State of Maryland Central Collection Unit v. Gettes

RODOWSKY, Judge.

This District Court collection case is an offshoot of a Health Care Malpractice Claims Act case. At issue is liability for arbitration costs. The panel assessed part of the arbitration costs against, and the State of Maryland now seeks to collect those costs from, the party who prevailed on the merits in arbitration, who later prevailed on the merits in the adversary’s action to nullify, but who did not seek any form of direct judicial review of the panel’s adverse award of partial costs. As we explain below, the State may recover the costs in this action.

*674The respondent,…