LITTLE v. SCHNEIDER

No. 88, Sept. Term, 2012.

73 A.3d 1074 (2013)

434 Md. 150

Victoria LITTLE v. Roger SCHNEIDER.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

August 22, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Andrew H. Baida (Rosenberg, Martin, Greenberg, LLP, Baltimore, MD; Jonathan Schochor , James D. Cardea and Scott P. Kurlander of Schochor , Federico & Staton, P.A., Baltimore, MD), on brief, for Petitioner.

Wayne M. Willoughby , Gershon, Willoughby, Getz & Smith, LLC, Baltimore, MD, for Amicus Curiae brief of Maryland Association for Justice in Support of Petitioner.

Ward B. Coe, III ( Hillary H. Arnaoutakis of Gallagher, Evelius & Jones, LLP, Baltimore, MD), on brief, for Respondent.

Argued before BARBERA, C.J., HARRELL, BATTAGLIA, GREENE, ADKINS, McDONALD and BELL, JJ.


ADKINS, J.

Professional malpractice cases are unique in that the defendants are often highly trained and experienced professionals who possess credentials and specialized knowledge similar to that of an expert witness. In a medical malpractice case, like this one, there is a legal distinction between a defendant physician who testifies based solely on what she did and what she observed in her actual treatment of the patient...

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