Appellate Watch (Continued from page 40) Case # Case Name 375-02681-04 Deldon v. Potomac
Counsel for Appellant Area of Law
Electric Power Company (301) 352-0200 Strict Liability/ Negligence
376-2412-04 Bereano v. State Ethics Commission Judge Jurisdiction Shleton H. Skolnick Mason/
Montgomery County
Issues
In a case involving power lines which were down for 7 hours causing a fire and explosions in the plaintiff’s house, did the Court err in dismiss- ing the claim for punitive damages in connection with the plaintiff’s strict liability counts against the power company? The power company con- ceded negligence.
and Brian J. Markovitz (301) 220-2200 Regulatory/Lobbying
Timothy F. Maloney, Cary J. Hansel
Judge Kane, Howard County
Whether a statute purportedly barring a lobby- ing agreement may be applied retroactively to a lobbying agreement which was executed two months before the statute purportedly barring it was enacted. Whether the statute barring con- tingent lobbying fees is unconstitutional and in violation of the Maryland Declaration of Rights. Whether the missing witness rule was misap- plied in light of the failure by the State Ethics Commission to subpoena a witness while argu- ing that a negative inference should be drawn from the absence of that witness. Whether there was sufficient evidence to find that the Appel- lant violated Maryland State Government Article, Section 15-713(1).
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