K.P. v. Reed

K.P. and N.P., husband and wife, appeal from a judgment dismissing their medical malpractice action against Josiah F. Reed, M.D., and Montgomery Urology Associates for want of prosecution. We reverse and remand.

The complaint, filed on March 29, 1988, in the Montgomery County Circuit Court, named as defendants Josiah F. Reed, M.D., Montgomery Urology Associates, and entities no longer involved in this case. The complaint alleged that the defendants had negligently treated K.P. in connection with removal of "Pegronie's plaque" from his penis, and that the alleged negligence resulted in "a…