THACKER v. HYATTSVILLE

No. 2131, Sept. Term, 1999.

762 A.2d 172 (2000)

135 Md. App. 268

Robert Lee THACKER, et al., v. CITY OF HYATTSVILLE, et al.

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland.

November 14, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elliot P. Dematteis, Annapolis, for appellants.

Kevin Karpinski (Daniel Karp, Michelle L. Seidleck and Allen, Johnson, Alexander & Karp, on the brief), Baltimore, for appellees.

Argued before WENNER, SONNER and ADKINS, JJ.


ADKINS, Judge.

Like a chameleon, the common legal term "malice" must be examined in context. As the Court of Appeals recently observed in an analogous case involving qualified public official immunity, "[t]he word `malice' has been a troublesome one in the law, because it has been used in many different contexts...." Shoemaker v. Smith, 353 Md. 143, 161, 725 A.2d 549...

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