MEHLMAN v. POWELL

[No. 39, September Term, 1977.]

281 Md. 269 (1977)

378 A.2d 1121

EDWARD S. MEHLMAN ET AL. v. CHARLOTTE W. POWELL ET AL.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Decided October 28, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James P. Salmon, with whom were Sasscer, Clagett, Channing & Bucher on the brief, for appellant Edward S. Mehlman. David A. Levin, with whom were O'Malley, Miles, Farrington & McCarthy on the brief, for appellant Holy Cross Hospital of Silver Spring, Inc. Roy L. Mason, with whom were William A. Ehrmantraut and Donahue & Ehrmantraut on the brief, for appellant Ruben C. Cosca.

Carl Harrison Lehmann for appellee Charlotte W. Powell, with whom were Alan R. Siciliano and O'Malley, Miles, Farrington & McCarthy on the brief, for appellee Holy Cross Hospital of Silver Spring, Inc.

The cause was argued before SINGLEY, SMITH, DIGGES, LEVINE, ELDRIDGE and ORTH, JJ., and DAVID T. MASON, Associate Judge of the Court of Special Appeals, specially assigned.


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

This is a medical malpractice action which arose out of the following circumstances. Beginning in December 1973, Mr. William Powell experienced shortness of breath and other discomfort which led him, in March 1974, to consult his personal physician. Mr. Powell's physician, after administering a variety of tests, referred Mr. Powell to Dr. Edward Mehlman, a specialist in internal...

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