MANAL KIRIAKOS v. BRANDON PHILLIPS
Appellant was badly injured after being struck by a car driven by an intoxicated eighteen-year-old. Appellee allegedly provided alcohol to the underaged driver. The circuit court granted summary judgment for appellee on the grounds that Maryland does not hold social hosts liable for the injuries caused by their intoxicated guests
Shundra Banks, et al. v. Terex Corporation, et al.
Michael Banks worked at the Flying Dog Brewery in Frederick, Maryland; he operated a forklift that moved pallets of beer kegs in the brewery’s cooler. On March 23, 2009, a co-worker found him in the cooler lying unconscious next to the forklift, and he died a day later.
ALBERT J. DiCOCCO, ET AL. v. MEDICATION ASSISTED TREATMENT TECHNOLOGIES INC. A/K/A MATT PROGRAM
Did the circuit court err by ruling that, as a matter of law, the operator of an outpatient methadone clinic owed no duty of care to third parties?
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