Davis v. Slater

Petitioner, Jimmy L. Davis [hereinafter “Davis”], comes before this Court to challenge the trial court’s denial of his Motion to Strike Jury Demand. Davis argues that when he reduced his ad damnum clause from Twenty-Five Thousand Dollars to Ten Thousand Dollars by amending his complaint, the Respondent, Patricia Ann Slater [hereinafter “Slater”], who had elected a jury trial, was no longer entitled to a jury trial. Because we do not interpret Article 28 of the Declaration of Rights or Section 4-402(e)(l) of the Courts and Judicial Proceedings Article as divesting parties in civil cases of…