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FRANKLIN v. GUPTA

No. 940, September Term, 1989.

81 Md. App. 345 (1990)

567 A.2d 524

SYLVESTER FRANKLIN, JR. v. SHANKER L. GUPTA, ET AL.

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland.

Certiorari Denied April 17, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard W. Winelander and Donald J. Katz, Lutherville, for appellant.

Angus R. Everton (Montedonico & Mason, Chartered, on the brief), Baltimore, for appellee, Herbert S.T. Lee.

Catherine A. Potthast (Patti Gilman West, C. Robert Loskot and Smith, Somerville & Case, on the brief), Baltimore, for appellees, Sergott and Church Hosp. Corp.

William F. Ryan, Jr., Robert Rider, Jr. and Whiteford, Taylor & Preston, Baltimore, on the brief, for appellee, Gupta.

Argued before WILNER and BISHOP, JJ., and JAMES S. GETTY, Judge of the Court of Special Appeals (retired), Specially Assigned.

WILNER, Judge.

This is a medical malpractice case. Appellant, an unfortunate soul with a host of physical and emotional problems, also developed carpal tunnel syndrome — a condition that causes pain in the wrist and muscle weakness in the hand. He consulted Dr. Shanker L. Gupta, a general surgeon, who recommended surgical treatment for that condition.

Surgery was scheduled at Church Hospital for 10:00 a.m. July 17, 1981. Dr. Herbert S.T. Lee, an anesthesiologist...

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