Legal Opinion

Lamb v. Hopkins

Court of Appeals of Maryland

Decided June 5, 1985No. 123, September Term, 1983PublishedCited by 86 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

COLE, Judge.

We granted certiorari in this case to determine whether a probation officer who fails to report a probationer’s violation to the sentencing court owes any duty to an individual injured by the negligence of the probationer.

Because this case reaches us on demurrer, 1 we are required to accept as true all well-pleaded material facts in the declaration and any reasonable inferences that may be drawn therefrom. Tadjer v. Montgomery County, 300 Md. 539, 542, 479 A.2d 1321, 1322 (1984); Cox v. Prince George’s County, 296 Md. 162, 169, 460 A.2d 1038, 1042 (1983). On August 8, 1975,…

2Cases cited29 opinions

  1. Otis Engineering Corp. v. ClarkTexas Supreme Court · 1983
  2. Bradley Center, Inc. v. WessnerSupreme Court of Georgia · 1982
  3. Petersen v. StateWashington Supreme Court · 1983
  4. Scott v. WatsonCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1976
  5. McIntosh v. MilanoNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1979

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3Cited by86 opinions

  1. Fox v. CustisSupreme Court of Virginia · 1988
  2. Taggart v. StateWashington Supreme Court · 1992
  3. Ashburn v. Anne Arundel CountyCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1986
  4. Rosenblatt v. Exxon Co., U.S.A.Court of Appeals of Maryland · 1994
  5. Henley v. Prince George's CountyCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1986

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