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Child Victims Act cases resumed in Baltimore after a five-month pause.

More than 1,400 cases are pending in Baltimore City Circuit Court , the largest number in Maryland.

The Maryland Rules Committee proposed new procedures to streamline the large volume of child abuse lawsuits.

Judges will manage grouped cases with three-person steering committees to coordinate pretrial proceedings.

After a nearly five-month pause, child sexual abuse cases brought under the 2023 Child Victims Act resumed Friday in Baltimore City Circuit Court.

Audrey Carrión, administrative judge and chief judge of the city circuit court, paused all such cases on June 2 amid an “unprecedented influx” prompted by a new state law that sharply reduced the maximum payouts available to victims under

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