This case exemplifies the old adage that "you can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink." The Plaintiff is the horse of [...]
Reaffirming the Yorkdale Corporation v. Powell, 237 Md. 121, 205 A.2d 269 (1964) rule that a change in statutory law that takes place during the course [...]
REAL PROPERTY - RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS - THE STANDARD FOR DETERMINING IF A RESTRICTIVE COVENANT REMAINS VALID IS WHETHER, AFTER THE PASSAGE OF A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME, A CHANGE IN CIRCUMSTANCES HAS OCCURRED, SINCE THE [...]
Juveniles - Delinquency Proceedings - L. 2005 c. 580 requires the juvenile court to stay proceedings and to order an evaluation by a qualified expert of a child's mental condition, if there is reason [...]
PROPERTY TAXES - MONEY JUDGMENTS - REFUNDS - INTEREST
When taxpayer overpaid its personal property taxes, it was entitled to a refund of those monies, as to which both the interest on the refunded taxes [...]
PROFESSIONAL LIABILITY INSURANCE– DUTY TO DEFEND– To establish a potentiality of coverage, an insured can refer to extrinsic evidence, however, the extrinsic evidence must relate to a cause of action actually alleged in the complaint and can [...]
CRIMINAL LAW – SUPPRESSION OF EVIDENCE:
Petitioner, Lamont Anthony Lewis, sought review of the denial of his motion to suppress [...]
Seven members of the Dawson family died as a result of the alleged firebombing of their home by drug-dealers. Relatives of the Dawson family filed suit against various governmental entities asserting that their actions violated the [...]
Headnote: Code of Public Local Laws of Baltimore City, §21-16 requires that, in order to utilize quick-take condemnation, the City of Baltimore demonstrate why, because of some exigency or emergency, it is necessary and in the [...]
ATTORNEY DISCIPLINE – Our goal in matters of attorney discipline is to protect the public and the public's confidence in the legal profession rather than to punish the attorney.
ATTORNEY DISCIPLINE – We protect the [...]
Amendments to State and county critical area laws, absent an express statement as to prospective or retrospective application, apply to matters pending and not yet decided by the [...]
ZONING –
Maryland Code Art. 66B, which empowers certain local jurisdictions to adopt zoning codes, does not require a special exception use to be in strict compliance with a local comprehensive plan. A local [...]
Upon consideration of the Joint Petition for Disbarment by Consent filed herein pursuant to Maryland Rule 16-772, it is this 3rd day of April, 2007,
ORDERED, by the Court of Appeals of Maryland, that DIMONE [...]
Insurance contracts - exclusion of coverage to employee operating his own vehicle - not ambiguous - not contrary to public policy - exclusion not previously discussed by Maryland court
Policy provision in commercial automobile [...]
