Bd. of County Commissioners of Garrett Cty. v. Bell Atlantic-Maryland, Inc.

KARWACKI, Judge.

Maryland Code (1991 Repl.Vol.), Article 78, § 28A, 1 otherwise known as Maryland’s “Miss Utility Act,” (“Miss Utility” or “the Act”) was enacted to protect the property of public service companies and other entities from various traumas in order to safeguard the public safety, health, and welfare. This case requires us to construe that Act.

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Sometime in 1967, the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company (“C & P”) 2 buried two separate underground telephone cables in the Orendorf and Mosser Road areas of Garrett County, Maryland (“the County”). At the time, no written agreement…