JUSTTHENEWS (Kevin Killough) - Maryland Supreme Court stomps on legal theories commonly used by plaintiffs in climate litigation
In Tuesday’s 3-2 decision, the court dismissed lawsuits filed by the City of Baltimore, the City of Annapolis and Anne Arundel County. The decision, written by Justice Brynja Booth, argued that state common law has never applied to the conduct the plaintiffs argued, namely, it causes environmental harm by global greenhouse gas emissions.