March 2024 Maryland Certiorari Grants

On Monday, the Supreme Court of Maryland granted review in two cases.

Summer Ledford v. Jenway Contracting, Inc. – Case No. 3, September Term, 2024 (Reported ACM Opinion by Judge Alexander Wright, Jr.)

Issue – Labor & Employment – Did ACM err by extending the exclusivity provision of § 9-509 of the Labor & Employment Article (workers’ compensation) to non-dependents?

State of Maryland v. Dominick Scarboro – Case No. 4, September Term, 2024 (Unreported ACM Opinion by Chief Judge E. Gregory Wells

Issue – Constitutional Law – When an appellant claims a Sixth Amendment violation of the right to a public trial based on the trial court’s ostensible denial of courtroom access, does the burden lie with appellant to establish preliminarily that the courtroom closure is significant enough (i.e. not “de minimis”) that it implicates the constitutional right and requires analysis under the four-part test articulated in Waller v. Georgia, 467 U.S. 39, 48 (1984)?