Green v. North Arundel Hospital Association, Inc.

Dissenting Opinion by

BELL, C.J.,

part III of which is joined by RODOWSKY, J.

Today, the majority holds that a plaintiff, who is disabled and has not waived the right to be present in court, may be excluded from the liability phase of his civil action even though his presence would not be disruptive.1 In addition, it concludes that, in this case, venue lay in Anne Arundel County, the plaintiff having first experienced injury in the form of “neurological deterioration” and pain and suffering in that County. The majority reasons that this conclusion is inescapable because of the plaintiffs own…