Legal Opinion
Wrobleski v. De Lara
Court of Special Appeals of Maryland
Decided April 30, 1998No. 938, Sept. Term, 1997PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
SALMON, Judge.
The main issue presented in this case is whether it was permissible for an attorney to ask an expert witness on cross-examination to reveal the amount of compensation he had earned in the past from participating as an expert witness in other cases. Courts elsewhere have been divided as to this issue. This presents a question of first impression in Maryland.
I. FACTS
Linda Wrobleski, in June of 1994, was a patient of Nora de Lara, M.D., a specialist in obstetrics and gynecology. On June 6, 1994, Dr. de Lara performed laparoscopic gynecological surgery on Ms. Wrobleski at Church…
2Cases cited23 opinions
- H. E. Collins and Joetta Collins, Surviving Parents and Personal Representatives of Karen Collins, Deceased v. Wayne CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1980
- Johnson v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1985
- McKenna v. NevadaSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Commonwealth v. SimmonsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1948
- Ager v. Baltimore Transit Co.Court of Appeals of Maryland · 1957
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3Cited by1 opinion
- Wrobleski v. De LaraCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1999