Della Ratta v. Dyas

LAWRENCE F. RODOWSKY, Judge,

retired, specially assigned.

The litigation underlying this appeal arose out of the dispute between the two equal owners of two hotels and a condominium in Ocean City, Maryland. The appellee, Edward J. Dyas, Jr. (Dyas), was the plaintiff below. One of the appellants, Joseph M. Della Ratta (Della Ratta), was a defendant below. We shall refer to Della Ratta and Dyas collectively as “the Developers.”

The earliest of their projects was the Best Western Sea Bay Inn (Sea Bay or the Old Hotel), located at 6007 Coastal Highway, which opened in 1988. The Developers’ vehicle…