ST. JOSEPH MEDICAL CENTER v. TURNBULL

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Andrew D. Levy ( Greg P. Care of Brovm, Goldstein & Levy, LLP of Baltimore, MD), Thomas v. Monahan, Jr. , Kristin L. Rieger , Jeffrey J. Hines , Cheryl Zak Lardieri , Goodell, DeVries, Leech & Dann, LLP, Baltimore, MD, Mark A. Johnston , Edward J. Longosz, II , Sarah Shyr , Eckert, Seamans, Cherin & Mellott, LLC, Washington, DC, James R. Chason , Chason, Rosner, Leary & Marshall, LLC, Towson, MD, for St. Joseph Medical Center, Inc.

Mary Alane Downs , Steffany Bender , Morgan, Carlo, Downs & Everton, PA, Hunt Valley, MD, for Midatlantic Cardiovascular Associates, Inc.

J. Michael Sloneker , Danielle Dinsmore , Gregory L. VanGeison , Anderson, Coe & King, LLP, Baltimore, MD, Michael J. Baxter , David J. McManus, Jr. , Trace Krueger, Baxter, Baker, Sidle, Conn & Jones, P.A., Baltimore, MD, for Mark G. Midei.

William F. Brockman , Assistant Attorney General ( Douglas F. Gansler , Attorney General of Maryland, Steven M. Sullivan and H. Scott Curtis , Assistant Attorneys General, of Baltimore, MD, for appellee.

William H. Murphy, Jr. (Murphy, Falcon, Murphy, Ravenall & Koch of Baltimore, MD; Robert J. Weltchek , Kristopher A. Mallahan , Nolan J. Weltchek and Nathan W. Hopkins of Weltchek, Mallahan & Weltchek LLC of Lutherville, MD for Amicus Curiae, Glenn L. Weinberg) in support of appellee.

Howard A. Janet ( Giles H. Manley , Joyce E. Jones and Jessica Meeder of Janet, Jenner and Suggs, LLC of Baltimore, MD for Amici Curiae Carl and Dorothy Sullivan) in support of appellee.

Argued before BELL, C.J., HARRELL, BATTAGLIA, GREENE, ADKINS, BARBERA, and McDONALD, JJ.