Recent Development: Scarfield v. Muntjan: A Jury Demand in an Amended Complaint, Which is Dismissed for Failure to State a Claim, Does Not Revive a Previously Waived Jury Demand for Counts in the Original Complaint

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Abstract

The Court of Appeals of Maryland held that, while a waived jury trial may be revived by an amended complaint in which new and substantive issues are raised, the dismissal of a new count raised in an amended complaint will not revive the originally waived demand for jury trial.

Recommended Citation

Barnes, Thomas Andrew (2016) "Recent Development: Scarfield v. Muntjan: A Jury Demand in an Amended Complaint, Which is Dismissed for Failure to State a Claim, Does Not Revive a Previously Waived Jury Demand for Counts in the Original Complaint," University of Baltimore Law Forum: Vol. 46: No. 2, Article 8.
Available at: https://scholarworks.law.ubalt.edu/lf/vol46/iss2/8