Rhaney v. University of Maryland Eastern Shore

A damaged fishtank, a sucker punch from its owner, and the resultant broken jaw prompted this litigation initiated by Anthony F. Rhaney, Jr., a .student at the time at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore (“UMES” or “University”). On 29 October 1998, Ennis Clark, another student enrolled at UMES, began moving his personal items from the randomly-assigned dormitory room that he shared with Rhaney into a different dormitory room. When Clark left the room, Rhaney moved Clark’s fish tank (which yet awaited transport to the new dormitory room) and noticed it began leaking. Clark returned as…