Santoni v. Schaerf

Mario Santoni, age 56, died on July 3, 1972, of hepatitis caused by his taking of the drug isoniazid (INH). The drug was dispensed to him in a tuberculosis prevention program conducted by the Baltimore City Health Department. As a result, on April 29,1975, Antoinette Santoni, his widow and the personal representative of his estate, brought a medical malpractice suit under the wrongful death statute against Dr. Allan S. Moodie, Director of the Bureau of Communicable Diseases of the Baltimore City Health Department and head of the Baltimore City tuberculosis program; Dr. Meyer W. Jacobson,…