Maryland legislative leaders on Wednesday launched a new task force to get a firmer grip on a recent court ruling that declared pit bulls to be “inherently dangerous.”


A 4-year-old pit bull mix. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey, File)Under the ruling by the Court of Appeals, the state’s highest court, it will be easier to hold owners of pit bulls and cross-bred pit bulls legally resonsbile for bites even if the dog has no history of similar attacks.

The decision, which stemmed from a 2007 attack on a child in Towson, has galvanized

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