Amicus Briefs
Board of Educ. for Wicomico Cnty. v. Sturm
Md. No. SCM-REG-0054-2025
Mar. 26, 2026Brief of Amici Curiae Enough Abuse, Public Justice, the American Association for Justice, and the Maryland Association for Justice in Support of Appellee
Issue: (1) Is the denial of a motion to dismiss, filed on behalf of a school board based on the immunity afforded by Article VIII, § 3 of Maryland’s Constitution, immediately appealable under the collateral order doctrine?
(2) Did the Child Victims Act of 2023 revive claims for child sex abuse against boards of education where the alleged victim had no claim to be revived at the time of the alleged abuse because Article VIII, § 3 of Maryland’s Constitution barred the claim?
(3) Did the Child Victims Act of 2023 retroactively waive the constitutional immunity afforded to Maryland’s Boards of Education?
(4) If the Child Victims Act of 2023 retroactively waived the immunity afforded boards of education for incidents that occurred before July 1, 1971, was that waiver effective, since the General Assembly provided no mechanism for the payment of judgments where boards had no insurance before July 1, 1971 and the evidence below was that there is no insurance product currently in the marketplace for boards to purchase for incidents that happened before July 1, 1971?
Full Citation: Brief for Enough Abuse et al. as Amici Curiae Supporting Petitioner, Board of Educ. for Wicomico Cnty. v. Sturm, No. SCM-REG-0054-2025 (Md. Mar. 26, 2026).
