Legal Opinion
Gill v. Ripley
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Decided February 16, 1999No. 36, Sept. Term, 1998PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WILNER, Judge.
The issue in this appeal is whether prosecutors and their support staff enjoy absolute immunity from civil liability for conduct committed in the prosecution of a paternity action under Maryland Code, title 5, subtitle 10 of the Family Law Article. After filing such an action, the appellee prosecutors dismissed it, with prejudice, over the objection of the child’s mother. The mother, appellant Joyce Gill, later sued the prosecutors and a clerical employee, alleging a variety of common law torts arising from the dismissal of the paternity action. Concluding that the prosecutors…
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