MARYLAND COURT OF SPECIAL APPEALS Civil Procedure, Discovery sanctions: Where the plaintiff’s counsel’s answers to interrogatories did not comply with Rule 2-402, the trial court did not abuse its discretion in imposing sanctions and excluding the testimony of plaintiff’s expert ...

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MARYLAND COURT OF APPEALS Administrative Law, Public Information Act: Prison warden improperly denied inmate’s request for documents under the Public Information Act by directing the inmate to resubmit the requests to individual departments within the prison’s agency. Ireland v. Shearin, ...

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MARYLAND COURT OF APPEALS Consumer Law, Telephone Consumer Protection Act: The Maryland Telephone Consumer Protection Act is not a statutory “specialty” law under the CJP and, therefore, the statute of limitations for actions brought pursuant to it is three years. ...

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MARYLAND COURT OF APPEALS Family Law, Termination of parental rights: Circuit court did not abuse its discretion in allowing child’s social worker to render her expert opinion as to whether the child would be at risk if returned to her ...

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MARYLAND COURT OF APPEALS Consumer Protection, New-home construction: Although the evidence did not support the conclusion that a developer held itself out as a registered home builder, its new-home construction contracts violated the Consumer Protection Act by requiring purchasers to ...

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MARYLAND COURT OF APPEALS Constitutional Law, Right to public trial: Defendant’s right to a public trial was violated when two spectators were excluded from the courtroom after the state claimed the witness would be intimidated by the individuals. Longus v. ...

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Banking Law, Credit Agreement Act: The circuit court may consider borrowers’ allegations of negligence, fraud and breach of fiduciary duty as grounds to open, modify or vacate the confessed judgment entered against them. Pease v. Wachovia SBA Lending, Inc., No. ...

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MARYLAND COURT OF APPEALS Criminal Procedure, Juror misconduct: Trial judge erred in failing to conduct voir dire to determine if jurors’ contact with the State’s key witness indicated prejudice against defendant. Dillard v. State, No. 50, September Term, 2009. RecordFax ...

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