ESPINA v. JACKSON

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Timothy F. Maloney ( Veronica Byam Nannis , Levi S. Zaslow , Kara L. Fischer , Steven B. Vinick , Joseph Greenwald & Laake, P.A., Greenbelt, MD, Thomas C. Mooney , Law Offices of Thomas C. Mooney, Upper Marlboro, MD), on brief, for petitioners.

Michael J. Winkelman, Esquire , McCarthy & Winkelman, L.L.P., Lanham, MD, for Amicus Curiae brief of Maryland Association for Justice.

Victoria M. Shearer ( Daniel Karp , Karpinski, Colaresi & Karp, P.A., Baltimore, MD), on brief, for respondents.

Kara K. Lynch, Esquire , Assistant Solicitor, Office of Legal Affairs, Baltimore, George A. Nilson, Esquire , City Solicitor, William R. Phelan, Jr., Esquire , Chief Solicitor, Baltimore City Department of Law, Baltimore, for Amicus Curiae brief of the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore.

Anna Jagelewski, Esquire , Francis D. Murnaghan , Appellate Advocacy Fellow, Public Justice Center, Baltimore, Deborah A. Jeon, Esquire , Sonia Kumar, Esquire, American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Maryland, Baltimore, for Amici Curiae brief of ACLU of Maryland, Public Justice Center, and Caucus of African American Leaders.

David M. Funk, Esquire , Karen J. Kruger, Esquire , Funk & Bolton, P.A., Baltimore, for Amicus Curiae brief of the Local Government Insurance Trust, Harford County, Maryland, Montgomery County, Maryland.

Argued before BARBERA, C.J., HARRELL, GREENE, ADKINS, McDONALD, WATTS, JOHN F. McAULIFFE (Retired, Specially Assigned), JJ.