Legal Opinion
BOARD OF ED. OF BALTIMORE CTY. v. Zimmer-Rubert
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Decided June 11, 2009No. 69, September Term, 2008PublishedCited by 90 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GREENE, Judge.
Md.Code (1974, 2006 Repl.Vol.), § 5-518(c) of the Courts and Judicial Proceedings Article provides that “[a] county board of education may not raise the defense of sovereign immunity to any claim of $100,000 or less.” This case, brought pursuant to the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (“ADEA”), 29 U.S.C. § 621 et seq., for the amount of $100,000, requires us to discern the extent to which § 5-518(c) waives the governmental immunity of the Baltimore County Board of Education (“Board”). The issue is essentially one of statutory interpretation, and we conclude that § 5-518(c)…
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