Imperial v. Drapeau (1998)
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Offen v. Brenner (2009)
Miner, 498 A.2d at 275 (police brutality); Imperial v. Drapeau, 351 Md. 38 , 716 A.2d 244, 250-51 (1998) (emergency medical care quality); Reichardt v. Flynn, 374 Md. 361 , 823 A.2d 566, 573, 575 (2003) (sexual misconduct by a teacher).
emergency medical care quality
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Offen v. Brenner (2007)
Accordingly, public policy encourages the communication of information to public authorities responsible for maintaining the quality of emergency medical services.” Id. at 50, 716 A.2d at 250-51.
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Imperial v. Drapeau (1998)
The majority suggests that the judicial proceeding that gives rise to the absolute judicial proceedings privilege is a judicial-type hearing before the Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services System (MIEMSS) and that "there are procedural safeguards that adequately protected the reputation of a subject of a complaint about emergency medical service." 351 Md. 38, 51 , 716 A.2d 244, 251 (1998).
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Norman v. Borison (2011)
As examples, in Miner v. Novotny, 304 Md. 164, 174-77 , 498 A.2d 269, 273-75 (1985), and Imperial v. Drapeau, 351 Md. 38, 50-51 , 716 A.2d 244, 250-51 (1998), we held that absolute privilege protected citizens who filed complaints with governmental entities against a deputy sheriff and an emergency medical technician, respectively. 15 The possible harm stemming from these defamatory complaints was “outweighed by the public’s interest in encouraging the filing and investigati…
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Board of License Commissioners v. Toye (1999)
In such circumstances, the court, in seeking to ascertain legislative intent, may consider the consequences resulting from one meaning rather than another, and adopt that construction which avoids an illogical or unreasonable result, or one which is inconsistent with common sense. [Citations omitted.] See also Farris v. State, 351 Md. 24, 28-29 , 716 A.2d 237, 240 (1998) (“If the language of a statute is ambiguous, we consider the usual meaning of the words in the context of…
“If the language of a statute is ambiguous, we consider the usual meaning of the words in the context of the setting and the objectives and purposes expressed by the Legislature.”
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Imperial v. Drapeau (1998)
The majority suggests that the judicial proceeding that gives rise to the absolute judicial proceedings privilege is a judicial-type hearing before the Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services System (MIEMSS) and that “there are procedural safeguards that adequately protected the reputation of a subject of a complaint about emergency medical service.” 351 Md. 38 , 51, 716 A.2d 244, 251 (1998).
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Brown v. State (2000)
See, Farris v. State, 351 Md. 24, 28 , 716 A.2d 237, 240 (1998); Briggs v. State, 348 Md. 470, 477 , 704 A.2d 904, 908 (1998); Gargliano v. State, 334 Md. 428, 435 , 639 A.2d 675, 678 (1994); Williams v. State, 329 Md. 1 , 616 A.2d 1275 (1992); Dickerson v. State, 324 Md. 163, 170-71 , 596 A.2d 648, 651 (1991); State v. Bricker, 321 Md. 86, 92 , 581 A.2d 9, 12 (1990); Kaczorowski v. Mayor & City Council of Baltimore, 309 Md. 505, 513 , 525 A.2d 628, 632 (1987); Jones v. Stat…
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O'Brien & Gere Engineers, Inc. v. City of Salisbury (2016)
See Imperial, 351 Md. at 45, 716 A.2d 244 (“As a matter of public policy, the balance is struck heavily in favor of the free disclosure of information during a judicial proceeding.”).
See also Imperial v. Drapeau, 351 Md. 38, 44 , 716 A.2d 244 (1998).