Kersten v. Van Grack, Axelson & Williamowsky, P.C.

HARRELL, Judge.

This appeal from a summary judgment proceeding in the Circuit Court for Montgomery County raises the issue of whether a law firm may be held vicariously liable for the alleged bad acts of a private process server. The circuit court (Cave, J.) ruled that appellee, Van Grack, Axelson & Williamowsky, P.C., neither possessed nor exercised that degree of control over the private process server which would give rise to vicarious liability. We find no error and affirm.

Facts

The events leading up to this appeal are undisputed and may be summarized briefly. Appellee was retained by…