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University of Baltimore Law Forum Volume 43 Number 2 (Spring 2013) Front Matter

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"The [Judicial] Beatings Will Continue until Morale Improves": The Prisoner's Dilemma of Cooperative Discovery and Proposals for Improved Morale
Paul W. Grimm and Heather Leigh Williams

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Comment: Getting the Lights Back On: An Analysis of the Maryland Energy Service Quality and Reliability Act's Impact on Utility Liability and Consumer Rights
Elizabeth Payne

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Recent Developments: In re Victoria C.: Adult Seeking Visitation with Her Minor Siblings Must Make an Initial Threshold Showing of Exceptional Circumstances or Parental Unfitness; Exceptional Circumstances Are Those Which Would Lead to a Deleterious Effect on the Children by the Lack of Visitation
Tonya M. Bland

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Recent Developments: McCracken v. State: A Law Enforcement Officer Does Not Violate the Fourth Amendment When He or She Seizes Items Discovered on a Suspect during a Lawful Terry Stop and Frisk if There Is Probable Cause to Believe That the Items Are Contraband or Evidence of a Crime
Dominic W. Lamartina

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Recent Developments: Nickens v. Mount Vernon Realty Grp., LLC: A Property Owner May Employ the Common Law Remedy of Peaceable Self-Help as a Means to Gain Possession of Real Property from an Occupant in Unlawful Possession; The Property Owner Must Act Reasonably When Taking Possession and Disposing of the Occupant's Personal Property
Robert S. Lewis

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Recent Developments: Pro-Football, Inc. v. Tupa: An Employment Contract's Forum Selection Clause Cannot Preclude the Maryland Workers' Compensation Commission from Exercising Its Jurisdiction; A Professional Football Player's Injury Sustained While Working Is a Compensable "Accidental" Injury within the Meaning of the Maryland Workers' Compensation Act
Ellen A. Spielman

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Recent Developments: Reid v. State: The Use of a Taser in Dart Mode Subjects an Individual to the Custody and Control of Police, Thus Raising an Investigatory Stop to a De Facto Arrest Requiring Probable Cause; Without Probable Cause, Statements and Evidence Obtained after a De Facto Arrest Are Inadmissible
Megan K. Green

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Recent Developments: S & S Oil, Inc. v. Jackson: The Circuit Court's Failure to Present the Jury with a Separate Written Question for the Affirmative Defenses of Contributory Negligence and Assumption of the Risk on the Special Verdict Sheet Constituted Reversible Error
Errin K. Roby

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Recent Developments: Thomas v. State: A Defendant's Subjective Belief That Law Enforcement Officers Had Probable Cause to Arrest Him Does Not Make His Police Station Interview Custodial for Miranda Purposes; Rather, a Totality of the Circumstances Test Is Used to Determine Custody
Kristine L. Dietz

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Recent Developments: Tshiani v. Tshiani: Under the Doctrine of Comity, Maryland Recognizes a Validly Performed Foreign Marriage Conducted by Proxy or Telephone; Marriages by Proxy or Telephone Are Not Prohibited by Statute or Repugnant to Maryland Public Policy
S. Michael Stedman