The Maryland Supreme Court held that residential tenants can sue for damages if the landlord posts a notice telling them that they are being evicted. This constitutes a form of "nonjudicial self-help eviction" prohibited by state law, which requires landlords to use court eviction procedures to recover possession of the premises. State law would have allowed self-help eviction only if the landlord had a reasonable belief based on a reasonable inquiry that the tenants had abandoned the premises, something that did not happen in this case. Wheeling v. Selene Finance LP,2021 WL 1712318 (Md. 2021). The court found that a threat to use self-help eviction violated the statute and that this allowed a suit for damages under the state statute prohibiting self-help eviction, Md. Real Prop. art. §7-113, and a suit for emotional damages under the Maryland Consumer Protection Act, Md. Commercial Law art. §13-101 et seq.