SCHEDULE OF ORAL ARGUMENTS
September Term, 2023
Monday, May 6, 2024:
Bar Admissions
No. 30 State of Maryland v. Lamont Smith
Issue – Criminal Law – As a matter of first impression, is the “statement against penal interest” evidentiary rule Maryland’s only exception to the rule that a defendant is required to request redaction in order to properly raise a failure-to-redact claim on appeal?
Attorney for Petitioner: Gary E. O'Connor
Attorney for Respondent: Anne K. Olesen
No. 31 Lithko Contracting, LLC, et al. v. XL Insurance America, Inc.
Issues – Insurance Law – 1) Did ACM err where it held that Petitioners were not protected by the waiver of subrogation in the agreement to develop certain property and an exhibit to the agreement? 2) As a matter of first impression, did ACM err where it held that the lessee of the property did not waive subrogation against Petitioners despite requiring the general contractor to include the agreement’s exhibit’s waiver of subrogation in all its subcontracts?
Attorney for Petitioner: Timothy J. Dygert, Jr.
Attorney for Respondent: Jeffrey R. Learned
JD No. 2 In the Matter of the Honorable April T. Ademiluyi, Judge of the Circuit Court of Maryland for Prince George's County, 7th Judicial Circuit
Attorney for Petitioner: Kendra Jolivet
Attorney for Respondent: Allen Dyer
After May 6, 2024, the Court will recess until June 3, 2024.
On the day of argument, counsel must register in the Clerk’s Office no later than 9:30 a.m. unless otherwise notified.
GREGORY HILTON
CLERK