Mediation an increasingly popular appellate alternative 

Posted: 7:00 pm Sun, November 22, 2009
By Steve Lash

Win or lose at trial, civil litigants seeking review by Maryland’s intermediate appellate court might soon be sent to mediation rather than have their cases heard by the appellate judges. The Court of Special Appeals, Maryland’s mid-level tribunal, expects to formally announce by the end of the year that court-ordered mediation — common at the trial ...