STRACKE v. ESTATE OF BUTLER

No. 64 September Term, 2018.

214 A.3d 561 (2019)

465 Md. 407

Joseph STRACKE, et al. v. ESTATE OF Kerry BUTLER, Jr., et al.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

August 16, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Argued by Andre M. Davis , City Solicitor, ( Elizabeth Ryan Martinez , Michael Redmond , and Rachel Simmonsen , Asst. Solicitors, Baltimore City Department of Law, Baltimore, (MD), on brief, for Petitioners/Cross-Respondents.

Argued by Alan J. Belsky , ( Thomas X. Glancy, Jr. , Belsky, Weinberg & Horowitz, L.L.C., Baltimore, MD), on brief, For Respondents/Cross-Petitioners.

Amicus Counsel for Anne Arundel County, Maryland, Baltimore County, Maryland, Harford County, Maryland, Howard County, Maryland, Montgomery County, Maryland, and Prince George's County, Maryland in Support of Petitioners: Gary W. Kuc , County Solicitor, Louis P. Ruzzi , Senior Assistant County Solicitor, Cynthia G. Peltzman , Senior Assistant County Solicitor, Melissa E. Goldmeier , Assistant County Solicitor, Howard County Office of Law, 3450 Court House Drive, Ellicott City, MD 21043, Gregory J. Swain, Esquire , Acting County Attorney, Heritage Complex Building 2660, 2660 Riva Road, Annapolis, MD 21401, Michael E. Field, Esquire , County Attorney, Historic Courthouse, 400 Washington Avenue, Towson, MD 21204, Melissa Lambert, Esquire , County Attorney, 220 S. Main Street, Bel Air, MD 21014, Rhonda L. Weaver , Acting County Attorney, Andrew J. Murray , Deputy County Attorney, 1301 McCormick Drive, Suite 4100, Largo, MD 20774, Marc P. Hansen, Esquire , County Attorney, 101 Monroe Street, Third Floor, Rockville, MD 20850.

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


The Estate of Kerry Butler, Jr., Ms. Crystal Butler, the widow of Kerry Butler, Jr., Vera Ganey, parent and guardian of Kerry Butler, Jr.'s sole minor child, and Mr. Kerry Butler, Sr., the father of Kerry Butler, Jr. (collectively referred to as "Respondents"),1 filed a wrongful death and survival action in...

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