Legal Opinion
Dixon v. Department of Public Safety & Correctional Services
Court of Special Appeals of Maryland
Decided July 5, 2007No. 1107, September Term, 2006PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHollander, J.
Melvin James Dixon, appellant, was seriously injured on May 4, 2004, when he fell into a ventilation shaft while on a prison work detail at the Maryland House of Correction in Jessup, a Division of Correction (“DOC”) facility operated by the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services (the “Department”), appellee. To recover for the injuries he suffered, Dixon filed a tort suit in October 2004 against the Department and M & M Welding and Fabricators, Inc. (“M & M”), a company doing work under contract with the Department. 1
The Department and M & M filed motions for summary judgment.…
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