Mercy Medical Center v. Julian

McDONALD, J.,

concurring and dissenting, in which BELL, C.J., and HARRELL, J., join.

These consolidated cases arise out of conflicting rulings by two judges of the same circuit court in separate parts of what is essentially the same litigation — a head-on collision of sorts. It was up to the Court of Special Appeals — and now us — to *381sort out who had the right of way and, more importantly, the rules of the road for similar cases in the future.

The majority opinion does a fine job of laying out the background of this case, tracing the history of the law of contribution, describing the Maryland…