Opinion
No. 106, September Term, 1985.
May 21, 1986.
Browne L. Kooken of Upper Marlboro, for appellant.
Steven M. Levine (Paul T. Cuzmanes and Wilson Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman Dicker, on brief, for Fedco Systems, Inc., part of appellee and Gail A. Nettleton (Sadur Pelland, on brief for Gardiner Gardiner, Inc., other part of appellee) all of Washington, D.C., for appellee.
Argued before MURPHY, C.J., SMITH, ELDRIDGE, COLE, RODOWSKY, COUCH and McAULIFFE, JJ.
For the reasons stated in the well-reasoned opinion by Judge Bloom for the Court of Special Appeals in Dist. Moving Stg. v. Gardiner Gardiner, 63 Md. App. 96, 492 A.2d 319 (1985), the judgments are affirmed. JUDGMENTS AFFIRMED, WITH COSTS.
Additional support for the intermediate appellate court's determination that the third-party beneficiary was bound by the contract arbitration clause in this case may be found in International Bro. of E.W., L.U. 308 v. Dave's Elec. Serv., Inc., 382 F. Supp. 427, 429-30 (M.D.Fla. 1974); State v. Osborne, 607 P.2d 369, 371 (Alaska 1980); Zac Smith Co. v. Moonspinner Condominium Ass'n, 472 So.2d 1324, 1324-25 (Fla.Dist.Ct.App. 1985); Rae v. Air-Speed, Inc., 386 Mass. 187, 435 N.E.2d 628, 633 (1982); Syndor Hundley, Inc. v. Wilson Trucking Corp., 213 Va. 704, 194 S.E.2d 733, 736 (1973); Restatement (Second) of Contracts § 309(3) (1981); 17 Am. Jur. 2d Contracts § 315 (1964 Supp. 1985).