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GOOCH v. MARYLAND MECHANICAL SYSTEMS, INC.

No. 1834, September Term, 1988.

81 Md. App. 376 (1990)

567 A.2d 954

JOHN B. GOOCH v. MARYLAND MECHANICAL SYSTEMS, INC., ET AL.

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland.

January 4, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Raymond Rabin, Washington, D.C., for appellant.

Robert J. Proutt (Anne T. Kelly and Rosenberg Proutt Funk & Greenberg, on the brief), Baltimore, for appellees.

Argued before GARRITY, ALPERT and POLLITT, JJ.

GARRITY, Judge.

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