Long v. Rothbaum

ADKINS, Judge,

Specially Assigned.

Appellant, Lewis E. Long, Jr., asserts that the common law torts of false imprisonment and intentional infliction of emotional distress, and deprivations of liberty and other rights without due process actionable under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, are not “medical injuries” as defined in Courts and Judicial Proceedings Article § S-^A-O^f). 1 Therefore, he argues, even though those wrongs were inflicted upon him by “health care provider[s]” as defined in § 3-2A-01(e), he should not be relegated to arbitration as a precondition to seeking a judicial remedy against the…