Maryland Department of the Environment v. Underwood

HARRELL, Judge.

On 5 February 1998, the Maryland Department of the Environment (“the MDE”), Petitioner, filed suit in the Circuit Court for Charles County against George Underwood and Carl Breeden, Respondents, seeking reimbursement for expenditures the MDE incurred in removing scrap tires 1 from Respondents’ property. The Circuit Court, on 15 December 1999, granted Petitioner’s motion for partial summary judgment on the issue of liability, holding that, under Maryland Code (1996 Repl.Vol., 2001 Supp.), Environment Article, § 9-276, Respondents were strictly liable as the property owners of…