Rodriguez v. Clarke

In this medical malpractice action, Respondents, James N. Clarke and his wife, Joan Dietrich-Clarke (the “Clarkes”), sued Petitioners, Alejandro Rodriguez, M.D., Sharin F. Engineer, M.D., Central Maryland Urology Associates, P.A., and Howard County General Hospital, 1 in the Circuit Court for Howard County. Three years after the complaint was origi nally filed, and just two weeks before trial, the trial judge granted summary judgment to Petitioners. In concluding that judgment was appropriate as a matter of law, the judge determined that the Clarkes had failed to comply with multiple requests…