Case # Case Name 1481


Counsel for Appellant Area of Law


Barbara Solomon v. Board of Mercedes Samborsky Physicians Quality Control 410-679-2010 Assurance


Administrative


Judge Jurisdiction


Levitz/Baltimore County


Issues


Did the BPQA err in initiating an investigation absent a complaint or other disciplinary action pending against ap- pellant? Was the BPQA subpoena legal since the Board lacks subpoena powers absent a written complaint against a physician? Did the BPQA exceed its authority in adopting subsection 4 of the Peer Review Guidelines which changed the substantive elements required to prove a physicians breach of the standard of care?


1511 1576 Anita Wood v. Toyota Motor Corp.


Andrew McGuire 202-547-3426 Hotten/Prince Daubert


County George’s County


Edward Riuli, MD, PA, et al. Theodore Stein 301-656-7603 Tisdale/Frederick v. Kusay Barakat, MD, et al. Employment/Injunctive Relief


1609


Int’l Motors, Inc. t/a Gen. Accident Ins. v. Ford Motor Co.


1637


Kenneth Dluhy v. State of Maryland


Anthony Dwyer 301-762-6579 Chapin/ Product Liability


Paul Jorgensen 301-293-6822


Did the trial court err in granting defendant’s motion for summary judgment striking plaintiff’s professional engineer as unqualified to offer opinions regarding design defects in an automobile airbag system?


Did the trial court err in failing to grant a preliminary in- junction. Are defendants liable for breach of professional ethics in failing to inform the departing doctor’s patients of his new address and telephone number and to provide the departing doctor with the medical files of his patients?


Montgomery County


Beachley/


MD Custom Home Protection Act Washington County


Did the trial court err in ruling as a matter of law that Ford’s express warranty did not apply when a Ford tow truck was destroyed by fire while idling on an ordinary call? Did the trial court further err in finding no breach of implied war- ranties applicable to this case?


Absent proof of intent and/or prior knowledge of the re- quirements of Real Property Article 10-502 of the Custom Home Protection Act, may an individual be convicted of a criminal violation for failing to keep in trust for benefit of the buyer the consideration received by the builder from the contract? Is criminal liability in this case based purely on strict liability? Was evidence sufficient to sustain a criminal conviction for failing to include language in a contract for a custom home as required by Real Property Article 10-506?


1709 Mary Ellen Sargent v. Michael Smith 410-539-6633 Joseph Fritsch, et ux.


1796


James Michael Goad v. State of Maryland


Souse, Jr./


Negligence/Animal Control Queen Anne’s County


Richard Karceski 410-494-7100 Levitz/Baltimore Civil Procedure/Evidence


County


Was the defendant’s failure to control an unleashed dog, which roamed onto adjoining property in violation of the Animal Control Ordinance, prima facie evidence of negli- gence and trespass, and did the trial court err in granting summary judgment for the defendant?


During the jury selection process, did the court err in refus- ing to permit co-defendants’ counsel to confer with one another regarding challenges to the jury panel? Did the court err in allowing the police officer to refer to his “notes” made during his interview with the suspect, and in permit- ting the State to cross-examine appellant from those notes when the notes were never made available by the State to appellant prior to trial?


1903 Langston v. Giannasi 1932 Gray v. Moore 2081


State of Maryland v. John E. Brantner, Jr.


7107 Murphy v. Schindler


Isaac Joe 410-889-8897 Civil Procedure


Patrick Regan 202-463-3030


Leigh Halstead (Asst. A/G) 410-576-6396 Criminal Law


Robert Wolf 410-685-0990 Workers Compensation


Chapin/


Montgomery County


Lombardi/Prince Damages for Wrongful Death George’s County Beachley/


Washington County


Lombardi/Prince George’s County


In a case where a Down’s-Syndrome pedestrian was struck on the roadway, was it proper for the trial court to grant summary judgment on the issue of contributory negligence?


Did the trial court commit reversible error in granting defendant’s motion for judgment before trial on the issue of damages for pre-impact fright and loss of solatium?


Did the court err in dismissing the State’s charges against the defendant for altering a public record under Article 27 §45a where the altered document was a photocopy and not the original?


Does a letter to the Worker’s Compensation Commission toll the applicable statute of limitations for the filing of a claim for compensation benefits?


Spring 2000


Trial Reporter


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