ADAMS v. PECK

No. 1350, September Term, 1978.

43 Md. App. 168 (1979)

403 A.2d 840

PETER R. ADAMS v. ALAN H. PECK.

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland.

Decided July 13, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter Parker and Harold T. Flanagan, Jr., for appellant.

Charles E. Iliff, Jr., with whom were John H. Mudd and Semmes, Bowen & Semmes on the brief, for appellee.

The cause was argued before THOMPSON and WILNER, JJ., and JAMES S. GETTY, Associate Judge of the Fourth Judicial Circuit, specially assigned.


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

Peter R. Adams appeals from the summary judgment entered by the Superior Court of Baltimore City that terminated his libel action against Alan H. Peck. The question that we must decide is whether the privilege that attaches to testimony given by a witness in a judicial proceeding extends to pre-trial communications between a potential witness and counsel that relate to matters at issue in pending litigation.

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