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ATTORNEY GENERAL v. JOHNSON

[No. 108, September Term, 1977.]

282 Md. 274 (1978)

385 A.2d 57

ATTORNEY GENERAL OF MARYLAND ET AL. v. JAMES JOHNSON ET AL.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Motion for reconsideration filed April 21, 1978.

Denied April 21, 1978.

Appeal dismissed for want of a substantial federal question, October 2, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Angus R. Everton, Stephen J. Sfekas, Assistant Attorney General, and John F. King, with whom were Anderson, Coe & King on the brief, for appellants.

Marvin Ellin and Jonathan Schochor, with whom were Ellin & Baker on the brief, for appellee James Johnson. James L. Thompson, with whom were Arthur S. Feld, Robert R. Michael, Alan S. Feld and Virginia R. Huebner on the brief, for Bar Association of Montgomery County, Maryland, other appellee.

The cause was argued before MURPHY, C.J., and SMITH, DIGGES, LEVINE, ELDRIDGE, ORTH and COLE, JJ.

Appeal dismissed for want of a substantial federal question, Supreme Court of the United States, October 2, 1978.; sub nom. Johnson v. Attorney General.

DIGGES, J., delivered the opinion of the Court.

In 1976 the Maryland General Assembly passed legislation, as have many other state legislatures, substantially altering the manner in which claims of medical malpractice by patients against physicians, hospitals, and other "health care providers" may be judicially...

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