Tucker v. University Specialty Hospital

MEREDITH, Judge.

The appellants are the surviving children and parents of Judy Lynch (“the patient” or “Mrs. Lynch”), who died at the age of 53 as a consequence of a lethal overdose of Oxycontin pain medication while Mrs. Lynch was a post-surgical inpatient at University Specialty Hospital (“the hospital”), appel-lee. In opposition to a motion for summary judgment filed by the hospital, the patient produced expert testimony expressing an opinion that the patient’s death should not have occurred in the absence of negligence on the part of the defendant hospital. The Circuit Court for Baltimore…