84 Md. App. 337 - Catterton v. Coale’s Empirical Analysis

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6 district · 15 state decisions

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1. ““Good-faith” is an intangible and abstract quality that encompasses, among other things, an honest belief, the absence of malice and the absence of design to defraud or to seek an unconscionable advantage. Black’s Law Dictionary 623 (5th ed.1979). To further illuminate the definition of “good-faith,” we found it most instructive to compare the definition of “bad-faith.” “Bad-faith” is the opposite of good faith; it is not simply bad judgment or negligence, but it implies a dishonest purpose or some moral obliquity and a conscious doing of wrong. Though an indefinite term, “bad-faith” differs from the negative idea of negligence in that it contemplates a state of mind affirmatively operating with a furtive design. Thus, we would infer that the definition of “good-faith” under § 5-708 means with an honest intention. See Laws v. Thompson, 78 Md.App. 665, 678 , 554 A.2d 1264 (1989). Appellant complains that Coale was negligent in the manner in which she conducted the child abuse investigation against him. The fact that Coale may have been negligent in the performance of her duties as relating to the investigation of appellant does not mean that she did not act in “good-faith.””

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Bond v. Messerman · 152 Md. App. 119 - Bricker v. Warch