Kortobi v. Kass

HARRELL Judge.

We issued a writ of certiorari in this case to determine whether a nonresident decedent’s foreign estate is subject to being haled into court in Maryland, for a tort allegedly committed by the decedent during his lifetime in the District of Columbia, solely on the jurisdictional basis that the appointed personal representative of the estate happens to be a Maryland resident who was served with process at his residence. The Court of Special Appeals affirmed the judgment of the Circuit Court for Prince George’s County, holding that mere residency of the representative and service…