Doctor's Weight Loss Ctrs. v. Blackston

Doctor’s Weight Loss Centers, Inc., et al. v. Shelly Blackston, No. 17, September Term, 2023. Opinion by Eaves, J. CHOICE OF LAW — LEX LOCI DELICTI — MEDICAL NEGLIGENCE The Supreme Court of Maryland held that the Appellate Court of Maryland properly applied Virginia substantive law in accordance with the doctrine of lex loci delicti. Pursuant to that doctrine, which requires the application of the substantive law of the state where the last element required to complete a tort occurs, the Supreme Court held that there was sufficient evidence that Respondent, Shelly Blackston, suffered a…