Garrity v. Maryland State Board of Plumbing

In this case of successive administrative enforcement actions brought by State agencies over a plumber’s use of unlicensed employees, the appellant, Wayne Garrity, Sr. asks this Court to apply double jeopardy principles to bar imposition of a second civil penalty, but to reject agency resort to the short-cut of collateral estoppel to prevent a second administrative trial. In short, he simultaneously asserts claims of piling on and not piling on enough. Finding no foul, we affirm the Circuit Court for Baltimore City and uphold the enforcement action of the Maryland State Plumbing Board.

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