Legal Opinion
Shapiro v. Chapman
Court of Special Appeals of Maryland
Decided February 11, 1987No. 770, September Term, 1986PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BLOOM, Judge.
Stephen Shapiro, Norman Wotring, and John Dignan appeal from judgments of the Circuit Court for Baltimore County, which awarded each of them $1.00 compensatory and $1.00 punitive damages in their suit against appellee, Barry Norman Chapman.
Facts
Appellants are all profoundly retarded adults who are involuntarily committed to the Rosewood Center, a state operated facility for the care of the mentally ill. Two of them are also blind. During the period of time relevant to this action, all of the applicants were in the care of appellee, a direct care aide at Rosewood Center.…
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