HEFFNER v. MONTGOMERY COUNTY

No. 1084, September Term, 1987.

76 Md. App. 328 (1988)

545 A.2d 67

JANICE E. HEFFNER, ET AL. v. MONTGOMERY COUNTY, MARYLAND, ET AL.

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland.

August 4, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Andrew Janquitto (Richard C. Burch and Mudd, Harrison & Burch, on the brief), Towson, for appellants.

Anthony M. Ventre, Associate Co. Atty. (Clyde H. Sorrell, Co. Atty. and Joann Robertson, Sr. Asst. Co. Atty., on the brief), Rockville, for appellees.

Argued before GARRITY, BLOOM, and ROBERT M. BELL, JJ.


GARRITY, Judge.

This appeal presents us with the question of whether Montgomery County (appellee) may successfully assert a defense of governmental immunity to a claim for injuries sustained by Janice E. Heffner (appellant)1 when she slipped and fell on the lobby floor of the Montgomery County Judicial Center (courthouse). In the Circuit Court for Montgomery County, appellant argued that appellee implicitly waived its immunity relative...

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