COLEMAN v. SOCCER ASSOCIATION

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Vail (Center for Constitutional Litigation, P.C., Washington, D.C.), on brief, Bruce M. Plaxen (Plaxen & Adler, P.A., Columbia, MD; Lloyd J. Eisenberg of Lloyd J. Eisenberg & Associates P.A., Columbia, MD), on brief for Appellant/Cross-Appellee.

Gardner M. Duvall ( Danielle G. Marcus , Peter W. Sheehan, Jr. of Whiteford, Taylor & Preston, L.L.P., Baltimore, MD), for Amicus Curiae brief of Maryland Defense Counsel.

Karen J. Kruger ( David M. Funk of Funk & Bolton, P.A., Baltimore, MD), for Amici Curiae brief of Local Government Insurance Trust, Maryland Association of Counties, Maryland Municipal League, Mayor and City Council of Baltimore.

Paul A. Tiburzi (Carville B. Collins of DLA Piper LLP (US), Baltimore, MD), for Amici Curiae brief of the Maryland Chamber of Commerce and the Maryland Tort Reform Coalition in Support of Appellees.

Mark A. Behrens, Esquire , Christopher E. Appel, Esquire , Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P., for Amici Curiae brief of the American Tort Reform Association, Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America, Coalition for Litigation Justice, Inc., American Insurance Association, Property Casualty Insurers Association of America, National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies, Physician Insurers Association of America, American Medical Association, and NFIB Small Business Legal Center in Support of Respondents.

Douglas W. Biser ( Matthew P. Lalumia of Mudd, Harrison & Burch, L.L.P., Towson, MD), on brief, M. Albert Figinski ( Peter G. Angelos and Jeffrey J. Utermohle of Law Offices of Peter G. Angelos, P.C., Baltimore, MD — Brief of Amicus Curiae, Law Offices of Peter G. Angelos, P.C.), on brief, for Appellees/Cross-Appellants.

Wayne M. Willoughby (Gershon, Willoughby, Getz & Smith, LLC, Baltimore, MD), for Amicus Curiae brief of Professor Robert H. Lande in Support of Plaintiff-Petitioner.

Robert J. Zarbin ( James K. MacAlister , Upper Marlboro, MD), for Amicus Curiae brief of Maryland Association for Justice in Support of Plaintiff-Petitioner.

Argued before BELL, C.J., HARRELL, BATTAGLIA, GREENE, MCDONALD, JOHN C. ELDRIDGE (Retired, Specially Assigned) and IRMA S. RAKER (Retired, Specially Assigned) JJ.