Disputes which arose during pretrial discovery in personal injury case were referred to Magistrate Judge for resolution. The District Court, Bredar, United States Magistrate Judge, held that: (1) failure by plaintiff's counsel to respond directly to request for estimate of duration of deposition fell short of good faith effort to resolve dispute; (2) defendant's counsel acted improperly when he told deponent that he could leave deposition before completion; (3) plaintiff's counsel intentionally terminated
No. 1908, September Term, 1989. October 1, 1990. Certiorari Denied January 4, 1991. Appeal from the Circuit Court, Baltimore County, John F. Fader, II, J. Carol L. McCulloch, Towson, for appellant. Alvin I. Frederick and Kenneth H. Meltzer (Eccelston and Wolf on the brief), Baltimore, for appellees. Argued before KARWACKI, ROBERT M. BELL and WENNER, JJ. KARWACKI, Judge. This appeal concerns the applicability of the privileges possessed by an attorney and his client to publish defamatory statements
[No. 359, September Term, 1963.] Decided June 9, 1964. LIBEL — Instructions To Jury — Court Did Not Prejudice Appellants In Instructing Jury That The Truth Or Falsity Of Words Claimed To Be Defamatory Was Not An Issue In The Case, Particularly Where Court Added That Even If Words Were Otherwise Libelous, They Were Not Actionable If Published In The Exercise Of A Qualified Privilege Without Abuse. In the instant case, a suit by two individuals who were engaged in the real estate and mortgage business