Maryland State Highway Administration v. Kim

BELL, Chief Judge.

The question that we are asked to resolve in this case is whether sovereign immunity bars an award of post-judgment interest, when the money judgment entered against a State agency, in accordance with the provisions of the Maryland Tort Claims Act, Maryland Code (1984, 1989 Cum.Supp.) § 12-104 1 of the State Government Article, is for the maximum amount prescribed by the act. We hold that sovereign immunity does not preclude such an award.

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This case had its genesis in an automobile accident, in July 1989, in which David Kim, a 15 year old summer school student, was seriously…