Case Title: St. Joseph Medical Ctr. v. Hon. Turnbull

Citation: 

Docket Number: 21mo/12

State: maryland

Court: Maryland Supreme Court

Date: 2013-03-15T00:00:00Z

Document:
IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF MARYLAND
Misc. No. 21
September Term, 2012
 ST. JOSEPH MEDICAL CENTER, MARK
 G. MIDEI,M.D., AND MIDATLANTIC
 CARDIOVASCULAR ASSOCIATES, P.A.   
   
                v.
 
THE HONORABLE JOHN GRASON 
          TURNBULL, II             
    
Bell, C.J.
Harrell 
    Battaglia
     Greene
     Adkins
     Barbera
     McDonald,
 
 JJ.
          ORDER
Filed: March 15, 2013
 
ST. JOSEPH MEDICAL CENTER, MARK               *                  In the  
G. MIDEI, M.D., AND MIDATLANTIC 
CARDIOVASCULAR ASSOCIATES, P.A          *                   Court of Appeals
                                                                                 *                  of Maryland
v. 
   *
 Misc. No. 21
THE HONORABLE JOHN GRASON    
   *                  September Term, 2012      
TURNBULL, II                                                                            
                                                                                 *                   
                                                                 
O R D E R
Upon consideration of the Petition for Writ of Mandamus and/or Writ of
Prohibition, and the responses filed thereto, and after consideration of the arguments of
Counsel, a majority of the Court of Appeals concurring,* for reasons to be stated in an
opinion to be filed later, it is this 15th day of March, 2013, by the Court of Appeals,
ORDERED, that the Administrative Orders of Judge Turnbull, the
Administrative Judge of the Circuit Court for Baltimore County, dated November 2, and 28,
2012, relating to bifurcation and reassignment of two cases, the subject of these proceedings,
be and they are hereby vacated; and it is further,
ORDERED, that the cases referenced herein, Weinberg v. Midei, et al., case
number 03 C 10 12603 and Sullivan, et al v. St. Joseph Medical Center, Inc., et al, case
number 03 C 10 12624, be and they are hereby remanded to the Circuit Court for Baltimore
County for further proceedings; and it is further,
ORDERED, that the Order of this Court dated February 15, 2013, granting a
stay of the Metzdorf case be, and it is hereby, vacated.
/s/ Robert M. Bell               
Chief Judge
*Judge Harrell joins the Majority, except in so far as this Court’s Order vacates that portion
of Judge Turnbull’s November 2, 2012, Order reassigning the three underlying cases to Judge
Souder.  Judge Harrell would leave intact that reassignment.