COLBERT v. BALTIMORE CITY

No. 1610, Sept. Term, 2016.

178 A.3d 666 (2018)

235 Md. App. 581

Brenda COLBERT v. MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF BALTIMORE.

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland.

February 2, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Argued by: Shawn C. Whittaker (Whittaker & Associates PC, on the brief), Rockville, MD, for Appellant.

Argued by: Elizabeth R. Martinez (William R. Phelan, Jr., Chief Solicitor, on the brief), Baltimore, MD, for Appellee.

Panel: Nazarian, Shaw Geter, James R. Eyler, (Senior Judge, Specially Assigned), JJ.


In a negligence suit against a municipality based on a failure to properly maintain its public facilities, it is reasonably well settled that a plaintiff must produce some evidence that the municipality knew or should have known of the alleged defect that caused damage. In this case, involving a rupture of a buried water main...

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