When you buy a pre-owned vehicle, you want to know that the car will hold up for several more years of use. If you do not learn the history of a vehicle, you may purchase a car with several defects. Auto dealers are not required to provide a vehicle history report....
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Rodent Infestation Suit Against Hendersen-Webb, Inc.
SVO recently filed suit on behalf of our client, Carla Beckford, who was a tenant at the Wellington Gate Apartments in Baltimore. The Complaint against the owner entity and Hendersen-Webb, Inc. alleges that the conditions of the Apartment were deplorable and included a rampant rodent infestation.
Slip and Fall Lawsuit Filed Against Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City
Last week, our firm filed suit against the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City on behalf of an elderly resident who tripped and fell on sandbags at a senior center. The lawsuit alleges that the City should have kept the walkways free of obstacles, especially...
Putative Class Action Filed Against Credit Union
Last week, our firm filed a class action case against Money One Federal Credit Union and a law firm that files its collection lawsuits, Silverman Theologou, LLP. In the case, we claim that Money One, through another company, sent illegal repossession notices to its...
DarCars pays $66,000 in Settlement for $7,128 Transmission Job
In November 2015, our client, Gina Redman, experienced problems with her 2010 Jeep Wrangler and took it to DarCars, a large dealership group in Silver Spring, Maryland, for repair. DarCars installed a transmission and provided a warranty. When the transmission later...
Award to Maryland Volunteer Lawyers Service
Santoni, Vocci & Ortega, LLC is proud to have represented a class of tenants in a case against a residential property management company relating to late fees and court costs. As part of the settlement of the case, unclaimed amounts from the settlement fund were...
Debt Collection Class Action Settlement Receives Final Approval from Court
The Baltimore City Circuit Court has approved the settlement of a class action case filed by Santoni, Vocci & Ortega, LLC against a law firm representing a Baltimore-based bail bond company, obtaining relief for over 100 Marylanders. The lawsuit alleged that the...
$96,000 JUDGMENT AGAINST LARGE BALTIMORE LANDLORD FOR ILLEGAL EVICTION & CIVIL THEFT
On March 5, 2019, the Honorable Shannon E. Avery of the Circuit Court for Baltimore City issued a ruling finalizing a $96,593.39 award against Ted Thornton, Maryland Property Management, LLC, and ANT Properties, LLC (“Defendants”). Late last year, a jury had found the...
Maryland consumer files lawsuit against MLK-quoting judgment buying company
Renee Spencer, a Baltimore City resident, has filed suit against The Asset Recovery Group, LLC doing business as The Judgment Group ("The Judgment Group"), one of its employees, and her former landlord, for debt collection violations alleging that The Judgment Group...
Maryland Consumers File Class Action Against Major Unlicensed Bail Bonds Company in Baltimore to Stop Collection of Judgments
Today, the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law and the law firm of Santoni, Vocci & Ortega, LLC, filed a class action lawsuit on behalf of two Maryland residents challenging 4 Aces Bail Bonds Incorporated’s (trading as Baltimore’s Discount Bail Bonds’...