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STATE v. JETT

No. 88, September Term, 1988.

316 Md. 248 (1989)

558 A.2d 385

STATE OF MARYLAND v. PELMAR J. JETT, JR.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

May 31, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carmen M. Shepard, Asst. Atty. Gen. (J. Joseph Curran, Jr., Atty. Gen., Steven G. Hildenbrand, and Carolyn A. Quattrocki, Asst. Attys. Gen., all on brief), Baltimore, for petitioner.

Howard M. Shemler and Edward J. Connor, both on brief, Camp Springs, for respondent.

Argued before ELDRIDGE, COLE, RODOWSKY, McAULIFFE, ADKINS and BLACKWELL, JJ., and CHARLES E. ORTH, Jr., Associate Judge of the Court of Appeals of Maryland (retired), Specially Assigned.

RODOWSKY, Judge.

In this case the State of Maryland (State) seeks to appeal the denial of its motion to dismiss a tort claim asserted against it. The State characterizes the ruling as rejecting its sovereign immunity defense and contends that the collateral order doctrine permits immediate appeal. For the reasons set forth below, we shall dismiss the appeal.

Appellee, and plaintiff below, Pelmar J. Jett, Jr. (Jett), filed a complaint naming only the State...

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