ROCHKIND v. STEVENSON

No. 76, Sept. Term, 2016

164 A.3d 254 (2017)

164 Md. 245

Stanley ROCHKIND v. Starlena STEVENSON.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

July 11, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Argued by Thomas J. Cullen, Jr. ( Constantine J. Themelis , Goodell, DeVries Leech & Dann, LLP of Baltimore, MD; M. Natalie McSherry , Christopher C. Jeffries , Kramon & Graham, P.A. of Baltimore; Ronald D. Getchey , Charles A. Danaher , Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP of San Diego, CA) on brief, for Petitioner.

Argued by Scott E. Nevin (The Law Offices of Peter T. Nicholl of Baltimore, MD) and Suzanne C. Shapiro (Suzanne C. Shapiro Law, LLC of Baltimore, MD) on brief, for Respondent.

Argued before Barbera, C.J., Greene, Adkins, McDonald, Watts, Hotten and Getty, JJ.


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