ROCHKIND v. STEVENSON

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Argued By Thomas J. Cullen, Jr. ( Constantine J. Themelis and Derek M. Stikeleather , Goodell, Devries, Leech & Dann, LLP, Baltimore, Md; Ronald D. Getchey and Charles Danaher , Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton, LLP, San Diego, CA) on brief, for Appellant.

Argued BY Scott E. Nevin (The Law Offices of Peter T. Nicholl , Baltimore, MD) and Suzanne C. Shapiro (Suzanne C. Shapiro Law, LLC, Baltimore, MD) on brief, for Appellee.

Amici Curiae Medical Mutual Liability Society of Maryland, and Medchi, the Maryland State Medical Society in Support of Appellant, Stanley Rochkind: Mitchell Mirviss, Esquire , Venable LLP, 750 East Pratt Street, Suite 900, Baltimore, Md 21202.

Amicus Curiae Maryland Association for Justice in Support of Appellee: Michael J. Winkelman, Esquire , McCarthy, Winkelman & Mester, L.L.P., 4300 Forbes Boulevard, Suite 205, Lanham, MD 20706 and Ned Miltenberg, Esquire , Managing Partner, National Legal Scholars Law Firm, P.C., 5410 Mohican Road, Suite 200, Bethesda, MD 20816.

McDonald, Watts, Hotten, Getty, Booth, Biran, Clayton Greene, Jr. (Senior Judge, Specially Assigned), JJ.