by Stewart Sutton | Jul 28, 2022 | Firm News
The general rule in Maryland is that a person cannot recover emotional distress damages caused by witnessing or learning about harm to their property. For example, a person arrives home to discover that their classic 1967 Ford Mustang had been destroyed by a...
by Stewart Sutton | Feb 23, 2022 | Firm News
The recent Maryland appellate decision of Cador v. Yes Organic Market Hyattsvile, Inc. (February 1, 2022) addressed the application of contributory negligence of a customer who suffered a personal injury when she slipped and fell on a wet floor in a super...
by Stewart Sutton | Jan 6, 2022 | Firm News
The Maryland Court of Special Appeals (COSA) now allows pro se appellants to file an informal brief in family law and certain other cases. The comment to Maryland Rule 8-502(a)(9) rule states: “Informal briefing in the Court of Special Appeals is intended to...
by Stewart Sutton | Dec 10, 2021 | Firm News
In divorce or civil litigation, sometimes a party tries to subpoena a third party’s emails from an electronic service provider, such as gmail, hotmail, or yahoo. A civil subpoena served on a service provider for the production of emails violates the Electronic...
by Stewart Sutton | Oct 12, 2021 | Firm News
In 2021, Stewart A. Sutton was retained to resolve a property line issue in Montgomery County, Maryland. In the 1980s, the same person owned adjoining lots. The owner added a garage to his home on Lot 1. Because the corner of the garage was too close to the...
