Hopkins v. Silber

KRAUSER, Judge.

Appellant, Howard Hopkins, filed a complaint in the Circuit Court for Baltimore City, alleging that he had been the subject of two negligently performed penile implant surgeries: the first was performed by appellee, Stanley R. Silber, M.D., and the second by Horst K. Schirmer, M.D. A jury found both doctors negligent and awarded appellant $15,000 in past medical expenses and $20,000 in non-economic damages.

Although the jury rejected appellees’ defense of contributory negligence, it nonetheless found that appellant, by his post-surgery conduct, had negligently contributed to the…