Case # Case Name


2147 Mark Van Adams v. Kim McCullough


2184


Counsel for Appellant Area of Law


Judge Jurisdiction


Thomas Vassar 202-466-4646 Greene/Anne Post Judgment award of interest Arundel County


Enterprise Leasing Company Steven E. Marshall 410-783-4000 North/Anne Arundel (Baltimore) v. Max Carpenter, Stacking of Liability Insurance et al


Issues


Did the trial court err in failing to award interest (as pro- vided by California law) on a California judgment recognized and enforced in the Maryland courts?


Max Carpenter brought a claim against Leroy Powell who had leased a vehicle from Enterprise Leasing Company as a “temporary replacement” for his vehicle insured by Nation- wide. On cross motions for summary judgment, the lower court held that Carpenter was entitled to $50,000 limits of liability insurance with Nationwide and an additional $20,000 in liability insurance coverage that Enterprise Leas- ing was required to carry regardless of the fact that it was a replacement vehicle. Enterprise appeals the decision.


2198 Shean Camper v. Michael Joseph Harper


Paul Shelton 410-576-1843 Claim of excessive force


Friedman/Baltimore City


Did the trial court err in refusing to set aside a jury verdict in the amount of $237,000 in compensatory damages when the jury verdict sheet found the defendant liable only on the count of battery and specifically found that the defen- dant, a Baltimore City police officer, acted without malice. Did the trial court also err in disallowing evidence of the plaintiff ’s two prior DWI convictions and fraudulent col- lection of federal social security disability payments, and in failing to allow the introduction of a 30-second videotape of the plaintiff’s gate, which, contrary to his trial testimony, was unaffected by his injuries.


2222


James F. Dickerson v. Salt Lake Investors


2232


James Michael Ellis v. Abdul Ghaffar trading as A.G. Crown, II


2233


Boball, Garner, Screen & Geare, Inc. v. Jenkins Automotive, Inc.


Robert Feldman 410-321-0040 Sweeny/Howard Premises Liability


County


James A. Sullivan 301-340-2450 Spellbring/Prince Premises Liability/ Lack of Security


George’s County


H. Gregory Skidmore 301-724-3424


Contracts/Insurance Coverage


Leasure/Allegany County


Did the trial court err in granting defendant’s motion for summary judgment that there was no liability as a matter of law to the plaintiff truck driver whose truck struck a pothole in defendants terminal causing plaintiff’s seat to fall rendering plaintiff permanently and totally disabled?


Did the trial court err in granting summary judgment to the defendant, a self-service gas station whose customer was assaulted and injured while filling his gas tank in the early morning hours? Plaintiff produced evidence of other crimi- nal activity, but the court ruled that under the facts there was no duty to warn or provide security.


The jury returned a verdict on stipulated damages in the amount of $234,000 against defendant insurance agency finding negligence in selling the plaintiff an insurance policy with an exclusion for “Earth Movement”. Did the trial court err in failing to dismiss the case based on the defendant’s contention that no duty was breached and that plaintiff was contributory negligent as a matter of law?


2237


Yvonne Pecks v. Mayor and Andre Weitzman 410-727-3505 Cannon/Baltimore City Counsel of Baltimore Emotional Distress


City


2263 Russell Brannon, Jr. v. Michael Speakman, et al


Andrew Slutkin 410-576-0900 Cannon/Baltimore Contributory Negligence/ Assumption of Risk


City 2403


Emma J. White v. Chevy L. Douglas Jefferson Chase Savings Bank, et al


301-459-4275 Worker’s Compensation Appeal


Krauser/Prince George’s County


As a result of the city razing an adjoining row house, plaintiff ’s home collapsed. Did the trial court err in ruling that beyond the homeowner subrogation claim, no claim existed for emotional distress and/or disruption of life.


Did the trial court err in granting defendant’s motion for summary judgment that the plaintiff was guilty of contribu- tory negligence or assumption of risk when he accepted co-workers representation that his pneumatic nail-gun was properly hooked up and began to use it, whereupon he was seriously injured?


Did the trial court err in dismissing plaintiff’s appeal from an order of the Worker’s Compensation Commission as untimely when the appeal of the decision dated December 9, 1998 was filed on January 11, 1999? The trial court held that Rule 1-203 only applied to the service of plead- ings filed with the court, and not the calculation of the thirty (30) day appeal period.


2653


Parrott Materials Company Bruce Kauffman 410-823-5700 North/Anne v. Morris Fine, et al


Mechanics Liens Arundel County


Did the trial court err in denying a mechanics lien for work done by appellant on Defendant’s property holding that the construction contract was entered into with a long-term lessee and not the property owner?


38


Trial Reporter


Summer 2000


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