Maryland Daily Record » Opinions http://thedailyrecord.com Maryland's trusted source for business and legal news Wed, 22 May 2013 02:10:46 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Law digest – 5/16/13  http://thedailyrecord.com/2013/05/15/law-digest-51613/ http://thedailyrecord.com/2013/05/15/law-digest-51613/#comments Wed, 15 May 2013 21:02:50 +0000 Daily Record Staff http://thedailyrecord.com/?p=239879 (access required)&via=&related=DolcePixel"> MARYLAND COURT OF SPECIAL APPEALS  Administrative Law, Consent Order: Where physician agreed to be bound by the terms of the Consent Order suspending her license, in which she waived any right to contest the terms and to appeal and acknowledged that she understood the Consent Order’s meaning and effect, the Board of Physicians did not [...] ]]> http://thedailyrecord.com/2013/05/15/law-digest-51613/feed/ 0 Opinions – 5/16/13: Maryland Court of Special Appeals  http://thedailyrecord.com/2013/05/15/opinions-51613-maryland-court-of-special-appeals/ http://thedailyrecord.com/2013/05/15/opinions-51613-maryland-court-of-special-appeals/#comments Wed, 15 May 2013 20:59:34 +0000 Daily Record Staff http://thedailyrecord.com/?p=239877 (access required)&via=&related=DolcePixel"> Administrative Law Consent Order  BOTTOM LINE: Where physician agreed to be bound by the terms of the Consent Order suspending her license, in which she waived any right to contest the terms and to appeal and acknowledged that she understood the Consent Order’s meaning and effect, the Board of Physicians did not err in declining [...] ]]> http://thedailyrecord.com/2013/05/15/opinions-51613-maryland-court-of-special-appeals/feed/ 0 Law digest – 5/9/13  http://thedailyrecord.com/2013/05/08/law-digest-5913/ http://thedailyrecord.com/2013/05/08/law-digest-5913/#comments Wed, 08 May 2013 22:05:50 +0000 Daily Record Staff http://thedailyrecord.com/?p=239402 (access required)&via=&related=DolcePixel"> MARYLAND COURT OF APPEALS  Constitutional Law, Preemption of local tobacco regulation: State law occupies field of regulating packaging and sale of tobacco products, and thus impliedly preempted county ordinances regulating packaging, sale and distribution of cigars. Altadis U.S.A., Inc. v. Prince George’s County, No. 85, Sept. Term, 2010. RecordFax No. 13-0425-23, 15 pages. Criminal Law, [...] ]]> http://thedailyrecord.com/2013/05/08/law-digest-5913/feed/ 0 Opinions – 5/9/13: 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals  http://thedailyrecord.com/2013/05/08/opinions-5913-4th-u-s-circuit-court-of-appeals/ http://thedailyrecord.com/2013/05/08/opinions-5913-4th-u-s-circuit-court-of-appeals/#comments Wed, 08 May 2013 22:02:31 +0000 Daily Record Staff http://thedailyrecord.com/?p=239399 (access required)&via=&related=DolcePixel"> Administrative Law Security clearance  BOTTOM LINE: District court properly dismissed intelligence agency employee’s claim that his top secret security clearance was wrongly revoked by government agency, because although employee’s complaint set forth various constitutional claims, these claims merely challenged merits of agency’s security clearance decision, and courts lack subject matter jurisdiction to review merits of [...] ]]> http://thedailyrecord.com/2013/05/08/opinions-5913-4th-u-s-circuit-court-of-appeals/feed/ 0 Opinions – 5/9/13: Maryland Court of Appeals  http://thedailyrecord.com/2013/05/08/opinions-5913-maryland-court-of-appeals/ http://thedailyrecord.com/2013/05/08/opinions-5913-maryland-court-of-appeals/#comments Wed, 08 May 2013 21:45:34 +0000 Daily Record Staff http://thedailyrecord.com/?p=239395 (access required)&via=&related=DolcePixel"> Constitutional Law Preemption of local tobacco regulation  BOTTOM LINE: State law occupies field of regulating packaging and sale of tobacco products, and thus impliedly preempted county ordinances regulating packaging, sale and distribution of cigars. CASE: Altadis U.S.A., Inc. v. Prince George’s County, No. 85, Sept. Term, 2010 (filed Apr. 25, 2013) (Judges Bell, Harrell, Battaglia, [...] ]]> http://thedailyrecord.com/2013/05/08/opinions-5913-maryland-court-of-appeals/feed/ 0 Law digest – 5/2/13  http://thedailyrecord.com/2013/05/01/law-digest-5213/ http://thedailyrecord.com/2013/05/01/law-digest-5213/#comments Wed, 01 May 2013 22:40:27 +0000 Daily Record Staff http://thedailyrecord.com/?p=238883 (access required)&via=&related=DolcePixel"> MARYLAND COURT OF APPEALS  Negligence, Immunity: Neither the Good Samaritan Act nor the Fire and Rescue Act relieves a commercial ambulance company of civil liability for the alleged negligence of an employee committed when an emergency arises during a transfer of a patient between medical facilities. TransCare Maryland, Inc. v. Murray, No. 24, Sept. Term, [...] ]]> http://thedailyrecord.com/2013/05/01/law-digest-5213/feed/ 0 Opinions – 5/2/13: 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals  http://thedailyrecord.com/2013/05/01/opinions-5213-4th-u-s-circuit-court-of-appeals/ http://thedailyrecord.com/2013/05/01/opinions-5213-4th-u-s-circuit-court-of-appeals/#comments Wed, 01 May 2013 22:37:47 +0000 Daily Record Staff http://thedailyrecord.com/?p=238881 (access required)&via=&related=DolcePixel"> Contract Law Breach of implied contract  BOTTOM LINE: District court properly dismissed plaintiffs’ contract, negligence, and fraud claims against bank arising from bank’s denial of plaintiffs’ application for mortgage modification under federal program for struggling homeowners, because bank’s provision of mortgage modification application to homeowners did not give rise to implied-in-fact contract that plaintiffs’ application [...] ]]> http://thedailyrecord.com/2013/05/01/opinions-5213-4th-u-s-circuit-court-of-appeals/feed/ 0 Opinions – 5/2/13: Maryland Court of Appeals  http://thedailyrecord.com/2013/05/01/opinions-5213-maryland-court-of-appeals/ http://thedailyrecord.com/2013/05/01/opinions-5213-maryland-court-of-appeals/#comments Wed, 01 May 2013 22:15:03 +0000 Daily Record Staff http://thedailyrecord.com/?p=238879 (access required)&via=&related=DolcePixel"> Negligence Immunity  BOTTOM LINE: Neither the Good Samaritan Act nor the Fire and Rescue Act relieves a commercial ambulance company of civil liability for the alleged negligence of an employee committed when an emergency arises during a transfer of a patient between medical facilities. CASE: TransCare Maryland, Inc. v. Murray, No. 24, Sept. Term, 2012 [...] ]]> http://thedailyrecord.com/2013/05/01/opinions-5213-maryland-court-of-appeals/feed/ 0 Law digest – 4/25/13  http://thedailyrecord.com/2013/04/24/law-digest-42513/ http://thedailyrecord.com/2013/04/24/law-digest-42513/#comments Wed, 24 Apr 2013 21:43:36 +0000 Daily Record Staff http://thedailyrecord.com/?p=238386 (access required)&via=&related=DolcePixel"> MARYLAND COURT OF APPEALS  Constitutional Law, Removal of elected official: Plaintiff was removed from office by operation of law on the day she was sentenced for misconduct in office while in office, notwithstanding the fact that she subsequently was afforded probation before judgment. Hall v. Prince George’s County Democratic Central Committee, No. 100, Sept. Term, [...] ]]> http://thedailyrecord.com/2013/04/24/law-digest-42513/feed/ 0 Opinions – 4/25/13: 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals  http://thedailyrecord.com/2013/04/24/opinions-42513-4th-u-s-circuit-court-of-appeals/ http://thedailyrecord.com/2013/04/24/opinions-42513-4th-u-s-circuit-court-of-appeals/#comments Wed, 24 Apr 2013 21:39:41 +0000 Daily Record Staff http://thedailyrecord.com/?p=238384 (access required)&via=&related=DolcePixel"> Administrative Law Final agency action  BOTTOM LINE: District court lacked jurisdiction over town’s action, under the Administrative Procedure Act, seeking specific performance of commitments made by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in connection with a project in the town, because the alleged failure to implement a project in accordance with commitments was not “final [...] ]]> http://thedailyrecord.com/2013/04/24/opinions-42513-4th-u-s-circuit-court-of-appeals/feed/ 0