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SHILKRET v. ANNAPOLIS EMERGENCY HOSP.

[No. 7, September Term, 1975.]

276 Md. 187 (1975)

349 A.2d 245

SHILKRET, INFANT, ETC. ET AL. v. THE ANNAPOLIS EMERGENCY HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION, ETC. ET AL.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Decided October 8, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Wheeler Glenn, with whom were O'Connor, Preston & Glenn, P.A. on the brief, for appellants.

John F. King, with whom was Frederick G. Savage on the brief, for appellees.

The cause was argued before MURPHY, C.J., and SINGLEY, SMITH, DIGGES, LEVINE, ELDRIDGE and O'DONNELL, JJ.

LEVINE, J., delivered the opinion of the Court.

In this appeal, which stems from a negligence action brought against several physicians and a hospital, we are asked to decide upon the proper standard of care to be applied in medical malpractice cases.

At the trial of the case in the Circuit Court for Anne Arundel County, the court (Wray, J.) ruled that the standard to be applied was the "strict locality" rule (the standard of care exercised by physicians in...

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