Robinson v. Pleet

ALPERT, Judge.

Minnie L. Robinson, the claimant and the appellant herein, filed a medical malpractice claim with the Health Claims Arbitration Office (“HCAO”). She named as defendants the following health care providers: Dr. Sylvan Pleet, Dr. Sylvan Pleet, P.A., Howard S. Freundlich, D.D.S. and Dr. Howard S. Freundlich, P.A. Her claim was dismissed by the chairperson of the arbitration panel for failure to file a certificate of qualified expert as required by § 3-2A-04(b)(l) of the Courts & Judicial Proceedings Article of the Maryland Annotated Code.

Under that provision of the Code, a claim…