Major Maryland Cases – Page 2 – Bruce Godfrey, attorney (MD/DC)

Important Maryland Cases: Owens-Illinois, Inc. et al., v Zenobia, et al., 325 Md. 420 (1992)

In Owens-Illinois, Inc., et al., v. Zenobia, et al., 325 Md. 420 (1992), the Maryland Court of Appeals enunciated a "malice" standard for punitive damages in Maryland. Plaintiffs Zenobia and Dickerson…

Bruce Godfrey April 15, 2012

Major Maryland Cases

Important Maryland Cases: Diehl v. State 294 Md. 466 (1982)

Important Note: The Law Office of Bruce Godfrey takes no position as to the legal, political or social merits of recent "occupy" political demonstrations such as "OccupyBaltimore" or "OccupyWallStreet," and…

Bruce Godfrey October 4, 2011

Major Maryland Cases Traffic

Important Maryland Cases: State v. Atkinson, 331 Md. 199 (1993)

Boyce Atkinson was charged with driving while intoxicated in Harford County. His attorney at trial agreed to with the State to a not guilty statement of facts, recounting that Mr.…

Bruce Godfrey April 2, 2011

Criminal Law Major Maryland Cases

Important Maryland Cases: State v. Hicks, 285 Md. 310 (1979)

This post is one of a series addressing major cases in Maryland's appellate courts that, in the author's view, every Maryland practitioner of law should now. Few criminal cases in…

Bruce Godfrey March 20, 2011