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H & R BLOCK, INC. v. TESTERMAN

[No. 174, September Term, 1974.]

275 Md. 36 (1975)

338 A.2d 48

H & R BLOCK, INC. ET AL. v. GLENN B. TESTERMAN ET UX.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Motion for rehearing filed June 25, 1975.

Denied June 27, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William F. Abell, Jr., with whom were Heeney, McAuliffe & Rowan on the brief, for appellants.

Walter H. Madden, with whom were Thomas D. Murphy and Michael Francis O'Connor on the brief, for appellees.

The cause was argued before SINGLEY, SMITH, DIGGES, LEVINE, ELDRIDGE and O'DONNELL, JJ.

LEVINE, J., delivered the opinion of the Court.

We granted a Writ of Certiorari in this case to consider the ultimate question whether one may recover punitive damages, and may include mental anguish as an element of compensatory damages, in an action for negligent preparation of income tax returns. A decision by the Circuit Court for Montgomery County (Miller, J.) sitting without a jury, rejecting these damage claims, was reversed by the Court of Special Appeals...

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