This week in Maryland Lawyer

September 2, 2008

Why would a county detention center need high-priced Swedish laundry fixtures? With legal battles still being waged two years after the project’s completion, that simple question has a complicated answer.

The Court of Appeals returns to Annapolis this week, with two new judges on the seven-judge panel. Steve Lash looks at the changing court and some of the 150 cases it is expected to hear this term.

Also:
* Jay Gede, Hogan & Hartson’s go-to guy for renewable-energy issues, is moving from Baltimore to Abu Dhabi — where, in addition to oil, there is plenty of sunshine for solar power.

* A class action over the massive January 2006 leak at a Jacksonville gas station survives ExxonMobil’s motion for summary judgment.

* A Baltimore jury awarded a retired teacher $1.4 million on Friday for a misdiagnosis of post-surgery complications.

* A Hampden tow truck driver gets a verdict for $275,000 against the attendant at a city impound lot, who beat the driver after he complained about the wait.

* In Opinion and Commentary, our Editorial Advisory Board urges the Senate to pass a beefed-up shield law, while Joe Surkiewicz marks the 20th anniversary of the Maryland Coalition for Inclusive Education.

* In Profiles in Leadership, learn what Mitchell Mirviss is doing now; in Pro Bono, Jack Condliffe reflects on the first year of Baltimore County’s Children’s Education Project.

* Plus: News briefs, On the move, and digests from the 4th Circuit, federal courts in Maryland and the Office of Administrative Hearings.

BARBARA GRZINCIC, Managing Editor/Law

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