McDERMOTT v. HUGHLEY

No. 156, September Term, 1987.

317 Md. 12 (1989)

561 A.2d 1038

MICHAEL T. McDERMOTT v. DAVID EUGENE HUGHLEY.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

August 10, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven R. Migdal (Manis, Wilkinson, Snider and Goldsborough, Chartered, on brief), Annapolis, for appellant.

Howard L. Metz (Robert G. Samet, Ashcraft & Gerel, on brief), Rockville, for appellee.

Argued before MURPHY, C.J., and ELDRIDGE, COLE, RODOWSKY, McAULIFFE, ADKINS and BLACKWELL, JJ.


COLE, Judge.

The basic question presented in this case is whether the reports of a mental health care professional, requested by an employer and bearing on the fitness of an employee for employment, enjoy the defense of an absolute or qualified privilege in a defamation suit. If an absolute or qualified privilege pertains, then the trial court was correct in granting summary judgment. If no such defense is available, then the trial judge erred and a trial must be...

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