Pantazes v. Pantazes

BISHOP, Judge.

The appellant, Dean James Pantazes, appeals from a $41,750 judgment entered upon a jury’s verdict in the Circuit Court for Prince George’s County (Mason, J.), in favor of his brother, Michael Pantazes, and his sister-in-law, Melanie Pantazes. Appellant asks the Court to consider:

I. Whether the appellee’s claims for defamation and malicious prosecution were barred by a release which appellee executed pursuant to Md.Ann.Code, Art. 27 § 737 (1987), “Expungement of Police and Court Records.”

II. Whether the damages awarded by the jury are duplicitous.

FACTS

In January 1985 Michael…