PLANK v. CHERNESKI

Misc. No. 3, Sept. Term, 2019.

231 A.3d 436 (2020)

469 Md. 548

William H. PLANK, II, et al. v. James P. CHERNESKI, et al.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

July 14, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Argued by H. Mark Stichel ( James B. Astrachan and Elizabeth A. Harlan , Astrachan Gunst Thomas, P.C. of Baltimore, MD), on brief, for Appellants.

Argued by Jeffrey M. Schwaber ( Deanna L. Peters , Stein Sperling Bennett De Jong of Rockville, MD and Albert Mezzanotte, Jr. and Ilana Subar , Whiteford, Taylor & Preston, LLP of Baltimore, MD), on brief, for Appellees.

Michael Wein, Esquire , Law Offices of Michael Wein, 7829 Belle Point Drive, Greenbelt, MD 20770, for Amicus Curiae Maryland Association for Justice on behalf of Appellants.

Argued before: Barbera, C.J., McDonald, Watts, Hotten, Getty, Booth, Lynne A. Battaglia (Senior Judge, Specially Assigned), JJ.


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