Maryland lawmakers approved an amendment that permits entities to bring an internal corporate claim in specified circuit courts of Maryland or a federal court sitting in Maryland, or in courts sitting in one or more jurisdictions outside the state. The...

The COVID-19 pandemic has severely disrupted contracts of every type and size and has rendered countless other contracts intolerably costly or risky. Parties have sought to be excused of their contractual obligations by invoking force majeure clauses...

Defendant Donald Joseph Ruane walked into a bar and shot a man in the back of the head. The gun shot divided the victim's spinal cord and the victim was unable to breathe without the use of artificial life support but was able to communicate by nods...

Plaintiff Charles E. Adams had worked at Wm. Wrigley, Jr., Company since December 1985, primarily as a parts cleaner. When a hand injury left him unable to continue in his regular job, plaintiff began working as a janitor for the company. His duties included...

The stockholders filed an action against the corporation for a violation of § 10(b) of the Act and Rule 10b5. The action was filed more than three years after the stockholders purchased their shares. The action was dismissed because it was not filed...

At the times here involved both parties were owners of rights to the use of water for irrigation from Spring Creek, in Lemhi County. Both rights were adjudicated by the Morrow-Wagoner decree in 1910. The right held by plaintiffs (appellants) was decreed...

The tenant rented a one-family house from the landlord pursuant to a written lease. Despite a notice to vacate, the tenant continued in possession for approximately six and a half months after the expiration of the term of the lease. After the tenant...

Sigval Bergesen, a Norwegian shipowner, and Joseph Muller Corporation, a Swiss company, entered into three charter parties in 1969, 1970 and 1971. Each charter party contained an arbitration clause providing for arbitration in New York, and the Chairman...

Plaintiff-appellant John McGann (McGann) filed this suit under section 510 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, Pub. L. No. 93-406, 88 Stat. 832 ( 29 U.S.C. §§ 1001-1461 ) (ERISA), against defendants-appellees H & H Music...

The lessee entered into a lease agreement with the lessors that required the lessee to maintain a liability insurance policy of not less than $ 1 million. After having such coverage for six years, the lessee was unable to obtain a policy for $ 1 million...