CATTERTON v. COALE

No. 914, September Term, 1989.

84 Md. App. 337 (1990)

579 A.2d 781

MELVIN C. CATTERTON v. SUSAN COALE, ET AL.

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland.

September 26, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joel L. Katz, (Harvey S. Wasserman, on the brief), Annapolis, for appellant.

Paul F. Newhouse (Jeri Lynn Balenson and Eccleston and Wolf, on the brief), Baltimore, for appellee, Susan Coale.

Kathleen A. Morse, Asst. Atty. Gen. (J. Joseph Curran, Jr., Atty. Gen., on the brief), Baltimore, for appellee, Dept. of Social Services.

Argued before BISHOP, GARRITY and FISCHER, JJ.


FISCHER, Judge.

Melvin C. Catterton appeals from a decision by the Circuit Court for Anne Arundel County dismissing his complaint against appellees Anne Arundel County Department of Social Services and social worker Susan Coale. The trial court based its decision on the grounds of sovereign and statutory immunity. On appeal we address the following issues:

I. Did the trial court err when it dismissed appellant's nonconstitutional claims against appellee,...

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