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STEPHENS v. LIBERTY MUT. FIRE INS. CO.

Civ. A. No. HAR 92-2730.

821 F.Supp. 1119 (1993)

Craig STEPHENS, et ux., Plaintiffs, v. LIBERTY MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant.

United States District Court, D. Maryland.

April 30, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter A. Goldsmith, Wheatley & Wollesen, Annapolis, MD, for plaintiffs.

Daniel L. Shea, Brault, Graham, Scott & Brault, Rockville, MD, Martin A. Durkin, Philadelphia, PA, for defendant.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

HARGROVE, District Judge.

Modern American legal practice, at least in the federal courts, eschews the rigid, hypertechnical pleading requirements historically imposed on litigants. However, because "it is well settled in Maryland ... that punitive damages are prohibited in a pure action for breach of contract," Schaefer v. Miller, 322 Md. 297, 299, 587 A.2d 491

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