Grants immunity from personal liability for professional engineers, acting upon
Grants immunity from personal liability for professional engineers, acting upon the request of state officials, who volunteer at the scene of an emergency, disaster, or catastrophic event.
limits liability of directors and officers of not-for-profit corporations
In 1998, the Maryland Court of Appeals established the Council
In 1998, the Maryland Court of Appeals established the Council on Jury Use and Management. The Council completed a study through the work of three committees: Jury Pool and Summonsing Process; Quality of Jury Experience; and Trial Procedures and Role of Jury. One of the Council’s top recommendations was for the legislature to consider enactment of a law requiring employers to compensate employees called for jury duty, paying the difference between daily juror pay provided by the court and the normal daily rate of compensation, with the employer obligation extending to a maximum of three days. The Council also recommended various reforms to the court system such as increasing juror comprehension and more actively involving jurors in the trial, expanding juror sources lists, providing better orientation of jurors before they report for duty, and offering jurors day care services. It appears that the legislature has not yet adopted the Council’s recommendations. Jurors continue to receive $15 per day from the state for their service and counties may supplement the State per diem amount by local ordinance. Employers may not fire employees for lost time due to jury service, but are under no legal obligation to pay their employees for time spent as jurors.
limits liability of directors and officers of for-profit corporations
Releases employers from civil liability for providing employee references using
Releases employers from civil liability for providing employee references using a resumption of good faith. The good faith presumption can be rebutted only by clear and convincing evidence that there was actual malice or false information was intentionally or recklessly disclosed.
Allows businesses to charge a reasonable late fee to recover
Allows businesses to charge a reasonable late fee to recover the cost of delinquent payments and encourages customers to pay on time; protects all consumers by requiring a cap on late fees; and applies retroactively to protect businesses that, in good faith, imposed late fees in reliance on the generally accepted understanding of the law
Requires a certificate of merit by a qualified expert to
Requires a certificate of merit by a qualified expert to be filed in claims against licensed professionals
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