Brooks v. Housing Authority

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• holding that the Housing Authority of Baltimore City does not enjoy immunity from state common law claims
• noting that, when the General Assembly intends to limit a statute, it knows how to do so expressly
• “CoGureratsu fxr ov.m G oovther jurisdictions have likewise recognized that similarly worded statutes completely waive housing authorities' immunity. ., 43 V.I. 131, 135-36 (Terr. Ct. 2008) [sic] (citing ., 14 V.I. 160 (Terr. Ct. 1977)
• “We first look at the normal, plain meaning of the language of the statute, and we read it as a whole so that no word, clause, sentence or phrase is rendered surplusage, superfluous, meaningless or nugatory.” (cleaned up)

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