Murphy Firm secures groundbreaking $750,000 settlement for transgender inmate with State of Maryland after brutal beating and discrimination by corrections staff

Baltimore, MD. – (Monday, Nov. 4, 2024) – In a groundbreaking legal precedent, Malcolm P. Ruff, Esq., Trial Attorney at Murphy, Falcon & Murphy reached a $750,000 settlement on behalf of client, Amber Canter, with the Maryland Department of Public Safety & Correctional Services after being brutally beaten and mistreated in the jail. Canter’s case is one of the rare instances establishing individuals with ‘gender dysphoria’ as a protected class under the Americans with Disabilities Act.

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