IN RE JOHN H.

[No. 113, September Term, 1981.]

293 Md. 295 (1982)

443 A.2d 594

IN RE: JOHN H.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Motion for reconsideration filed April 30, 1982.

Denied May 3, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter S. Smith for appellant.

Patricia E. McDonald, Assistant Attorney General, with whom was Stephen H. Sachs, Attorney General, on the brief, for appellee.

The cause was argued before MURPHY, C.J., and SMITH, ELDRIDGE, COLE, DAVIDSON and RODOWSKY, JJ.


SMITH, J., delivered the opinion of the Court.

We took this case primarily to decide the constitutionality of Maryland Code (1974, 1980 Repl. Vol.) § 3-829, Courts and Judicial Proceedings Article. This section permits the imposition of vicarious liability upon parents for their children's wilful or malicious damage to others' property. We shall not reach that interesting question because we find that it was not preserved for appellate review.

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