Pacific Indemnity Co. v. Interstate Fire & Casualty Co.

RODOWSKY, Judge.

This case comes to us from the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit pursuant to the Maryland Uniform Certification of Questions of Law Act, Md.Code (1974, 1984 RepLVol.), §§ 12-601 to -609 of the Courts and Judicial Proceedings Article. The dispute is between the primary and excess medical malpractice insurers of an obstetrician. The question is whether the causes of action of a brain-damaged infant for personal injuries and of the infant’s father for consequential expenses are subject to but one, or to two separate, limit(s) of liability under the primary…