tort of interference with custody and visitation rights, when mother fled to Egypt with two children never to return, and noting that loss of services was never an element of the substantive common law tort). Dept. of Health and Mental Hygiene v. Kelly, 397 Md. 399 (2007) (holding that Department was not authorized to forcibly medicate patient in the absence of a finding that patient was a danger to himself or others while confined at the facility.) Clemons v. State, 392 Md. 339 (2007) (holding that conclusory aspects of the comparative bullet lead analysis were not generally accepted in the scientific community and thus, not admissible). Rite Aid v. Levy-Gray, 391 Md. 608 (2006) (dealing with notice in products liability suit). Newman v. State, 384 Md. 285 (2004) (Defendant may still assert attorney-client privilege to exclude evidence, even when attorney ethically disclosed the confidential information to the judge pursuant to Rule 1.6 of the Rules of Professional Conduct). LeJune v. Coin Acceptors, 381 Md. 288 (2004) (inevitable disclosure doctrine would not be adopted as theory for finding threatened future disclosure of trade secrets) Hemmings v. Pelham Woods, 375 Md. 522 (2003) (If apartment owner puts up security devices, they must maintain or be liable in tort). Wholey v. Sears, 370 Md. 38 (2002) (terminating at-will employment on the grounds that the employee, as a victim or witness, gave testimony at an official proceeding or reported a suspected crime to the appropriate law enforcement or judicial officer is wrongful and contrary to public policy) (Whistleblower case). Notable dissents Conaway v. Deane, 401 Md. 219 (2007) (Maryland Equal Rights Amendment provides for equal protection, making statute prohibiting same-sex marriages unconstitutional). Pringle v. State, 370 Md. 525 (2002) (Majority's holding that the police officers lacked probable cause to arrest the petitioner for possession of cocaine is based primarily upon an erroneous blending of the probable cause standard for an arrest and the sufficiency of evidence standard for a conviction), rev'd 540 U.S. 366 (agreeing with Judge Battaglia and dissent). References External links Battaglia's profile at Maryland's State Archives. 1946 births Living people American University alumni American women judges Judges of the Maryland Court of Appeals Lawyers from Buffalo, New York United States Attorneys for the District of Maryland University of Baltimore faculty University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law alumni Women in Maryland politics American women academics 21st-century American women 21st-century