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Maryland Mass Tort Survey

    

 

   

Mass Tort
Maryland
Survey Results



Tracking and/or reporting of mass tort cases

None known.

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Definition of "mass tort"

None known.

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Procedural rules

Maryland Rule 2-231. Class actions. All sections except (g) are derived from the FRCP.


Maryland Courts and Judicial Proceedings Code Ann. § 4-402. Exceptions.

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Statutes

None known.

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Case law

John Crane, Inc. v. David Puller, 899 A.2d 879 (Md. App.). Plaintiffs who had settled asbestosis claims could proceed with subsequent claims when they developed more serious conditions at a later date.

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Administrative orders

None known.

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Interlocutory appeal

Maryland Courts and Judicial Proceedings Code Ann. § 12-303. Appeals from certain interlocutory orders.

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Infrastructure: special dockets

Maryland's Business and Technology Case Management Program enables each circuit court to handle business and technology matters "in a coordinated, efficient, and responsive manner," and provides "convenient access to lawyers and litigants in business and technology" cases. See the task force's final report. Cases may be mediated. Published opinions from cases in the program have been collected and are available online. While the opinions are not considered to be precedent, those published to the site contain factual and/or legal analysis that may be of interest to attorneys, judges, and litigants interested in the program. Such opinions are submitted to the database via certain protocol.

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Infrastructure: task forces, commissions, or other policy-level bodies

Maryland Business and Technology Court Task Force formed in 2000 by the general assembly to consider feasibility of establishing a specialized court, which it did (see "special dockets").

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Case management

None known.

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Technology

Public court records are searchable.

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Last Modified: 9/7/2006 1:16:48 PM

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