Date: 05-22-2009

Case Style: Petroleum Traders Corporation of Indiana v. Baltimore County, Baltimore County Public Schools, Community College of Baltimore County, as well as Anne Arundel, Carroll and Harford Counties

Case Number: 1:06-cv-00444-BEL

Judge: Benson Everett Legg

Court: United States District Court for the District of Maryland, Baltimore County

Plaintiff's Attorney: Robert R Bowie and Joshua Glikin, Bowie and Jensen LLC, Towson, Maryland; Daniel Bobilya, Michael Elvin, and Darren Craig, Frost Brown Todd LLC, Fort Wayne, Indiana; Sandy Lyn Morris and Andrew M Spangler, Jr., Locke Reynolds LLP, Fort Wayne, Indiana; and Josh Gilkin, Baker & Gillin, South Bend, Indiana

Defendant's Attorney: Paul McLane Mayhew and Adam Matthew Rosenblatt, Baltimore County Law Department, Towson, Maryland; John Edward Beverungen, Baltimore County Law Department, Towson, Maryland; Deborah Street Duvall, Harford County Department of Law, Bel Air, Maryland; and Edward J Gilliss, Royston Mueller McLean and Reid LLP, Towson, Maryland

Description: Petroleum Traders Corporation of Indiana sued Baltimore County, et al. on a breach of contract theory claiming that Defendant defaulted on its agreement to pubjchase gasoline and diesel fuel. Plaintiff claimed that the county broke its contract with the company in late 2005, after officials discovered the price of fuel it had locked in with the firm was higher than the market price.

Defendants claimed that the contract was invalid because it was not properly executed.

Outcome: Plaintiff's verdict for $700,000.00.

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Comments: Editor's Note: It is not known if the County will owe Petroleum Traders Corporation of Indiana for it attorney fees and costs.