Court of Special Appeals of Maryland December 22, 2003, 436, Sept. Term, 2002 (Landsman v. Maryland Home Improvement Commission)

BARBERA, J.

We are asked to decide in this case whether the General Assembly’s 2000 amendment to the Home Improvement Guaranty Fund, increasing by a third the maximum amount a homeowner can recover for actual loss due to the unsatisfactory work of a contractor, applies retroactively to contracts entered into before the effective date of that amendment.