Clark v. Prince George's County

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that an officer acted outside the scope of employment in shooting delivery people at the officer’s residence
• holding that “the circuit court correctly ruled that the County could not be sued in its own capacity for common law tort liability, including for the torts of negligent hiring, retention, or entrustment”
• reciting “deeply ingrained” principles of governmental immunity in Maryland law and finding tort claims against county for actions of police officers were barred

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

6 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Balt. City Police Dept v. Potts
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2020-04-24· cited 16×
• Cunningham v. Baltimore Cnty.
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2020-07-01· cited 9×
• Balt. City Police Dept. v. Esteppe
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2020-08-27· cited 6×
• Prince George's County v. Morales
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2016-11-30· cited 5×
• Williams v. Peninsula Regional Medical Center
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2013-09-05· cited 4×
• Shapiro v. Hyperheal Hyperbarics
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2024-10-03

Cites

29 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Ashton v. Brown
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1995-06-30· cited 272×
• DiPino v. Davis
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1999-05-11· cited 240×
• Clea v. Mayor of Baltimore
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1988-06-09· cited 160×
• Lee v. Cline
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2004-12-13· cited 159×
• Sawyer v. Humphries
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1991-03-22· cited 122×
• Muthukumarana v. Montgomery County
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2002-08-26· cited 103×
• Williams v. Prince George's County
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1996-12-04· cited 102×
• Prince George's County v. Longtin
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2011-04-25· cited 90×
• D'AOUST v. Diamond
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2012-01-31· cited 86×
• Fioretti v. Maryland State Board of Dental Examiners
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1998-08-31· cited 81×
• Jones v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2012-02-22· cited 75×
• Cox v. Prince George's County
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1983-06-03· cited 72×
• Aetna Casualty & Surety Co. v. Kuhl
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1983-08-11· cited 59×
• Globe Indemnity Co. v. Victill Corp.
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1969-10-01· cited 54×
• Thomas v. Panco Management of Maryland, LLC
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2011-10-31· cited 50×
• Scapa Dryer Fabrics, Inc. v. Saville
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2011-03-23· cited 49×
• Best v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1989-04-27· cited 45×
• C & M Builders, LLC v. Strub
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2011-06-23· cited 34×
• Rusnack v. Giant Food, Inc.
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1975-05-09· cited 25×
• Washington v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2010-01-29· cited 21×