Crawford v. Leahy

KARWACKI, Judge.

In this case we are once more called upon to construe the Health Care Malpractice Claims Act, Maryland Code (1989, 1991 Cum.Supp.) §§ 3-2A-01 through 3-2A-09 of the Courts and Judicial Proceedings Article (the Act). The narrow question presented is whether an award of the health claims arbitration panel in favor of the claimant on the merits can be subdivided into an award finding liability and an award assessing damages, permitting the claimant to seek judicial review of only the amount of damages awarded. We shall answer that question in the negative and affirm the judgment…