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GENERAL MOTORS CORP. v. PISKOR

[No. 64, September Term, 1977.]

281 Md. 627 (1977)

381 A.2d 16

GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION v. ROY J. PISKOR

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Decided December 23, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward S. Digges, Jr., and Robert Dale Klein, with whom were Joseph G. Finnerty, Jr., and Francis B. Burch, Jr., and Frazer F. Hilder, General Counsel, General Motors Corporation, on the brief, for appellant.

Leo A. Hughes, Jr., with whom were Robert W. Fox, Ronald L. Lapides and Steen, Hughes & Seigel on the brief, for appellee.

The cause was argued before MURPHY, C.J., and SMITH, LEVINE, ELDRIDGE and ORTH, JJ.

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

At the heart of this appeal is the question whether our holding in H & R Block, Inc. v. Testerman, 275 Md. 36, 338 A.2d 48 (1975), requires an employee to prove actual malice — in the common law sense of spite, hatred or animosity — in order to recover punitive damages in an action against his employer for false imprisonment and...

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