ANDROUTSOS v. FAIRFAX HOSPITAL

No. 140, September Term, 1990.

323 Md. 634 (1991)

594 A.2d 574

STAVROULA ANDROUTSOS ET AL. v. FAIRFAX HOSPITAL.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

August 27, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jerry R. Goldstein (Goldstein, Handler & White, P.C., both on brief), Bethesda, for appellant.

Joseph M. Mott (Miles & Stockbridge, Rockville, Gerald R. Walsh, Walsh & Cremins, Fairfax, Va., all on brief), for appellee.

Argued before MURPHY, C.J., and ELDRIDGE, RODOWSKY, McAULIFFE, CHASANOW and KARWACKI, JJ.


KARWACKI, Judge.

In this case we shall hold that the Circuit Court for Montgomery County abused its discretion in dismissing a suit for lack of personal jurisdiction over a non-resident defendant without permitting the plaintiffs to develop facts in support of jurisdiction through appropriate discovery procedures. Accordingly, we shall vacate the judgment and remand the case so that such discovery may proceed.

On April 23, 1990, Stavroula Androutsos, an elderly...

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