Legal Opinion
Lapelosa v. Cruze
Court of Special Appeals of Maryland
Decided November 13, 1979No. 239, September Term, 1979PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMacDaniel, J.
On April 20, 1977, Richard D. Lapelosa and Vergie Marie Lapelosa, his wife, filed an action in the Circuit Court for Prince George’s County (Judge Audrey E. Melbourne, presiding) against Dr. Kenneth Cruze, alleging medical negligence in the care and treatment of Richard Lapelosa. Specifically, they alleged in the various counts: (1) negligence in Dr. Cruze’s failure to perform surgery on Mr. Lapelosa prior to April 20,1974, when Mr. Lapelosa suffered a cerebral stroke; (2) negligence in the performance of the May 9, 1974, surgery without first obtaining a recent diagnostic dye study and…
2Cases cited27 opinions
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- Beahm v. ShortallCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1977
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