Overview
- Linda Buttrick filed a 59-page civil lawsuit in Baltimore County against Cogir of Potomac and former employee Maurquise James, represented by SBWD Law attorneys Michael Belsky and Catherine Dickinson.
- The suit alleges Cogir had full knowledge of troubling behavior by James, including a Feb. 3 written complaint detailing sexual harassment, working under the influence, and pre-pouring medication, after which the nurse who reported him was fired.
- The filing claims James’s mother held a senior leadership role at the facility and used her position to suppress complaints and discipline employees who reported concerns about her son.
- According to the complaint, after Robert Fuller Jr. was killed, Buttrick identified James to police yet he continued as her medication technician, entered her apartment alone, locks were changed a week and a half later, and no extra security was provided.
- James, a 22-year-old medication technician, was arrested Feb. 24 and charged with first-degree murder in Fuller’s death and with attempted first-degree murder of a Maryland State Police trooper, as investigators cite evidence of tampered alarms and propped doors; Cogir says it is cooperating with authorities and declined further comment.