Ash DUA, et al.,
v.
COMCAST CABLE OF MARYLAND, INC., et al.
Douglas Harvey
v.
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of the Mid-Atlantic States, Inc.
Court of Appeals of Maryland.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
August 29, 2002.
August 29, 2002.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Ronald B. Rubin (Rubin & Rubin, Chartered, on brief) Rockville, for appellants, Ash Dua, et al.
Philip Scott Friedman, Friedman Law Offices, P.L.L.C., Seth D. Goldberg, Seth D. Goldberg, P.C., Paul D. Gleiberman, Gleiberman & Associates, P.C., Washington, DC, Kieron F. Quinn, Quinn, Gordon & Wolf, LLP, Baltimore, Philip O. Foard, Foard Gisriel & O'Brien, L.L.C., Towson, John J. Beins, Gavett & Datt, P.C., Rockville, of counsel for appellants Ash Dua, et al.
Frederick M. Baron, Jeffrey Robert White, Washington, DC, brief of the Association of Trial Lawyers of America, amicus curiae, for appellants.
F. Paul Bland, Trial Lawyers for Public Justice, P.C., Washington, DC, amici curiae, for HMO Subrogation plaintiffs.
Deborah M. Thompson, Public Justice Center, Professor Michael I. Meyerson, University of Baltimore School of Law, Baltimore, for amici curiae Public Justice Center, Maryland Public Interest Research Group, AARP, and National Association of Consumer Advocates.
Melvin J. Sykes, Baltimore, of counsel: Terry S. Bienstock (Bienstock & Clark, on brief) Miami, FL, for appellees, Comcast Cable of Maryland, Inc, et al.
F. Paul Bland, Jr. (Trial Lawyers for Public Justice, on brief, Washington, D.C.; Bruce M. Plaxen, Plaxen & Adler, P.A., on brief, Columbia; Robert K. Jenner, Greenberg & Bederman, on brief, Silver Spring; Kieron F. Quinn, Quinn, Gordon & Wolf, on brief, Baltimore) for petitioner, Douglas Harvey.
M. Miller Baker (Michael S. Nadel of McDermott, Will & Emery, on brief) Washington, DC, for respondent, Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of the Mid-Atlantic States, Inc.
J. Joseph Curran, Jr., Attorney General of Maryland, Kathryn M. Rowe, Assistant Attorney General, Annapolis, on brief, State of Maryland an amicus curiae filed on behalf of appellee.
Lawrence P. Fletcher-Hill, Gordon, Feinblatt, Rothman, Hoffberger & Hollander, LLC, Baltimore, Daly D.E. Temchine, Kathy C. Potter, Epstein, Becker & Green, P.C., Washington, DC, on brief of amici curiae, Maryland Association of Health Plans, M.D., Individual Practice Association, Inc., Optimum Choice, Inc., Capital Care, Inc., Aetna U.S. Healthcare Inc., and The Prudential Insurance Company of America filed on behalf of appellee.
Argued before BELL, C.J., and ELDRIDGE, RAKER, WILNER, CATHELL, HARRELL and BATTAGLIA, JJ.
Court of Appeals of Maryland.
ELDRIDGE, Judge.
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