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LEMON v. STEWART

No. 1982, Sept. Term, 1995.

682 A.2d 1177 (1996)

111 Md. App. 511

Surena LEMON, et al. v. Donald W. STEWART, et al.

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland.

September 26, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas C. Summers (Law Office of Peter G. Angelos, on the brief), Baltimore, for appellants.

Kelly Hughes Iverson (Craig B. Merkle and Goodell, DeVries, Leech & Gray, L.L.P., on the brief), Baltimore, for appellee Stewart.

Jennifer S. Pressman and Semmes, Bowen & Semmes, on the brief, Baltimore, for appellee Liberty Medical Center, Inc.

William B. Whiteford, Eric R. Harlan and Whiteford, Taylor & Preston, on the brief, Baltimore, for appellee Maryland Medical.

Argued before WILNER, C.J., and MURPHY and EYLER, JJ.

WILNER, Chief Judge.

This medical malpractice action, which makes its second appearance in this Court, presents two interesting questions of first impression in Maryland: (1) when a patient is diagnosed as positive for HIV or AIDS, does the patient's health care provider have a duty to inform members of the patient's extended family, such as appellants in this case, of the patient's positive HIV/AIDS status; and (2) do such persons have a cause of action against the...

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