Section 3-1601 – “Controlled Dangerous Substance” Defined

    In this subtitle, “controlled dangerous substance” has the meaning stated in § 5-101 of the Criminal Law Article.

Section 3-1602 – Liability for Civil Damages — in General

    A person who is convicted, under §§ 5-602 through 5-609 or §§ 5-612 through 5-614 of the Criminal Law Article, of knowingly and willfully manufacturing, distributing, dispensing, bringing into, or transporting in the State a controlled dangerous substance is liable for damages in a civil action as provided in this subtitle.

Section 3-1603 – Liability for Civil Damages — Standing to Bring Suit

    Instead of bringing a wrongful death action under Subtitle 9 of this title against a person described in § 3-1602 of this subtitle, a civil action for damages for the death of an individual caused by the individual’s use of a controlled dangerous substance may be brought under this subtitle by a parent, legal guardian, […]

Section 3-1604 – Liability for Civil Damages — Proximate Cause

    A person entitled to bring a civil action under this subtitle may seek damages from a defendant described in § 3-1602 of this subtitle if the controlled dangerous substance manufactured, distributed, dispensed, brought into, or transported in the State by the defendant was actually used by, and was the proximate cause of the death of, […]

Section 3-1605 – Law Enforcement Exemption

    A law enforcement officer who acts in furtherance of an official investigation or a person who acts at the direction or in cooperation with a law enforcement officer in an official investigation is not liable under this subtitle.

Section 3-1606 – Damages Recoverable

    A person entitled to bring a civil action under this subtitle may recover any or all of the following:         (1)    Economic damages and any other pecuniary loss sustained by the plaintiff that was proximately caused by the death of an individual from the individual’s unlawful use of a controlled dangerous substance; and         (2)    Noneconomic damages, including pain […]

Section 3-1607 – Certain Defenses Not Available

    A defendant in an action under this subtitle may not raise a defense of assumption of risk or contributory negligence based on the use of a controlled dangerous substance by the deceased individual.