Legal Opinion
Wilcox v. Orellano
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Decided May 28, 2015No. 77/14PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMcDonald, J.
This case concerns the consequences of a voluntary dismissal of a medical malpractice action. The initial complaint filed by the plaintiff failed to comply with a statutory prerequisite for maintaining a medical malpractice action — the attachment of an expert report concerning the alleged malpractice. That defect would result in dismissal of the complaint under the statute governing malpractice actions. The plaintiff voluntarily dismissed the action, corrected the defect, and re-filed the action. In the meantime, the statute of limitations had expired well before the filing of the second…
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