ANTONIO v. SSA SECURITY

Misc. No. 1, September Term, 2014.

110 A.3d 654 (2015)

442 Md. 67

Joseph ANTONIO, et al. v. SSA SECURITY, INC. d/b/a Security Services of America.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

March 2, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ruthanne M. Deutsch (of Vienna, VA; Steven H. Schulman , Joseph L. Decker , Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP, Washington, DC; Megan K. Whyte de Vasquez , Isabelle M. Thabault , Washington Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs, Washington, DC), on brief, for appellants.

Gary A. Bryant ( Joseph P. Moriarty , Willcox & Savage, PC, Norfolk, VA; Gerry Hoban Tostanoski , Tydings & Rosenberg, LLP, Baltimore, MD), on brief, for appellee.

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


The federal Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit certified to this Court the following question of law:

Does the Maryland Security Guards Act, Md.Code Ann., Bus. Occ. & Prof. § 19-501, impose liability beyond common law principles of respondeat superior such that an employer may be responsible for off-duty criminal...

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