SOUTHERN MANAGEMENT v. TAHA

No. 136, Sept. Term, 2002.

836 A.2d 627 (2003)

378 Md. 461

SOUTHERN MANAGEMENT CORPORATION, v. Mukhtar TAHA.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

November 25, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen M. Silvestre (Lisa F. Orenstein of Miles & Stockbridge P.C., on brief), Baltimore, for appellant.

James C. Strouse, Columbia (Forrest E. Mays, Annapolis; John W. Hermina, George W. Hermina and Hannibal G. Kemerer of Hermina Law Group, on brief), Laurel, for appellee.

Argued before BELL, C.J., ELDRIDGE , RAKER, WILNER, CATHELL, HARRELL, BATTAGLIA, JJ.


BATTAGLIA, Judge.

In the case now before us, Mukhtar Taha sued Southern Management Corporation (hereinafter "SMC") and two of its employees for malicious prosecution solely under a theory of respondeat superior liability. The jury rendered a verdict in which it found that the two named employee defendants were not liable; however, the jury also found in favor of Taha against SMC, the employer corporation. We hold that such...

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