TORBIT v. BALT. CITY POLICE DEPT.

No. 1475, Sept. Term, 2015.

153 A.3d 847 (2017)

231 Md. App. 573

William H. TORBIT, Sr., et al. v. BALTIMORE CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT, et al.

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland.

February 2, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Schulman of Baltimore, MD, Lauren D. Benjamin ( Eugene A. Arbaugh , Smith, Gildea & Schmidt, LLC, Towson, MD, of the brief), for Appellant.

Daniel J. Moore ( William J. Jackson , Moore & Jackson, LLC of Towson, MD) William R. Phelan, Jr. (George Nilson, City Solicitor, Baltimore, City Office of Law, James H. Fields , Fields, Peterson, LLC all of Baltimore, MD) ( Christopher R. Lundy , Baltimore City Dept. of Law of Baltimore, MD, Brett A. Buckwater , Alicia D. Stewart , Niles, Barton & Wilmer, LLP of Baltimore, MD, Robin F. Kessler , RFK Law, LLC of Odenton, MD) all on their briefs, for Appellee.

Krauser, C.J., Friedman, Sharer, J. Frederick (Senior Judge, Specially Assigned), JJ.


Two people were killed and several others were injured when the Baltimore Police Department ("BPD") responded to an "active shooter"1 situation outside a nightclub in Baltimore City. We are first asked to determine whether the Police Department, the Club, and an adjoining parking lot's owner and...

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