GALLAGHER v. MERCY MEDICAL CENTER, INC.

No. 44, Sept. Term, 2018.

207 A.3d 634 (2019)

463 Md. 615

Michele GALLAGHER v. MERCY MEDICAL CENTER, INC.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

April 29, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Argued by Kathleen Howard Meredith ( Stephan Y. Brennan , Iliff, Meredith, Wildberger & Brennan, P.C., Pasadena, MD), on brief, for Petitioner.

Argued by Mairi Patricia Maguire ( Mark D. Maneche , Pessin Katz Law, P.A., Towson, MD), on brief, for Respondent.

Philip S. Goldberg, Esquire , Cary Silverman, Esquire , Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P., 1155 F Street, NW, Suite 200, Washington, DC 20004, for Amici Curiae Brief For American Medical Association and MedChi, the Maryland State Medical Society's in Support of Respondent, Mercy Medical Center, Inc.

Michelle R. Mitchell, Esquire , Wharton Levin Ehrmantraut & Klein, 104 West Street, Annapolis, MD 21404-0551, for Amici Curiae Brief for Medical Mutual Liability Insurance Society of Maryland, MedStar Health, and University of Maryland Medical System in Support of Respondent.

Argued Before: Barbera, C.J. Greene, McDonald, Watts, Hotten, Getty, Wilner, Alan M. (Senior Judge, Specially Assigned) JJ.


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