COPSEY v. PARK

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Argued by William E. Artz ( Thomas M. Wochok , William E. Artz, P.C., Tysons Corner, VA; Paul D. Bekman , Bekman, Marder & Adkins, LLC, Baltimore, MD; Brian Nash , Nash & Associates, LLC, Baltimore, MD), on brief, for Respondents.

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

Argued by James L. Shea ( Mitchell Y. Mirviss , Venable LLP, Baltimore, MD; Michael K. Wiggins , J. Kristin Wiggins , Wharton Levin Ehrmantrout & Klein, Annapolis, MD), on brief, for Respondents.

Mark D. Gately, Esquire , Hogan Lovells US LLP, Baltimore, MD, Jessica L. Ellsworth, Esquire , Hogan Lovells US LLP, Washington, DC, for Amicus Curiae of Medical Mutual Liability Insurance Society of Maryland, Inc. and the Medical and Chirurgical Faculty of Maryland, d/b/a Medchi, the Maryland State Medical Society.

Barbera, C.J. Greene, McDonald, Watts, Hotten, Getty, Lawrence F. Rodowsky, (Senior Judge, Specially Assigned), JJ.