Curry v. Hillcrest Clinic, Inc.

RODOWSKY, Judge.

Before us are cross-petitions in an action initiated under the Health Care Malpractice Claims Act (the Act), Maryland Code (1974, 1989 Repl.Vol., 1994 Cum.Supp.), §§ 3-2A-01 through 3-2A-09 of the Courts and Judicial Proceedings Article (CJ). The principal issue presented by the claimant’s petition concerns default procedures in arbitration when malpractice claims are asserted against multiple defendants. We shall hold that, where a common basis of liability had been alleged against two defendants, one of whom failed to answer, a finding in favor of the non-defaulting…