BLUE SHIELD OF MD., INC. v. WARD MACHINERY CO.

No. 1297, September Term, 1980.

49 Md. App. 258 (1981)

431 A.2d 727

BLUE SHIELD OF MARYLAND, INC. ET AL. v. THE WARD MACHINERY COMPANY ET AL. BLUE CROSS OF MARYLAND, INC. v. INSURANCE COMMISSIONER OF MARYLAND.

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland.

Decided July 8, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William M. Hesson, Jr., with whom were William P. Englehart, and Nolan, Plumhoff & Williams on the brief, for appellant Blue Shield of Maryland, Inc. Fred M. Gloth, with whom was John A. Picciotto on the brief, for appellant Blue Cross of Maryland, Inc. Stephen H. Sachs, Attorney General, Alan B. Lipson and Patrick C. Smith, Assistant Attorneys General, on the brief, for appellant Insurance Commissioner in Blue Shield of Maryland, Inc. et al.

David A. Wilson for appellee Ward Machinery Company. Michael L. Cohen, Assistant Attorney General, with whom were Stephen H. Sachs, Attorney General, and Alan B. Lipson, Assistant Attorney General, on the brief, for appellee Insurance Commissioner in Blue Cross of Maryland, Inc.

The cause was argued before GILBERT, C.J., and THOMPSON and MOORE, JJ.


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

This case presents two appeals from an order of the Baltimore City Court which affirmed in part and reversed in part an order of the Insurance Commissioner of the State of Maryland, directing Blue Cross of Maryland, Inc. and Blue Shield of Maryland, Inc. to distribute to their group subscribers $3,050,000 which had been accumulated during 1979 as surplus reserves. In the first appeal, Blue Cross is the appellant and...

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