COUNTY EXECUTIVE OF PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY ET AL.
v.
JANE DOE ET AL.
Court of Appeals of Maryland.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Decided November 3, 1981.
Decided November 3, 1981.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Robert B. Ostrom, County Attorney, and Michael P. DeGeorge, Associate County Attorney, with whom was Michael O. Connaughton, Deputy County Attorney, on the brief, for appellants.
Larry A. Ceppos and Maurice R. Dunie, with whom were Martin H. Freeman and Bulman, Dunie, Freeman, Burke & Feld on the brief, for appellee Executive Committee of the Medical Staff of Prince George's General Hospital et al. and by Carla S. Rappaport, with whom were Stephen A. Friedman, Shelly E. Mintz and Baskin & Sears on the brief, for other appellees.
The cause was argued before MURPHY, C.J., and SMITH, DIGGES, ELDRIDGE, COLE, DAVIDSON and RODOWSKY, JJ.
Court of Appeals of Maryland.
MURPHY, C.J., delivered the opinion of the Court.
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