Hawes v. Carberry

SALMON, Judge.

On March 5,1993, appellees, John L. Carberry and his wife, Barbara A. Carberry, filed suit against appellant, Daniel Hawes, and Roy A. Dickan in the Circuit Court for Howard County. The suit alleged that the defendants violated Maryland’s Wiretap and Electronic Surveillance Law, Md.Code (1974, 1989 Repl.Vol.), § 10-401 et seq., of the Cts. & Jud. Proc. Article (the “Act”), and requested compensatory and punitive damages, as well as “reasonable attorney’s fees and costs.”

The case was heard non-jury on March 8,1994. Mr. Hawes, an attorney licensed in the Commonwealth of Virginia…