HOUSING AUTHORITY v. WOODLAND

No. 18, September Term, 2013.

92 A.3d 379 (2014)

438 Md. 415

HOUSING AUTHORITY OF BALTIMORE CITY v. Amafica K. WOODLAND.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Reconsideration Denied May 16, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Marks Moore, III and Frank J. Mastro ( Stephen S. McCloskey , Semmes, Bowen & Semmes, Baltimore, MD), on brief, for Appellant.

Scott E. Nevin ( William Beveridge, Jr. , Law Offices of Peter T. Nicholl, Baltimore, MD; John Amato, IV , Goodman, Meagher & Enoch, LLP, Baltimore, MD), on brief, for Appellee.

Argued before BARBERA, C.J., HARRELL, BATTAGLIA, GREENE, ADKINS, McDONALD and WATTS, JJ.


ADKINS, J.

In this lead paint case we examine the nature and purpose of the "good cause" exception to the written notice requirement of the Local Government Tort Claims Act ("LGTCA"). Md.Code (1987, 2013 Repl. Vol.), § 5-304 of the Courts and Judicial Proceedings Article ("CJP"). We do so in the course of reviewing a trial court's rulings that allowed the case to proceed to trial, over Appellant's objection, because the court found substantial compliance and...

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