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DENT v. SIMMONS

No. 375, September Term, 1984.

61 Md. App. 122 (1985)

485 A.2d 270

EDWARD A. DENT v. LUIZ R.S. SIMMONS.

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland.

January 3, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward A. Dent, Washington, D.C. (Robert D. Grossman, Jr. and Grossman & Flask, P.C., Washington, D.C., on brief), for appellant.

Luiz R.S. Simmons, Silver Spring, for appellee.

Argued before GARRITY, ADKINS and ALPERT, JJ.

ALPERT, Judge.

Today we reaffirm the principle that "[f]ree access to the courts is an important and valuable aspect of an effective system of jurisprudence, and a party possessing a colorable claim must be allowed to assert it without fear of suffering a penalty more severe than that typically imposed on defeated parties." Young v. Redman, 55 Cal.App.3d 827, 838, 128 Cal.Rptr. 86

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