FRANCH v. ANKNEY

No. 39, Sept. Term, 1995.

670 A.2d 951 (1996)

341 Md. 350

William F. FRANCH et al. v. Lottie L. ANKNEY et vir.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

January 29, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ronald G. Dawson (Smith, Somerville & Case, L.L.C., on brief), Baltimore, for Petitioner.

Marcus Z. Shar (Bierer, Shar & Allentoff, P.A., Baltimore; Jack J. Schmerling, Glen Burnie, on brief), for Respondent.

Argued before MURPHY, C.J., RODOWSKY, CHASANOW, KARWACKI, BELL, RAKER, JJ., and MARVIN H. SMITH, Judge (retired), Specially Assigned.


CHASANOW, Judge.

The question presented in this appeal is whether the trial judge abused his discretion in striking the testimony of two expert witnesses in an attorney malpractice case on the ground that the experts' opinions were based on an erroneous interpretation of Maryland law. We hold that the judge's ruling did not constitute an abuse of discretion.

I.

This appeal stems from an attorney malpractice action brought in the Circuit Court for...

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