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REPORTED IN THE COURT OF SPECIAL APPEALS OF MARYLAND No. 585 September Term, 1998

ASHCRAFT & GEREL v. LARRY SHAW, A MINOR etc

Eyler, Sonner, Adkins JJ.

Opinion by Adkins, J.

Filed: May 3, 1999

This case is an appeal from an order (Order) issued by the Circuit Court for Prince George's County requiring the production of certain documents in the possession of appellant, Ashcraft & Gerel (A&G), a law firm which represented appellee, Larry Shaw (Larry), and his mother, Elouise Witherspoon (Witherspoon), in medical malpractice litigation. The appeal involves three

consolidated cases.

The first case was a claim for medical

malpractice against emergency room personnel at Prince George's County Hospital Center in which Witherspoon sued on her own behalf and on behalf of Larry (Maryland Malpractice Case).1 Witherspoon and Larry were represented by A&G. Both

In the second case,

the Prince George's County Department of Social Services (DSS) petitioned to have Larry, a severely disabled minor child, declared a Child in Need of Assistance (CINA), pursuant to Md. Code (1974, 1998 Repl. Vol.),

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