Case Name: PEOPLE'S INSURANCE COUNSEL DIVISION v. STATE FARM FIRE AND CASUALTY COMPANY, et al.
Court: Court of Appeals of Maryland
Jurisdiction: Maryland
Decision Date: 2015-02-24
Citations: 442 Md. 55
Docket Number: No. 21
Parties: PEOPLE’S INSURANCE COUNSEL DIVISION v. STATE FARM FIRE AND CASUALTY COMPANY, et al.
Judges: 
Reporter: Maryland Reports
Volume: 442
Pages: 55–66

Head Matter:
109 A.3d 1208
PEOPLE’S INSURANCE COUNSEL DIVISION v. STATE FARM FIRE AND CASUALTY COMPANY, et al.
No. 21,
Sept. Term, 2014.
Court of Appeals of Maryland.
Feb. 24, 2015.
Peter K. Killough, Asst. Atty. Gen. (Michael P. McDonald, Asst. Atty. Gen. and Douglas F. Gansler, Atty. Gen. of Maryland, Baltimore, MD), on brief, for Petitioner.
Drake Zaharris, Esquire, Thomas J. Gisriel, Esquire, Pessin Katz Law, P.A., Towson, MD, brief of Amicus Curiae National Association of Public Insurance Adjusters in Support of Petitioner.
Michael Wein, Esquire, Law Offices of Michael Wein, Greenbelt, MD, brief of the Maryland Association of Justice as Amicus Curiae.
Anna P. Engh, Esquire, Elliott Schulder, Esquire, Suzan F. Charlton, Esquire, Covington & Burling LLP, Washington, DC, Amy Bach, Esquire, Daniel Wade, Esquire, United Policyholders, San Francisco, CA, of counsel, brief of Amicus Curiae United Policyholders in support of Petitioner.
Monisha Cherayil, Esquire, Public Justice Center, Baltimore, MD, brief of Amicus Curiae Civil Justice, Inc., National Consumer Law Center and the Public Justice Center.
Michael J. Budow (Melissa D. McNair, Budow and Noble, P.C., Bethesda, MD), on brief, for Respondents.
David M. Funk, Esquire, Derek B. Yarmis, Esquire, Brett A. Baulsir, Esquire, Funk & Bolton, P.A., Baltimore, MD, brief of Amici Curiae Property Casualty Insurers Association of America, National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies, League of Life and Health Insurers of Maryland, Medical Mutual Liability Insurance Society of Maryland.
Steven M. Klepper, Esquire, Kramon & Graham, P.A., Baltimore, MD, brief of Amicus Curiae The American Insurance Association.
Argued before BARBERA, C.J., HARRELL, BATTAGLIA, GREENE, ADKINS, McDONALD, WATTS, JJ.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM
ORDER.
The petition for writ of certiorari in the above-entitled case having been granted and argued, it is this 24th day of February, 2015,
ORDERED, by the Court of Appeals of Maryland, that the writ of certiorari be, and it is hereby, dismissed with costs, the petition having been improvidently granted.
ADKINS and McDONALD, JJ., dissent.