MONTGOMERY INVESTIGATIVE v. HORNE

No. 2849 Sept. Term, 2005.

918 A.2d 526 (2007)

173 Md. App. 193

MONTGOMERY INVESTIGATIVE SERVICES, LTD. et al. v. Robert T. HORNE et al.

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland.

March 12, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert L. Ferguson, Jr. (Bernard A. Meis, on the brief), Baltimore, MD, for Appellant.

Erica C. Mudd, Rockville, MD and Robert Bonsib, Greenbelt, MD (Jeremy R. Krum, H. Kenneth Armstrong, Rockville, MD, on the brief), for Appellee.

Panel: MURPHY, C.J., HOLLANDER, and CHARLES E. MOYLAN, JR. (retired, specially assigned), JJ.


CHARLES E. MOYLAN, JR., Judge (retired, specially assigned).

The rule is that a defendant may not, without liability, publish defamatory information about a plaintiff. An exception to the rule is that sometimes a defendant enjoys a qualified privilege to publish defamatory information in order to serve some greater need. The exception to that exception is that the qualified privilege may be lost if it is abused. This case involves a couple of exceptions to the exception...

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