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Maryland Supreme Court dismisses rent-escrow appeal as moot.

Case involved unlicensed landlord and substandard living conditions.

Residents continue civil lawsuit alleging negligence.

The Maryland Supreme Court last week dismissed a case about whether renters can use the rent-escrow process to hold unlicensed landlords accountable — without paying into escrow — ruling that the case was moot.

Maryland’s high court on Nov. 24 dismissed an appeal by Gary Wilson, a former resident of a large apartment complex in Riverdale Park, in Prince George’s County, that was rife with “roaches, water damage, broken exterior doors, inconsistent hot water, broken elevators, fire hazards, and general filth.”

Wilson and another renter had filed rent-escrow actions against the landlord, Ta

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