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BOYD v. BELL ATLANTIC-MARYLAND, INC.

No. 11, September Term, 2005.

887 A.2d 637 (2005)

390 Md. 60

Tamala BOYD, et al. v. BELL ATLANTIC-MARYLAND, INC., et al.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

December 8, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ronald B. Rubin (Elisabeth S. Rubin and Michael A. Stodghill of Rubin & Rubin, Chartered, Rockville); Michael J. Quirk (F. Paul Bland, Jr. of the Trial Lawyers for Public Justice, Washington, DC), all on brief, for Petitioners.

John S. Beins (Seth D. Goldberg and Paul D. Gleiberman of Beins, Goldberg & Gleiberman, Washington, DC; Connie Kratovil Lavelle of Law Offices of Connie Kratovil Lavelle, Stevensville; Kevin J. McCarthy of McCarthy & Costello, L.L.P., Bowie); Ira H. Raphaelson (Brian Brooks of O'Melveny & Myers, L.L.P., Washington, D.C.; Bruce Marcus of Marcus & Bonsib, Greenbelt); Susan Stevens Miller, Gen. Counsel, Maryland Public Service Com'n, Baltimore, all on brief, for Respondents.

Suzanne Sangree, Director of Appellate Advocacy, Baltimore, brief of Amici Curiae the Public Justice Center, Professors Michael Ambrosio, Robert Dinerstein, James McCall, Michael Meltsner, Vanessa Merton, and Ellen Yaroshefsky.

Argued before BELL, C.J., RAKER, WILNER, HARRELL, GREENE, JOHN C. ELDRIDGE, (Retired, Specially Assigned) and LAWRENCE F. RODOWSKY, (Retired, Specially Assigned), JJ.

WILNER, Judge.

This appeal arises out of two class action suits in the Circuit Court for Prince George's County — the Dotson and the Scrocco cases. Both actions, which were consolidated in the Circuit Court, are against Bell Atlantic-Maryland, Inc. (now known as Verizon) and the Maryland Public Service Commission (PSC).

Over the objection of some members of the Dotson class, the court, on November 22, 2004, gave "final" approval...

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