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Two women who work for a State Farm insurance agent in Randallstown sued him and his corporate employer Tuesday, saying he repeatedly subjected them to sexual harassment, vile insults and a hostile work environment. Kristi Mitchell and Veronica Cobb are seeking at least $4 million in punitive damages from the agent, Obie Sorrell, and State Farm Annuity and Life Insurance Co., a Fortune 500 company based in Bloomington, Ill., that has 17,000 agents and 68,000 employees. Mitchell has been an office manager for State Farm since February 2002, and Cobb was hired in May as a customer-service manager.

The Baltimore police officer who was thrown over the side of Interstate 83 and fell 20 feet after a car crashed into her vehicle as she helped a stranded motorist has filed a multimillion-dollar lawsuit against the driver and the owner of the vehicle. The driver, 23-year-old Robert R. Vanderford, is scheduled to appear in District Court this week for a trial on traffic charges related to the June 21, 2011, incident. The charges include failure to control vehicle speed to avoid a collision, failure to reduce speed in dangerous weather and driving while his license was suspended in another state.

The Maryland Department of the Environment says it plans to sue Mirant Mid-Atlantic and Mirant Maryland Ash Management over disposal of fly ash at its Brandywine site. MDE Secretary Shari Wilson said in a statement Friday that Mirant discharges pollutants from leachate into groundwater without a permit. New state regulations took effect in December 2008, but MDE says it has not been able to reach agreement with Mirant on compliance schedules. The department says it will file notice under the Clean Water Act alleging water pollution violations.

Maryland Attorney General Douglas F. Gansler says he's considering going to court if the interstate panel that regulates Atlantic coast fishing for menhaden doesn't cut back enough the catch of a Virginia-based fleet that takes the lion's share of the forage fish. Speaking at a Chesapeake Bay scientific symposium in Baltimore on Monday, Gansler said he was "working with" the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission as it ponders tightening harvest limits on menhaden. Called by some "the most important fish in the sea," menhaden are a food source for many other fish and wildlife, including ospreys and striped bass, Maryland's state fish.

On Tuesday, June 9, 2009, SUE KLINGENBERG of Hampstead. Sue is survived by her husband of 52 years, Bob. In addition she is survived by her sister Victoria Auth of OH; brother Carroll Hynes of NC; sons and daughters-in-law Rob and Jane Klingenberg of VA, Larry and Robin Klingenberg of SC, Mike and Teri Klingenberg of Hampstead, daughter and son-in-law Trish and Rick Cummings of PA; daughter Susan Klingenberg of Hampstead; seven grandchildren; and three...

On June 18, 2003, WINNIE SUE TROIANO (nee Chappell), beloved wife of the late Frank Anthony Troiano, devoted mother of Linda J. DeKowzan and Patricia T. Tanczyn and the late Donna Sue Troiano. Loving mother-in-law Paul E. DeKowzan and Michael P. Tanczyn. Loving grandmother of Brian P. DeKowzan and Christopher M. and Emily P. TanczynThe family will receive friends at the family owned Ruck Towson Funeral Home, Inc., 1050 York Rd. (beltway exit 26A) on Saturday and Sunday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 P.M. A Funeral Mass will be celebrated in St. Joseph Church, 101 Church Lane, Texas, MD. 21030 on Monday at 10:30 A.M. Interment Baltimore National Cemetery, 5501 Frederick Avenue, Catonsville, MD. Memorial contributions to Meals on Wheels of Central MD, Inc., 515 S. Haven St., Baltimore, MD 21224 will beappreciated.

On March 21, 2003, SUE (Sarah) COLLINS; beloved wife of Edwin C. Collins; loving mother of Kathleen Collins and Edwin C. Collins Jr.; cherished grandmother of Cristina Collins. A Memorial Service will be held Tuesday 11:30 A.M. at the Chapel of the Angels Charlestown Retirement Community. In lieu of flowers, expressions of sympathy may be made to the Charlestown Benevolent Fund, 715 Maiden Choice Lane, Catonsville, MD 21228.

On November 3, 2003, SUE (ASSUNTA), beloved daughter of the late Angelo and Concetta Pizza; loving sister of Nellie Chiaparelli and the late Mary Heyman, Messrs. Anthony, Louis, Joseph, Frank, Paul and Charles Pizza. Also survived by many nieces and nephews. Friends may call at the family owned JOSEPH N. ZANNINO JR. FUNERAL HOME, 263 S. Conkling Street (at Gough) on Tuesday from 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 P.M. Mass of Christian Burial at Church of St. Leo the Great on Wednesday at 10 A.M. Interment Gardens of Faith Cemetery.

What was Sue thinking? That's what the Yak asked when he visited Chicago's Field Museum recently to see the famous Tyrannosaurus rex.The museum bought the world's largest, most complete T-rex fossil for $8.4 million in 1997. Workers are now cleaning and repairing Sue's bones, getting her ready to go on display in March 2000.The hot news is that museum paleontologists, or fossil scientists, have a 3D image of Sue's brain.The real brain decomposed 67 million years ago, of course, along with the rest of Sue's soft tissue.

Sue Anne Grossman, 91, ran children's wear store Sue Anne Grossman, a Women's Army Corps veteran and retired owner of a children's wear store, died in her sleep Sunday at a nursing home in Delray, Fla. She was 91. Miss Grossman was born and raised in Baltimore, and later lived in Oxon Hill. After her 1928 graduation from Western High School, she worked as a bookkeeper at the Louis Mazor and Son furniture store, then on East Baltimore Street. During the early part of World War II, she was a neighborhood air raid warden.

Baltimore-based Under Armour Inc. is accusing Beverly Hills sports drink maker Body Armor Nutrition LLC of trademark infringement for using a brand name and logo that confuses consumers, according to a lawsuit filed in federal court. The sports apparel maker filed the case in U.S. District Court in Baltimore on April 26, seeking an injunction banning the California company from using the name Body Armor, a logo that resembles Under Armour's interlocking U and A, or the tagline Protect + Restore, which Under Armour says is similar to its tagline, Protect This House.

A former Anne Arundel County teacher has filed an age-discrimination lawsuit against the school system, contending that she was systematically bypassed for promotion in favor of younger applicants and faced retribution when she complained. Christine Davenport, 62, claims in a multimillion-dollar federal lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in Baltimore this week that the county school system retaliated against her when she lodged complaints two years ago alleging that her seniority prevented her from getting a job as assistant principal.

Two Baltimore County senators, unhappy with their new districts under the governor's General Assembly redistricting plan, have sued to have the map overturned, contending that it gives Baltimore City extra representation at the expense of the county. Sens. Delores Kelley and James Brochin, both Democrats, asked the Maryland Court of Appeals to invalidate the redistricting plan, which automatically took effect this year when the legislature did not move to replace Gov. Martin O'Malley's plan with one of its own. The plan is especially disadvantageous for Brochin, whose district would become heavily Republican under the plan devised by O'Malley and legislative leaders.

Baltimore County no longer plans to sue Merrill Lynch over a $21 million investment made in 2007, officials said Tuesday. County Executive Kevin Kamenetz had proposed a contract with two outside law firms to pursue a potential lawsuit, and County Council members were set to discuss the contract at a meeting Tuesday. The firms are Scott, Douglass & McConnico LLP, which is based in Austin, Texas, and Themis PLLC, which has offices in Washington, D.C., and Chevy Chase. But Kamenetz chief of staff Don Mohler said the outside attorneys told the county late last week that they were no longer interested.

Carl O. Snowden, civil rights chief for the Maryland attorney general's office, was charged in Baltimore District Court with marijuana possession Friday — the same day he announced a voluntary leave of absence from his job — according to online court records. He was under court supervision for a drunken-driving conviction at the time of the arrest, and could face 60 days in jail if Anne Arundel County prosecutors pursue a probation-violation charge against him. "We are confident that Mr. Snowden will not be found guilty," Snowden's lawyer, Carey J. Hansel III, said in an emailed statement.

A former midshipman who says she was raped twice while at the Naval Academy has filed a federal lawsuit seeking to force officials to improve their response to sexual assaults at the service academies. In a complaint filed Friday, the woman, now 22, says she was raped on separate occasions by two different midshipmen. After she reported the assaults to an academy counselor, she says, the academy forced her to drop out. The woman and a co-plaintiff, a former U.S. Military Academy cadet who says she was raped by a fellow student there, say officials at the two academies tolerate sexual assault and discourage victims of attacks from reporting them.

Betty Sue White Snier A Memorial Service will be held on Tuesday, December 29, 2009 at 11:00 A.M. at the Orr Auditorium at Willow Valley Manor, 211 Willow Valley Square, Lancaster, PA 17602 with the Rev. Charles A. Cummings officiating. Friends may greet the family following the service. Interment in the Hillcrest Cemetery, Conway, SC. In lieu of flowers contributions in Mrs. Snier's memory may be made to the Alzheimer's Disease Association, 3544 North Progress Avenue, Suite 205, Harrisburg, PA 17110-9638.

Sue S. McWilliams, retired chief financial officer of Maxalea Nurseries Inc., died Friday of breast cancer at her Idlewylde home. She was 62. Mrs. McWilliams, who had battled breast cancer for seven years, lived at Sumac, her home on the grounds of the 20-acre Idlewylde nursery established by her in-laws, James and Marion McWilliams, in 1929. Because sumac was a prolific plant on their property, she and her husband named their home after the plant, as well as their 43-foot, cream-colored trawler in which they enjoyed sailing.