Legal Opinion
Tatum v. Gigliotti
Court of Special Appeals of Maryland
Decided November 3, 1989No. 200, September Term, 1989PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ALPERT, Judge.
The dominant issue in this appeal, and one of first impression in Maryland, is whether the immunity provided by Maryland’s Good Samaritan Statute (now Md.Cts. & Jud. Proc.Code Ann. § 5-309) applies to a salaried emergency medical technician.
The Facts and Proceedings
Norman Tatum, Jr. had a long history of moderate to severe asthma. Just after midnight on September 21, 1981, he experienced another severe asthma attack. He called the Prince George’s County Fire Department and requested emergency assistance.
After arriving at the Tatum household, the paramedics, Gregory Gigliotti…
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