Johns Hopkins Hospital v. Pepper

KARWACKI, Judge.

This medical malpractice action requires us to apply our holding in Garay v. Overholtzer, 332 Md. 339, 631 A.2d 429 (1993). In Garay, we concluded that a negligently-injured minor child may make a claim for medical expenses in his or her own name if, inter alia, the parents of the child are unable to meet those expenses. We are specifically asked whether the minor plaintiff in the case sub judice made a sufficient proffer of evidence to have the jury consider his claim for premajority medical expenses. Being convinced that he did, we shall affirm the judgment of the Court of…