BEALL v. HOLLOWAY-JOHNSON

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William R. Phelan, Jr. , Chief Solicitor ( George A. Nilson , City Solicitor, Jeffrey Hochstetler , Asst. City Solicitor, Baltimore City Department of Law, Baltimore, MD), on brief, for Petitioner/Cross Respondent.

William H. Murphy, Jr. and Andrew K. O'Connell ( Edward R. Cardona , Murphy, Falcon & Murphy, Baltimore, MD), on brief, for Respondent/Cross-Petitioner.

Mitchell Y. Mirviss, Esquire , Venable LLP, Rockville, MD, for Amicus Curiae Brief of Medical Mutual Liability Society of Maryland and MedChi, The Maryland State Medical Society.

Gardner M. Duvall, Esquire , Danielle G. Marcus, Esquire , Peter W. Sheehan, Esquire , Whiteford Taylor & Preston, L.L.P., Baltimore, MD, for Amicus Curiae Brief of Maryland Defense Counsel, Inc.

ARGUED BEFORE: BARBERA, C.J., BATTAGLIA, GREENE, ADKINS, McDONALD, GLENN T. HARRELL, JR. (Retired, Specially Assigned), DALE R. CATHELL (Retired, Specially Assigned), JJ.