Shannon v. Fusco

We are called upon to decide whether a trial judge abused his discretion in excluding the testimony of a pharmacist in a case in which it was alleged that a physician failed to obtain informed consent for the administration of radiation therapy and a drug, Amifostine,1 to a patient, Anthony Fusco.

*29The Petitioners herein, Dr. Kevin Shannon and his medical practice, Hematology-Oncology Consultants, P.A. (hereinafter, “Dr. Shannon”), were sued in the Circuit Court for Prince George’s County by the Estate of Anthony Fusco and Mr. Fusco’s surviving children and widow, Respondents, in survival and…