· 7/5/1994
Rose v. Fox Pool Corp.
Citations
- 643 A.2d 906
- 335 Md. 351
- 1994 Md. LEXIS 92
How courts have described this case
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- stating that statutory interpretation begins with the statutory language itself and the words of the statute need to be understood in their ordinary meanings
- considering the legislative history of § 5-108 to hold that the statute was applicable to a cause of action concerning an injury that arose from a latent defect in the construction of a swimming pool
- using similar reasoning and reaching same conclusion as to similar exclusion
- reaching same conclusion on similar reasoning in interpreting similar statutory language
- “[A] statute must be construed as a whole so that no word, clause, sentence or phrase is rendered surplusage, superfluous, meaningless or nugatory.”
- both of which rely on a similar definition of \improvement\ as defined in Black's Law Dictionary
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