Matter of Montier, 482 Md. 81, 285 A.3d 293 (2022)
Nov 14, 2022OUTCOME: The Supreme Court of Maryland (formerly Court of Appeals of Maryland) admitted the applicant.
Representation of applicant to the Bar of Maryland.
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Stephan Young Brennan's Legal Cases (72)
Pasadena, MD
Ethics and professional responsibility Lawyer at Pasadena, MD
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Williams v. Dimensions Health Corporation, 480 Md. 24, 279 A.3d 954 (2022)
Jul 27, 2022OUTCOME: The Supreme Court of Maryland (formerly Court of Appeals of Maryland) reversed the trial court and lower appellate court, holding there was sufficient evidence to support the jury's verdict that hospital was liable under theory of apparent agency.
Representation on appeal in Supreme Court of Maryland (formerly Court of Appeals of Maryland) on issue of apparent agency in medical malpractice case, i.e., whether the trial court erred in granting ho ... spital's motion for judgment on hospital's liability under theory of apparent agency and whether Appellate Court of Maryland (formerly Court of Special Appeals) erred in affirming trial court's judgment.
Cooke v. Lancelotta, 2022 WL 1027775 (D. Md. 2022)
Apr 05, 2022OUTCOME: Case was dismissed in U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland
Mr. Brennan represented an accountant and accounting firm in this lawsuit in which the plaintiffs asserted a private cause of action under 26 U.S.C. Section 7434 as a basis for jurisdiction in federal ... court. The district court granted a motion to dismiss the plaintiffs' cause of action under 26 U.S.C. Section 7434 pursuant to F. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(6), as the information returns involved in the case were not among the nine types of information returns specified in 26 U.S.C. Section 7434(f) and 26 U.S.C. Section 6724(d)(1)(A) that can support a private cause of action under 26 U.S.C. Section 7434. The district court dismissed the remainder of the case without prejudice, as the court declined to exercise supplemental jurisdiction over the plaintiffs' state law claims.
In re Pieterse, 2021 WL 2189188 (Bankr. D. Md. 2021)
May 28, 2021OUTCOME: Case was dismissed by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Maryland
Plaintiffs' lawsuit that was pursued in adversary proceeding in bankruptcy against Mr. Brennan's client, an attorney, was dismissed with prejudice, pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(6).
Matter of Nemirovsky, 473 Md. 459, 251 A.3d 315 (2021)
May 13, 2021OUTCOME: The Court of Appeals of Maryland approved Mr. Nemirovsky's application and ordered him admitted to the Maryland Bar.
Mr. Brennan represented an applicant to the Maryland bar, and the applicant was admitted.
Hirshauer v. Ross, 2015 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 112797 (D. Md. 2015), aff'd 628 Fed. Appx. 207 (4th Cir. 2016)
Aug 25, 2015OUTCOME: All of the defendants moved to dismiss based upon, inter alia, the Rooker-Feldman doctrine, and the U.S. District Court granted the Defendants' motions to dismiss.
Plaintiffs filed lawsuit in federal court under 42 U.S.C. Sec. 1983 against a state court judge, an attorney in private practice, and other defendants. Plaintiffs alleged the defendants violated vario ... us federal and state constitutional provisions during state court proceedings that resulted in state court judgments against the plaintiffs.
Conwell Law, LLC. v. Mary Beth Tung, 221 Md. App. 481, 109 A.3d 1227 (2015)
Feb 25, 2015OUTCOME: The lawsuit was dismissed, and the dismissal was affirmed by the Court of Special Appeals of Maryland
Law firm sued a former attorney employee and another law firm under multiple legal theories.
Brawner Builders, Inc. v. Northern Assurance Co. of Am., 2014 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 92935 (D. Md. 2014)
Jul 09, 2014OUTCOME: The District Court held that the insurance policy was ambiguous, but found hat extrinsic evidence clarified the ambiguity and demonstrated that the policy did not provide coverage.
Insurance coverage dispute over whether an insurance policy that provided hull and machinery protection and indemnity coverage for various vessels that the insured, a marine construction company, used ... in its business covered a claim arising from injury to one of the insured's crew.
Cornerstone Title & Escrow, Inc. v. Evanston Ins. Co., 2014 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 72451 (D. Md. 2014)
May 28, 2014OUTCOME: On remand from the Fourth Circuit, the District Court granted summary judgment in favor of Mr. Brennan's clients, the insureds, on the issue of whether the insurance carrier had a duty to defend the underlying claim
Insurance coverage litigation regarding whether exclusions in the policy negated the duty to defend
Cornerstone Title & Escrow, Inc. v. Evanston Ins. Co., 2014 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 72451 (D. Md. 2014)
May 28, 2014OUTCOME: The District Court granted Plaintiffs' motion for summary judgment as to the duty to defend, holding that the policy exclusions did not negate the insurance carrier's duty to defend their insureds in the underlying lawsuit.
Mr. Brennan represented the Plaintiffs, the insureds, in a lawsuit against their insurance carrier in a case in which the Plaintiffs alleged that the insurance carrier breached its duty to defend and t ... o indemnify the Plaintiffs with regard to a claim asserted in an underlying lawsuit.