RIFFEY v. TONDER

No. 788, September Term, 1976.

36 Md. App. 633 (1977)

375 A.2d 1138

ROBERT E. RIFFEY ET AL. v. CESAR L. TONDER ET AL.

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland.

Decided July 7, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ronald M. Sharrow, with whom were Alfred S. Julien, Stuart A. Schlessinger and Lonn E. Berney on the brief, for appellants.

John F. King, with whom were E. Dale Adkins, III, and Anderson, Coe & King on the brief, for appellee Cesar L. Tonder. Wilbur D. Preston, Jr., with whom was M. Natalie McSherry on the brief, for appellee South Baltimore General Hospital.

The cause was argued before MENCHINE, MOORE and LISS, JJ.


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

The surviving husband of a young mother who died of a pulmonary embolism instituted this medical malpractice action against her obstetrician, Cesar L. Tonder, M.D. and the South Baltimore General Hospital, appellees. Suit was brought by the husband individually, in his capacity as administrator, and as father and natural guardian of the couple's two infant children. After...

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