Catholic Diocese v. Commonwealth Transportation Commissioner

By Judge John E. Kloch

This case raises the question whether the State of Maryland is immune from liability in this Court for damage to Virginia property caused by construction activities undertaken as part of the Woodrow Wilson Bridge Project (“Bridge Project”), a seven and a half mile Capital Beltway reconstruction/rehabilitation project that begins in Maryland and terminates in Alexandria, Virginia. The Bridge Project is a federally funded collaboration between the United States Department of Transportation, the Federal Highway Administration, the State of Maryland, the District of…