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SHANNON v. FUSCO

No. 57, Sept. Term, 2013.

89 A.3d 1156 (2014)

438 Md. 24

Kevin J. SHANNON, et al. v. Mafalda FUSCO, et al.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

April 24, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Megan E. Oleszewski ( Michael J. Belsky , Henry L. Belsky , Schlachman, Belsky & Weiner, P.A., Baltimore, MD), on brief, for respondents.

Edwin J. Keating, III, Esq. , Siobhan R. Keenan, Esq. , Baxter, Baker, Sidle, Conn & Jones, P.A., Baltimore, MD, for amici curiae brief of American Medical Association, Maryland State Medical Society and Medical Mutual Liability Insurance Society of Maryland in support of Kevin J. Shannon, M.D.

Argued before BARBERA, C.J., HARRELL, BATTAGLIA, GREENE, ADKINS, McDONALD, and JOHN C. ELDRIDGE (Retired, Specially Assigned), JJ.

BATTAGLIA, J.

We are called upon to decide whether a trial judge abused his discretion in excluding the testimony of a pharmacist in a case in which it was alleged that a physician failed to obtain informed consent for the administration of radiation therapy and a drug, Amifostine,1 to a patient, Anthony Fusco.

The Petitioners herein, Dr. Kevin Shannon and his medical practice, Hematology-Oncology Consultants, P.A. (hereinafter...

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