ROSENBERG v. HELINSKI

No. 25, September Term, 1992.

328 Md. 664 (1992)

616 A.2d 866

LEON A. ROSENBERG v. RONALD R. HELINSKI.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Motion for Reconsideration Denied January 20, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William F. Ryan, Jr. and Howard R. Feldman (A. Thomas Pedroni, Jr., Whiteford, Taylor & Preston, on brief), Baltimore, for petitioner.

Herbert Burgunder, Jr. (Horn and Bennett, P.A., on brief), Baltimore, for respondent.

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


MURPHY, Chief Judge.

We granted certiorari in this defamation action to consider whether a psychologist, whose expert in-court testimony in a child custody matter supported the wife's accusation that her husband had sexually abused their child, is privileged to reiterate the substance of his testimony to journalists waiting for him outside on the courthouse steps.

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