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EMBREY v. HOLLY

No. 1106, September Term, 1980.

48 Md. App. 571 (1981)

429 A.2d 251

JAMES EMBREY, JR. ET AL. v. DENNIS P. HOLLY.

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland.

Decided May 7, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Theodore Sherbow, with whom were Stephen M. Hearne and Sherbow, Shea & Tatelbaum, P.A. on the brief, for appellants.

Marvin Ellin, with whom were Donald F. Oakley, Donn Weinberg and Ellin & Baker on the brief, for appellee.

The cause was argued before GILBERT, C.J., and LISS and MACDANIEL, JJ.

GILBERT, C.J., delivered the opinion of the Court.

— Introduction —

A jury in the Baltimore City Court, presided over by Judge Martin B. Greenfeld, concluded that a "joke" by James Embrey, Jr., known professionally as "Johnny Walker" (Walker), was not funny. In fact, the jurors decided that the "joke" was libelous, and they awarded Dennis P. Holly, a then television news commentator in Baltimore and the butt of Walker's "joke," $25,000...

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