SEARS v. GUSSIN

No. 117, Sept. Term, 1997.

714 A.2d 188 (1998)

350 Md. 552

SEARS, ROEBUCK & CO. v. Paul GUSSIN et al.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

July 31, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard J. Link (Curtis Karpel, Law Offices of Curtis J. Karpel, on brief), Silver Spring, for appellant.

J. Andrew Heaton, Asst. Gen. Counsel (Ernst & Young LLP, on brief), Washington, DC, for appellees.

Argued before BELL, C.J., and ELDRIDGE, RODOWSKY, CHASANOW, RAKER, WILNER and CATHELL, JJ.


RAKER, Judge.

Appellant Sears Roebuck & Co., seeks documents reflecting investments, gifts, asset transfers, trusts, income, and real property in the possession of Ernst & Young L.L.P., accountants for Appellee Paul Gussin. We shall hold that the client did not waive the accountant-client privilege found in Maryland Code (1974, 1995 Repl.Vol., 1997 Supp.), § 9-110 of the Courts & Judicial Proceedings Article1 and, accordingly...

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