HOUSING AUTHORITY v. BENNETT

No. 96, Sept. Term, 1998.

754 A.2d 367 (2000)

359 Md. 356

HOUSING AUTHORITY OF BALTIMORE CITY v. Crystal BENNETT.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Reconsideration Denied July 21, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Marks Moore, III (Charles M. Delacruz, Kathleen E. Wherthey, Wilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman & Dicker, LLP, on brief), Baltimore, for Housing Authority of Baltimore City.

Scott E. Nevin (Saul E. Kerpelman, on brief), Baltimore, for respondents.

David M. Funk, Charles D. MacLeod, Funk & Bolton, P.A., Baltimore, amicus curiae for Local Government Ins. Trust.

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


ELDRIDGE, Judge.

The Local Government Tort Claims Act (LGTCA), Maryland Code (1974, 1998 Repl.Vol., 1999 Supp.), §§ 5-301 through 5-304 of the Courts and Judicial Proceedings Article, makes all entities defined therein as "local governments" responsible for the legal defense of their employees, and liable for judgments for compensatory damages rendered against their employees, in suits against the employees based on tortious acts committed in the scope of...

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