Hashmi v. Bennett

We are asked to consider whether, in a medical malpractice action, a judgment entered after a jury trial against a negligent tort-feasor, 1 already reduced by a settlement entered into with a hospital corporation, with an attendant release, may be further diminished by requesting a “judicial determination” of negligence against three employees of the hospital, who were never joined as parties in the action. In so doing, we are faced with the following questions on certiorari, Hashmi v. Bennett, 412 Md. 494, 988 A.2d 1008 (2010), which we have renumbered:

I. What are the standards for…