Wantz v. Afzal

EYLER, JAMES R., J.

Patricia Wantz, appellant, appeals from a judgment entered by the Circuit Court for Frederick County in favor of Rizwana Afzal and Donelson & Carnell, M.D., P.A. (collectively referred to as “appellees”). 1 This case arose following the death of appellant’s mother, Evelyn Reynolds, caused by a staph infection developed at the site of spinal fusion surgery. Thereafter, appellant filed wrongful death and survival actions against the doctors, their related medical practices, and the hospital believed to be responsible for Ms. Reynolds’s death, alleging that each was negligent…