MATTER OF COLLINS

No. 49, Sept. Term, 2019.

228 A.3d 760 (2020)

468 Md. 672

In the MATTER OF Bernard L. COLLINS.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

May 26, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Argued by Michael H. Daney (Erlandson, Vernon & Daney, LLC, Columbia, MD) and Robin E. Hauptmann (Downs Ward Bender Hauptmann & Herzog, P.A., Hunt Valley, MD), on brief for Petitioner.

AMICUS CURIAE MARYLAND DEFENSE COUNSEL IN SUPPORT OF PETITIONERS: Julie D. Murray, Esquire , Katherine E. Rodriguez, Esquire , Semmes, Bowen & Semmes, 25 S. Charles Street, Suite 1400, Baltimore, MD 21201, Amy T. Foster, Esquire , Maryland-National Capital Park & Planning Commission, 6611 Kenilworth Avenue, Suite 200, Riverdale, MD 20737.

Kenneth Berman ( Allyson Bloom , Berman, Sobin, Gross, Feldman & Darby, LLP, Gaithersburg, MD), on brief for Respondent.

AMICUS MARYLAND ASSOCIATION FOR JUSTICE IN SUPPORT OF RESPONDENT: James K. MacAlister, Esquire , Matthew D. Trollinger, Esquire , Maryland Association for Justice, 347 N. Charles Street, Baltimore, MD 21201.

Argued before: Barbera, C.J.; McDonald, Watts, Hotten, Getty, Booth and Biran, JJ.


A fundamental premise of the law of contracts is that a person who is not a party to a contract is not bound to its terms. See, e.g., EEOC v. Waffle House, Inc., 534 U.S. 279, 294, 122 S.Ct. 754, 151 L.Ed.2d 755 (2002) ("It goes without saying that a contract cannot bind a nonparty."). This case tests...

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