Legal Opinion
Dunham v. Elder
Court of Special Appeals of Maryland
Decided July 9, 1973No. 625, September Term, 1972PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtScanlan, J.
Appellants, Charles V. Dunham, and his wife, Rose Marie Dunham, filed a malpractice action against the appellee, Thaddeus H. Elder, M.D., in the Circuit Court for Prince George’s County. Their suit alleged that the appellee, a medical doctor engaged in general practice in Prince George’s County in 1967, was negligent both in his diagnosis and in his treatment of Mr. Dunham’s medical condition during the period from August 1, 1967 through February 1969.
Specifically, appellants claim that the appellee misdiagnosed Mr. Dunham’s condition as gout and placed him on a course of treatment under…
2Cases cited16 opinions
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- Kruszewski v. HolzCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1972
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