North American Specialty Insurance v. Boston Medical Group

This appeal arises from a decision of the Circuit Court for Anne Arundel County granting the motion of appellee, Boston Medical Group (“Boston Medical”), to dismiss the complaint of appellant, North American Specialty Insurance Company (“North American”), on the grounds that the dismissal of a previously filed action between the parties on statute of limitations grounds operated as a bar to the current action under the doctrine of res judicata. On appeal, North American presents one issue for our review, which we have rephrased, as follows:

Does a dismissal by the circuit court of a complaint…