Hoang v. Lowery

Minh-vu Hoang v. Jeffrey Lowery, No. 17, September Term, 2019, Opinion by Booth, J. Courts & Judicial Proceedings – Statutes of Limitations – Tolling Provisions – Petitions in Insolvency. The tolling provision of the Maryland Code, Courts & Judicial Proceedings Article, § 5-202 applies only to actions that are dismissed by a United States Bankruptcy Court pursuant to the dismissal procedures of Title 11 of the United States Code. There is nothing in the plain meaning of the statute, or the legislative history, its structure or purpose, which would allow us to broadly define the word…