HRANICKA v. CHESAPEAKE SURGICAL

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

L. Teri Spradlin-Dahn (Annapolis, MD), on brief, for Petitioner.

Sean E. Smith (Julie D. Murray, Semmes, Bowen & Semmes, Baltimore, MD), on brief, for Respondents.

Robert J. Zarbin, Esquire, James K. MacAlister, Esquire, The Zarbin Law Finn, Upper Marlboro, MD, for Amicus Curiae brief of Maryland Association for Justice in support of Petitioner.

Amy L. Ticer, Esquire, Bonner, Kiernan, Trebach and Crociata, LLP, Washington, DC, for Amicus Curiae brief of The Maryland Defense Counsel, Inc., in support of Appellee's brief.

Argued before: BARBERA, C.J., HARRELL, BATTAGLIA, GREENE, ADKINS, McDONALD and WATTS, JJ.