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RAITT v. JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL

[No. 169, September Term, 1974.]

274 Md. 489 (1975)

336 A.2d 90

RAITT ET VIR v. THE JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL ET AL.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Decided April 14, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marvin Ellin, with whom were Jonathan Schochor and Henry E. Dugan, Jr., on the brief, for appellants.

Hugh E. Donovan, with whom was William A. Ehrmantraut on the brief, for The Johns Hopkins Hospital, part of appellees. John F. King for Andrew C.W. Montague, other appellee.

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.

The unfortunate chain of events culminating in this appeal commenced on May 15, 1972, when appellant, Anna M. Raitt (the patient), underwent a laparoscopy tubal ligation, a birth control procedure performed by appellee Montague (the physician) at the Johns Hopkins Hospital (the hospital). As a result of complications which developed from that operation, she filed suit against appellees in the Baltimore City Court claiming...

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