Suzanne Haas v. Lockheed Martin Corporation

Summary

The court held that a discriminatory-discharge claim under Maryland's statutory scheme accrues when the employee is actually terminated, not when the employee receives advance notice of termination. Applying the plain meaning of the governing terms and considering the remedial purposes of the statute and its conciliation process, the court rejected applying the notification-based rule to Haas's claim. The court reversed the intermediate appellate judgment and remanded for further proceedings; BATTAGLIA, J., dissenting in part, would have applied the notification date and affirmed the statute-of-limitations ruling.