Weidig v. Tabler

WENNER, Judge.

In this appeal from the Circuit Court for Montgomery County, we shall hold that a claim of medical malpractice against a non-health care provider, where joined with and incorporated in an arbitrable claim against a health care provider, is subject to mandatory arbitration under Maryland’s Health Care Malpractice Claims Act (the Act). Md. Cts. & Jud. Proc.Code Ann. (1989 Repl.Vol.) § 3-2A-01 et seq. At the outset, however, we reject appellant’s threshold contention that the circuit court erred when it refused to issue a Writ of Mandamus to Walter R. Tabler, Director of the Health…