Petitions for Writ of Certiorari -- May 2014

PETITIONS FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI

September Term, 2013

 

Granted May 15, 2014

Estela Espina, et al. v. Steven Jackson, et al. - Case No. 35, September Term, 2014

Issues – Constitutional Law – 1) Can the General Assembly contravene or restrict by statute self-executing rights in the state constitution? 2) Does the Local Government Tort Claims Act (LGTCA) encompass and serve to cap self-executing constitutional rights? 3) With 96.5% of the verdict stripped from the petitioners, is the application of the LGTCA damages cap to the facts here unconstitutional under Art. 19? 4) Did CSA err in applying the LGTCA cap to the constitutional deprivations here after the jury found malice and the County stipulated to scope of employment? 5) Did CSA err in holding that all wrongful death claims are reduced to one claim?

David Payne, et ux. v. Erie Insurance Exchange, et al. - Case No. 38, September Term, 2014

Issue – Insurance Law – Under Maryland Indemnity Insurance Co. v. Kornke, et al., 21 Md.App. 178, 319 A.2d 603 (1974) and its progeny, did the trial court err in holding that Erie was not required to provide coverage to a second permittee using an insured’s car within the named insured’s original grant of permissive use?

Ade Yemi Scott v. State of Maryland - Case No. 111, September Term, 2013

State of Maryland v. Ashley Barnes - Case No. 114, September Term, 2013

State of Maryland v. Benjamin Jerome Brown - Case No. 113, September Term, 2013

State of Maryland v. Sterling Coleman - Case No. 115, September Term, 2013

State of Maryland v. Michael Antonio Kingsberry - Case No. 112, September Term, 2013

State of Maryland v. Ashley Barnes - Case No. 114, September Term, 2013

Denied May 16, 2014

Anderson, Simmeon v. State - Pet. Docket No. 43 *
Arey, Douglas Scott v. State - Pet. Docket No. 691
Ayer v. McKenzie - Pet. Docket No. 1 *
Blair, Matthew v. State - Pet. Docket No. 611
Bland, Daryl v. State - Pet. Docket No. 478
Clark v. 100 Harborview Drive Council of Unit Owners - Pet. Docket No. 103 *
Carrollton Road v. Residential Funding Co. - Pet. Docket No. 32 *
Cochran, Jeremy Shane v. State - Pet. Docket No. 37 *
Construction Dynamics Group v. City of Salisbury - Pet. Docket No. 15 *
Conwell, LLC v. Counsel Press - Pet. Docket No. 668
Cooch v. S&D River Island - Pet. Docket No. 51 *
Council of Unit Owners of Quail Run South III v. Wideman & Marsden - Pet. Docket No. 57 *
Cruz, Iven v. State - Pet. Docket No. 28 *
Donati, Michael E. v. State - Pet. Docket No. 673
Ellis, Maurice v. State - Pet. Docket No. 633
Evans, Kibwa v. State - Pet. Docket No. 3 *
Fontana v. Fontana - Pet. Docket No. 35 *
Gray & Kendall v. Howard Co. Bd. of Elections - Pet. Docket No. 140 *
Hall, Kirkland v. State - Pet. Docket No. 9 *
Harper, James v. State - Pet. Docket No. 26 *
Henri, Rodney Gregory v. State - Pet. Docket No. 30 *
Holmes, Patrick K. v. State - Pet. Docket No. 17 *
Hutton v. Bowie State Univ. - Pet. Docket No. 33 *
In re: Terry C., III, Maliyah T., Sameer T., Majai W., and Mica W. - Pet. Docket No. 12 *
Joyner, Donte Chaz v. State - Pet. Docket No. 20 *
Keyes, Brian Han v. State - Pet. Docket No. 7 *
Kittrell, Timothy v. State - Pet. Docket No. 31 *
Monbo v. Manufacturers & Traders Trust Co. - Pet. Docket No. 13 *
Nasser v. Montgomery Co. - Pet. Docket No. 48 *
Norino Properties & Construction v. Stillman - Pet. Docket No. 47 *
Phillips, Thomas v. State - Pet. Docket No. 670
Phipps, Antoine v. State - Pet. Docket No. 36 *
Rudolph, Theodore v. State - Pet. Docket No. 634
Sayyad v. Joseph, Greenwald &. Laake - Pet. Docket No. 49 *
Sheibani v. Starbucks Corp. - Pet. Docket No. 23 *
Shockley, Louis v. State - Pet. Docket No. 6 *
Sigmon v. Johns Hopkins Hospital - Pet. Docket No. 24 *
Small, Woodrow T. v. State - Pet. Docket No. 44 *
South Arundel Citizens for Responsible Development v. Hazen - Pet. Docket No. 14 *
Thompkins, Suzanne L. v. State - Pet. Docket No. 25 *
Warch v. Brannigan - Pet. Docket No. 22 *
Webb, Tyrone Lamont, Jr. v. State - Pet. Docket No. 19 *
Williams, Cyril v. State - Pet. Docket No. 18 *
Williams, Kenneth v. State - Pet. Docket No. 4 *
Williams, Michael Nathaniel v. State - Pet. Docket No. 687
Yaran v. Fisher - Pet. Docket No. 115 *






* September Term 2014