IMPERIAL v. DRAPEAU

No. 103, September Term, 1997.

716 A.2d 244 (1998)

351 Md. 24

Roland IMPERIAL v. Wayne A. DRAPEAU.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

August 27, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Albert D. Brault (Rhonda A. Hurwitz, Joan F. Brault, Brault, Graham, Scott & Brault, on brief), Rockville, for petitioner.

Barbara R. Graham, Rockville, for respondent.

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


RODOWSKY, Judge.

This action was brought by a rescue squad emergency medical technician (EMT) against a physician who wrote identical, allegedly defamatory letters of complaint about the EMT to the Governor and to a member of Congress. As explained below we shall hold that the communications were absolutely privileged.

The Bethesda-Chevy Chase Rescue Squad, Inc. (BCCRS), in addition to its emergency response service, transports patients by ambulance to hospitals...

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