Legal Opinion
Dehn v. Edgecombe
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Decided January 14, 2005No. 117, September Term, 2003PublishedCited by 91 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtRaker, J.
The principal question before this Court is whether Maryland recognizes an independent cause of action in a patient’s wife against a doctor who acted negligently while treating her husband but who had no relationship or direct interaction with the wife. We shall hold that petitioners do not have an independent cause of action against respondents based upon respondents’ alleged medical malpractice.
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On May 11, 2000, Corinne Dehn and James Dehn filed in the Circuit Court for Prince George’s County a medical malpractice action against Glenn Edgecombe, M.D., et al, alleging that Dr. Edgecombe was…
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