiff provided. Plaintiff
seeks $9,000. (Previously reported as
docket only.)
Evan Goldman
Goldman &
Goldman PA

8. Dominion Financial
Services LLC v.
Citywide LLC; Gregory
Bates; Linda Bates
3/28/2011 C-11-03026
Confessed judgment. James Holderness
Timur Akchurin v. UPS
Logistics Technologies
Inc.; Roadnet
Technologies Inc.
3/28/2011 C-11-03030
Employment civil action. Defendants
discriminated against plaintiff because of
his national origin. They subjected
plaintiff to offensive language and
comments, such as saying to him, "Are
all you Russians retarded or something?
Must be that vodka you're sipping."
Plaintiff was fired and seeks $74,000.
(Previously reported as docket only.)
Joseph Mallon
Mallon & McCool
LLC
Gail Harrison v. Home
Properties Bonnie Ridge
LLC 3/29/2011
C-11-03049
Negligence. Trip and fall. $500,000.
Vadim Mzhen
Lebowitz & Mzhen
LLC
Ralph Brown,
individually; Ralph
Brown and Elaine
Kasmer, as husband and
wife v. Dennis Graham;
Encompass Insurance
Company of America
3/29/2011 C-11-03083
Motor tort. UM/UIM. $2.5 million.
Paul Bekman
Salsbury Clements
North Point LLC v.
Health Care Alternative
Dispute Resolution
Office 3/29/2011
C-11-03093
Mandamus.
John Murphy
Walker & Murphy
LLP
Rebecca Honeycutt v.
Deutsche Bank Trust
Company NA 3/30/2011
C-11-03132
Negligence. Trip and fall. $500,000.
Thomas Costello
Costello Law
Group
Sally Haeger v. Target
Corporation; John Doe
3/30/2011 C-11-03133
Negligence. Defendant John, an
employee of defendant Target, without
cause, hit plaintiff with a line of carts he
was pushing. Plaintiff demands $3
million.
Thomas Costello
Costello Law
Group

9. State of Maryland
Department of Labor,
Licensing and Regulation
v. Icon Custom Builders
Ltd. 3/29/2011
C-11-03182
Other civil. (Complaint not available
4/1/11 for public inspection.)
No one listed.
State of Maryland
Department of Labor,
Licensing and Regulation
v. Tenant Placements
LLC 4/1/2011
C-11-03183
Other civil. (Complaint not available
4/1/11 for public inspection.)
No one listed.
State of Maryland
Department of Labor,
Licensing and Regulation
v. The Accreditation
Council on Services for
People With Disabilities
4/1/2011 C-11-03184
Other civil. (Complaint not available
4/1/11 for public inspection.)
No one listed.