Category: civil trial

Don’t Hedge Your Bets

Judge’s Pending Retirement Leads Another Big News Day Yesterday, in a surprise development for the Wone civil case, Judge Brook Hedge announced her retirement effective December 3, 2010. As case watchers will recall, there was a change out with the…

Reach Out And Touch Someone

What ‘State of Mind’ Do The Emails Suggest? Emails, cards, letters, telephone calls. Through much of the trial (and a fair amount of lead-up to it) we heard repeatedly from prosecutors that these records would reveal important information as to…

Dog Day Afternoon

Breaking: Judge Denies Defendants’ Motion to Seal Filings Aren’t the Dog Days supposed to be slow news days as well?  Apparently not. Yesterday, Judge Brook Hedge lifted the seal on the motions regarding the plaintiff’s request to pull the defendants’…

Signed, Sealed…For Now

Court to Nix Dix Pix ? We may have a clearer picture of the skirmish over the plaintiff’s motion to pull the defendants’ phone and email records from Verizon. The defense objected, citing privacy, and asked for all related documents to…

Private Parts

What Could Possibly be in There? Last Monday, the defense motioned to seal the plaintiff’s motion to subpoena the Price, Ward and Zaborsky phone and e-mail records from Verizon.  Now, taking that one step further, the defense has moved towards the…

Not So Fast

Both Sides Work Towards a Trial Date The first order of business for Judge Brook Hedge in the wrongful death civil suit was to set some deadlines going forward.  She wanted to see each side’s proposed scheduling orders by August 6.…

Our Lips Are Sealed

And So Are All Documents…For The Moment A funny thing happened on the way to the clerk’s office… August has proven to be a busy month, at least with regard to Kathy Wone’s pending civil case.  Last week, Daniel Suleiman filed…

D.I.Y.

And Coming Attractions So you want to be a wmrw stringer?  The line forms at the left. It’s been nearly a month since Judge Lynn Leibovitz handed down her verdict in US v. Price, Ward and Zaborsky.  Much of what was…

“We Still Have A Murder Investigation”

And Other News Indicating It’s Not Over WTOP crackerjack Mark Segraves hosted MPD police chief Kathy Lanier on the “Ask the…” program Thursday.  Good timing. Segraves has been indefatigable in covering this case, and after a month of daily trial…