TIERCO MARYLAND, INC. v. WILLIAMS

No. 65, Sept. Term, 2003.

849 A.2d 504 (2004)

381 Md. 378

TIERCO MARYLAND, INC. v. Linda WILLIAMS, Charles Smith, Katrina Smith, Shaniqua Smith, and Frances Williams.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Reconsideration Denied June 16, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James T. Ferrini (Paul V. Esposito of Clausen Miller, P.C., Chicago, IL; Pamela A. Bresnahan and Steven R. Becker of Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP, Washington, DC), on brief, for Petitioner.

Paul W. Spence (Spence, Kohler & Christie, P.A., Towson; Emanuel M. Levin of Emanuel M. Levin & Associates, P.A., Baltimore), on brief, for Respondents.

Argued Before BELL, C.J., RAKER, WILNER, CATHELL, HARRELL, BATTAGLIA and JOHN C. ELDRIDGE (Retired, specially assigned), JJ.


HARRELL, Judge.

It should surprise no one that a fundamental jurisprudential principle is that irrelevant considerations may not be a proper basis for a jury's verdict. In this civil action asserting theories of recovery based solely on assault, battery, false imprisonment, and negligent supervision, as submitted to the jury, the Respondents/Plaintiffs repeatedly raised at trial, through argument and testimony, insinuations...

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