PETERSON v. EVAPCO

No. 778, Sept. Term, 2016.

188 A.3d 210 (2018)

238 Md. App. 1

Charles A. PETERSON, et al. v. EVAPCO, INC., et al.

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland.

July 5, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Argued by: Jan I. Berlage ( H. Mark Stichel , Gohn, Hankey, Stichel & Berlage, LLP on the brief) all of Baltimore, MD, for Appellant.

Argued by: Joshua Glikin ( Cynthia L. Polasko , Bowie & Jensen, LLC on the brief) all of Towson, MD, for Appellee.

Panel: Meredith, Leahy, James P. Salmon (Senior Judge, Specially Assigned), JJ.


The central issue we must address in this appeal is whether, in a case arising out of a contract designating Maryland as the forum state, a Maryland court can exercise personal jurisdiction over a non-resident party who did not sign the contract but was "closely related" to the contractual relationship at issue. We adopt the relatively...

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