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Case # Case Name 685


739 745


Counsel for Appellant Area of Law


Adams t/a Adams Construction v. Stephens Home Improvement Contract


Chaires v. Chevy Chase Bank Edward J. Lilly/Peter Angelos 410-649-2000


Commercial Transactions


Prudential Insurance Company of America v. Robert D. Stephan, Sr.


757


Brian Bolton 410-659-7700 Weinstein/ Contract Action


Flynn v. Glen Reichardt, et al Robert Swick 202-842-0300


Montgomery County


Thompson/


Employment Law/Immunity Montgomery County


825 894 1091 Rodriguez v. Sykes Nerenberg v. Rica at Southern Maryland Callahan v. Bowers, Personal Representative


William Zifchak 301-627-5500 Lombardi/Prince Motor Vehicle


George’s County


Michael Kator 202-898-4800 Employment Discrimination


Gerald Ueckermann, Jr. 301-572-7900 Negligence


Prince George’s County


Quarles/ Baltimore City


Judge Jurisdiction


Benjamin Lipsitz 410-484-3050 Silkworth/Anne Arundel County


Lombardi/Prince George’s County


Issues


Did the trial court err in granting summary judgment against Adams for lack of a Maryland Home Improvement license and in allowing Stephens to enjoy an unjust enrichment by benefiting without payment for Adams’ work?


Did the trial court err in dismissing plaintiff’s claim that the defendant’s real estate settlement practices violated the Maryland Annotated Code on the basis that Maryland law was preempted by federal statutes?


Prudential determined that plaintiff’s son no longer needed treatment in a mental health facility. Did the trial court err in holding that plaintiff’s claims for breach of contract could be submitted to the jury without medical evidence of the need for continued in-patient medical care?


Plaintiff alleged that the defendant, students and parents falsely alleged sexual harassment in order to cause plaintiff to be terminated from his employment as a tenured high school teacher and coach. Did the trial court err when it ruled that the defendants are immune from suit on a “quasi judicial proceeding” basis, even where there are allegations of malice.


Plaintiff pedestrian recovered $1 million+ (reduced to the ad damnum). Did the trial court err in failing to instruct on the issue of contributory negligence?


Did the trial court err in granting summary judgment on behalf of the employer finding that the employer had ar- ticulated a legitimate non-discriminatory reason for its termination?


Callahan, a special police officer employed by Giant, fatally shot and injured a Giant Food employee while apprehend- ing a fleeing suspected shoplifter. Did the trial court err in holding that Callahan is not entitled to Qualified Public Official Immunity for negligent acts committed in his ca- pacity as a special police officer and suggesting to plaintiffs that they amend their Complaint to allege gross negligence to avoid summary judgment?


1112


Peninsula Regional Medical Donald Devries, Jr. 410-783-4000 Davis/Wicomico Center, et al. v. OHIC Insurance Company


Negligent Failure to Settle County 1311 1428


Bruce Reed v. All My Sons Steven Allen 301-309-9350 Moving & Storage Company Civil Procedure


The Baltimore Sun Company, Mary Craig 410-769-9200 et al. v. Mayor & City Council of Baltimore


1515 Griesi v. Atlantic General Hospital Corporation


Stepler/Frederick County


Quarles/Baltimore City


Suzanne Tsintolas 301-421-0980 Eschenburg/ Employment/Negligent Misrepresentation


Did the trial court err in granting OHIC’s Motion to Dis- miss on the ground that under Maryland law, an action for bad-faith failure to settle does not lie in the absence of an excess judgment in a case where the defendant hospital, fear- ing an excess judgment, settled and sued its liability insurer for bad-faith?


In ruling on a Motion to Vacate Default Judgment, did the trial court err when it set aside a long-standing default judg- ment on the basis of the merits of the case versus a finding of mistake or irregularity?


Are appellants, a newspaper and reporter, entitled to infor- mation pursuant to the Maryland Public Information Act as to the amount paid by the city to settle a wrongful death action when the city has entered into a confidentiality agree- ment?


Worcester County


5129 A&B Marine Trucking, Inc. Joseph Zauner, III 410-962-0500 Silkworth/Anne v. Keith E. Taylor


Did the trial court err in dismissing plaintiff’s Complaint against defendant for withdrawing its offer of employment after acceptance on the basis that no tort duty could inde- pendently exist outside the employee-at-will contract relationship.


Arundel County


Did the trial court err in granting summary judgment in favor of the claimant, Taylor, holding that he was regularly employed in Maryland for purposes of workers’ compensa- tion benefits when he was only in Maryland for a total of 4 days, 3 of which listed him as “off-duty”?


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Trial Reporter


Winter 2000


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