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DEHN v. EDGECOMBE

No. 117, September Term, 2003.

865 A.2d 603 (2005)

384 Md. 606

James W. DEHN et ux. v. Glenn R. EDGECOMBE et al.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

January 14, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Larry N. Burch (Burch & Burch-Rates, LLC, Greenbelt, on brief), for petitioners.

Michelle R. Callender (Robert J. Farley, Wharton, Levin Ehrmantraut & Klein, P.A., Annapolis, on brief), for respondent.

Argued before BELL, C.J., RAKER, WILNER, CATHELL, HARRELL, BATTAGLIA and JOHN C. ELDRIDGE (Retired, specially assigned), JJ.

RAKER, J.

The principal question before this Court is whether Maryland recognizes an independent cause of action in a patient's wife against a doctor who acted negligently while treating her husband but who had no relationship or direct interaction with the wife. We shall hold that petitioners do not have an independent cause of action against respondents based upon respondents' alleged medical malpractice.

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On May 11, 2000, Corinne Dehn and James...

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