Case # Case Name 107-2945-00 Andre Ponsart v. Copelco Capital, Inc. 108-2974-00 Brenda Gray v.
Counsel for Appellant Area of Law
John Noble (301) 762-7200
Entry of Foreign Judgments Paul V. Bennett
A&G Management Co., Inc. (410) 974-6003
Landlord-Tenant/ Summary Judgment
109-66-01
Sriyani Muthukumarana, Daniel A. Brown Individually, etc. v. Montgomery County
(301) 718-4548 Public Official Immunity 110-98-01 Baltimore Police
Department, et al., v. Eura Dawkins, et al.
111-134-01 Elva C. Herd v.
Maurice A. Bellan (410) 396-2496
Civil Procedure/ Sovereign Immunity
Michael S. Rosofsky
Stephen Weigman, et ux. (410) 526-9220 Negligence/Consumer Protection Act
112-154-01 Joseph Cooper, et al., v. Daniel F. Goldstein Berkshire Life Ins. Co., et al. (410) 962-1030
Insurance/Summary Judgment
113-163-01 John W. Callaway, Individually, et al. v. MAMSI Life and Health Ins. Co.
114-167-01 William M. Lewis v. Prince George’s County
John B. Robbins, IV (410) 749-3791 Life Insurance/
Summary Judgment Alan B. Gross
(301) 670-7030
Worker’s Compensation/ Disability Retirement Benefits
115-169-01 Monica Buescher, M.D., E. Dale Adkins, III et al. v. Frank Sterner, et al. (410) 752-1630
116-282-01 Littman’s Jewelers, et al. v. Annette Y. Peterson
Medical Malpractice Jeffrey W. Ochsman
(202) 872-0800
Worker’s Compensation/ Sanctions
117-299-01 Roland Boyer, Sr., Individually, et al. v.
Suzanne C. Shapiro (410) 547-0202
Atlantic Realty Co., et al. Lead Paint Poisoning/ Summary Judgment
Schwait/Baltimore City Wright, Jr./ Baltimore County
Boone/Washington County
Simpson/Wicomico County
Krauser/Prince George’s County
Bollinger/Baltimore County
Noel/Baltimore City
Caplan/Baltimore City
Thompson/ Montgomery County
Judge Jurisdiction
Mason/Montgomery County
Davis-Loomis/ Anne Arundel County Issues
Did the trial court err in entering a foreign judgment where the lack of personal jurisdiction of the foreign court was apparent and the issue of jurisdiction in the foreign court was still being litigated?
Did the trial court err in granting summary judgment on behalf of the landlord holding that by walking across a lawn where tire ruts had been formed by the landlord’s agent, the tenant assumed the risk or was contributorily negli- gent?
Plaintiff dialed 911 because of her husband’s threats of vio- lence. Plaintiff ’s spouse then shot and killed their children. A complaint for negligence was filed against the 911 opera- tor and Montgomery County. Did the trial court err in ruling that the 911 operator was entitled to “public official immunity,” which was not waived by any “special relation- ship” with the Plaintiff?
Did the trial court err in denying the Baltimore Police Department’s Motion to Dismiss alleging that the BPD is not a legal entity that can sue or be sued and that it is pro- tected by sovereign immunity from claims of excessive force?
Did the trial court err in dismissing Plaintiff ’s negligence and Consumer Protection Act claim against landlord for failing to have a handrail in tenant’s building?
Did the trial court err when it granted Defendant Berk- shire summary judgment against the Plaintiff because the “disappearing premium illustration” in the policy was so clear that the Plaintiff could not reasonably have believed that his premium obligations would cease after 10 years? (The plaintiff contended that because of the growth of in- vestment from premium, plaintiff was not required to pay any premium after 10 years.)
Did the trial court err in granting MAMSI summary judg- ment and finding that the Plaintiff’s decedent’s death, which occurred as a result of auto-erotic asphyxiation, was not accidental, but rather an “intentional self injury” and there- fore excluded from coverage under the insurance policy.
Did the trial court err in affirming the Commission’s re- duction of the Plaintiff’s weekly permanent partial disability benefit by a portion of service-connected disability retire- ment benefits?
Did the trial court err in failing to specify that the Plaintiffs had the burden of proof and in failing to grant a hearing on the Defendant’s request for remitter following a judgment of $2,000,000.00?
Did the Commission err as a matter of law by awarding permanent partial disability benefits under “other cases” for a chip fracture to the head of the femur? Where claimant’s counsel altered Dr. Launder’s report, deleting the phrase, “this woman has reached maximum medical improvement,” and failed to disclose such alteration in discovery, did the Circuit Court abuse it’s discretion in failing to sanction claimant’s counsel?
Did the trial court err in granting summary judgment and ruling that the evidence was legally insufficient to conclude that the landlord’s failure to correct the lead hazard, follow-
ing sufficient notice, was a proximate cause of the injury?
Summer 2002
Trial Reporter
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