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noting that "unless and until the Court of Appeals announces a significant revision of its holdings in Weimer or Fennell [v.Southern Maryland Hosp. Ctr., Inc. , 320 Md. 776, 580 A.2d 206 (1990) ], loss of chance remains unavailable as a cause of action in medical malpractice wrongful death and survival claims"
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No. 56, Sept. Term, 2020
06-08-2021
ADVANCED RADIOLOGY P.A., et al. v. William James BARTON, Jr., et al.
Argued by Alfred F. Belcuore (Law Offices of Alfred F. Belcuore of Washington, DC; Andrew E. Vernick, Vernick & Associates of Annapolis, MD), on brief, for Petitioners. Argued by Ellen B. Flynn (Flynn Law Group, LLC of Baltimore, MD) and Argued by George S. Tolley, III (Dugan, Babij, Tolley & Kohler, LLC of Timonium, MD), on brief, for Respondents. Amici Curiae Medical Mutual Liability Society of Maryland and MedChi, The Maryland State Medical Society: Mitchell Y. Mirviss, Esq., Venable LLP, 750 East Pratt Street, Suite 900, Baltimore, MD 21202. Amicus Curiae Maryland Hospital Association: Derek M. Stikeleather, Esq., Marianne DePaulo Plant, Esq., James (Phelan) Robinson, Esq., Matthew Tranter, Esq., Goodell, DeVries, Leech & Dann, LLP, One South Street, 20th Floor, Baltimore, MD 21202. Amicus Curiae Maryland Association for Justice: Michael J. Winkelman, Esq., McCarthy, Winkelman & Mester, L.L.P., 4300 Forbes Boulevard, Suite 205, Lanham, MD 20706.
Argued by Alfred F. Belcuore (Law Offices of Alfred F. Belcuore of Washington, DC; Andrew E. Vernick, Vernick & Associates of Annapolis, MD), on brief, for Petitioners.
Argued by Ellen B. Flynn (Flynn Law Group, LLC of Baltimore, MD) and Argued by George S. Tolley, III (Dugan, Babij, Tolley & Kohler, LLC of Timonium, MD), on brief, for Respondents.
Amici Curiae Medical Mutual Liability Society of Maryland and MedChi, The Maryland State Medical Society: Mitchell Y. Mirviss, Esq., Venable LLP, 750 East Pratt Street, Suite 900, Baltimore, MD 21202.
Amicus Curiae Maryland Hospital Association: Derek M. Stikeleather, Esq., Marianne DePaulo Plant, Esq., James (Phelan) Robinson, Esq., Matthew Tranter, Esq., Goodell, DeVries, Leech & Dann, LLP, One South Street, 20th Floor, Baltimore, MD 21202.
Amicus Curiae Maryland Association for Justice: Michael J. Winkelman, Esq., McCarthy, Winkelman & Mester, L.L.P., 4300 Forbes Boulevard, Suite 205, Lanham, MD 20706.
Argued before: Barbera, C.J., McDonald, Watts, Hotten, Getty, Booth, Biran, JJ.
PER CURIAM ORDER
PER CURIAM ORDER The petition for writ of certiorari in the above-captioned case having been granted and argued, it is this 8th day of June, 2021,
ORDERED, by the Court of Appeals of Maryland, that the writ of certiorari be, and it is hereby, dismissed with costs, the petition having been improvidently granted.