NATIONAL BANK OF WASHINGTON v. PEARSON

Nos. 87-3570, 87-3558L and 87-3567.

863 F.2d 322 (1988)

NATIONAL BANK OF WASHINGTON, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. John B. PEARSON, Defendant-Appellant, and Danielle R. Pearson; Does I-X, Defendants. (Two Cases) NATIONAL BANK OF WASHINGTON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. John B. PEARSON, Defendant-Appellee, and Danielle R. Pearson; Does I-X, Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided December 14, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ferdinand J. Mack, Frederick, Md., for defendant-appellant.

Henry Robbins Lord (C. Lamar Garren, Stephen H. Kaufman, Piper & Marbury, Baltimore, Md., on brief), for plaintiff-appellee.

Before WINTER, Chief Judge, and SPROUSE and WILKINS, Circuit Judges.


HARRISON L. WINTER, Chief Judge:

In this consolidated diversity action, defendant John B. Pearson appeals the district court's grant of summary judgment against him on the issue of his liability under a loan guaranty agreement he had entered into with plaintiff National Bank of Washington ("NBW"). In a cross-appeal, NBW contends that the district court erred in refusing to allow it to amend its answer to a counterclaim for slander brought by Pearson and in denying...

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