National Glass, Inc. v. J.C. Penney Properties, Inc.

KARWACKI, Judge.

We issued a writ of certiorari in this case to determine a conflicts of law question, namely whether Maryland’s statutory prohibition against the waiver of mechanics’ lien rights by a subcontractor in an executory contract, as provided by Maryland Code (1974, 1988 Repl.Vol.), § 9-113 of the Real Property Article, is such a fundamental public policy so as to render unenforceable such a waiver in a contract in which the parties have provided that the law of another state should govern its interpretation and enforcement, and under the law chosen by the parties such a waiver is…