MERCY MEDICAL & CENTER v. JULIAN

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kelly Hughes Iverson ( Craig B. Merkle of Goodell, DeVries, Leech & Dann, LLP, Baltimore, MD), on brief, for Petitioners in No. 118, Sept.Term, 2011.

Rignal W. Baldwin, Jr. ( Jeffrey P. Bowman of Baldwin, Kagan & Gormley, LLC, Annapolis, MD), on brief for Petitioners in No. 119, Sept.Term, 2011.

James L. Shea ( Mitchell Y. Mirviss , Michael J. DeVinne , and Viktoriya M. Shpigelman of Venable LLP, Baltimore, MD; David A. Levin and Michelle R. Mitchell of Wharton, Levin, Ehrmantraut & Klein, P.A., Annapolis, MD), on brief, for Respondents.

George S. Tolley, III, Esquire , Dugan, Babij & Tolley, LLC, Timonium, MD, for amicus curiae brief of Maryland Association for Justice in Support of Petitioners.

J. Mark Coulson, Esquire , Jonathan Singer, Esquire , Miles & Stockbridge, PC, Baltimore, MD, for amici curiae brief of Johns Hopkins Health System, Lifebridge Health, Inc., Medstar Health, and University of Maryland Medical System Corporation in No. 118, Sept.Term, 2011.

Albert D. Brault, Esquire , John F. Brault, Esquire , Brault Graham, LLC, Rockville, MD, for amici curiae brief of Maryland State Medical Society and Medical Mutual Liability Insurance Society of Maryland.

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