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DOE v. SHADY GROVE HOSP.

No. 1058, September Term, 1991.

89 Md. App. 351 (1991)

598 A.2d 507

JOHN DOE v. SHADY GROVE ADVENTIST HOSPITAL, ET AL.

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland.

November 27, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven H. Sanders, Washington, D.C. and Patricia A. Smith (Dale Edwin Sanders, Sanders, O'Donnell & Smith, Alexandria, Va., Steven Weinberg and Steinmetz, Weinberg & Moats, Washington, D.C., on the brief), for appellant.

Benjamin S. Vaughan, Rockville, for appellee, Shady Grove Adventist Hosp., Inc.

S. Allan Adelman and Godard, West & Adelman, P.C. on the brief for appellee, Roger Byrd, Judith Catterton and Catterton, Kemp & Mason on the brief, Rockville, for appellee, Christine Josephson.

Argued before BLOOM, BELL and WENNER, JJ.

ROSALYN B. BELL, Judge.

The issue as presented to us by the parties in this expedited appeal is whether the Circuit Court for Montgomery County abused its discretion in lifting a seal of the records of this case. The issue we decide, however, is whether appellant demonstrated a compelling interest in protecting the confidentiality of his identity which can be accommodated consistent with the presumption of open access to court records. We will hold that he has.

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