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SCOTT v. JENKINS

No. 29, Sept. Term, 1996.

690 A.2d 1000 (1997)

345 Md. 21

Robert SCOTT v. Terry Napoleon JENKINS.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

March 14, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jay H. Creech (Barbara L. Holtz, Sean D. Wallace, Paul M. Mayhew, on brief), Upper Marlboro, for Petitioner.

No argument on behalf of Respondent.

Argued before BELL, C.J., and ELDRIDGE, RODOWSKY, CHASANOW, KARWACKI, RAKER and WILNER, JJ.

KARWACKI, Judge.

This appeal concerns the pleading requirements for a claim of punitive damages. We are asked whether a complaint seeking monetary damages for a tort must make a specific claim for punitive damages and whether that complaint must set forth facts that, if proven true, would entitle the plaintiff to punitive damages. The answer to both questions is yes. Consequently, for the reasons explained below, we shall reverse the judgment of the Court of Special...

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