BURGOYNE v. BROOKS

No. 1712, September Term, 1987.

76 Md. App. 222 (1988)

544 A.2d 343

JOHN W. BURGOYNE, ET AL. v. CHARLES L. BROOKS.

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland.

July 18, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Glen M. Fallin, Ellicott City, for appellants.

Jacob M. Lewis (Jacob M. Lewis, Daniel R. Scheiss, Washington, D.C., Roann Nichols, Asst. U.S. Atty., Breckinridge L. Willcox, U.S. Atty. and John R. Bolton, Asst. Atty. Gen., Baltimore, on the brief), for appellee.

Argued before GILBERT, C.J., and BLOOM and POLLITT, JJ.


GILBERT, Chief Judge.

This appeal is concerned with whether, under the attendant circumstances, a federal employee is absolutely immune to a State tort action. The Circuit Court for Baltimore County (Fader, J.) held that the doctrine of absolute immunity was applicable and granted summary judgment in favor of the defendant-appellee.

The Facts

John Burgoyne, Terry Hall, and Charles L. Brooks were detectives in the Federal Protection and Safety...

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