Maryland Court Upholds State Cap on Lawsuit Payouts

Maryland's highest court has upheld a state law that limits the amount of money people can receive for suffering in lawsuits. Judges on the Court of Appeals ruled against the parents of a 5-year-old boy who drowned at a Crofton swimming pool in 2006 when they upheld the cap on certain payouts in a 6-1 opinion on that issue. Thomas Freed and Debbie Neagle-Freed were awarded roughly $4 million by a jury in a lawsuit filed after their son's death that alleged DRD Pool Service Inc. had been negligent in maintaining the pool.