WILLIAMS v. DIMENSIONS HEALTH CORP.

No. 42, Sept. Term, 2021.

279 A.3d 954 (2022)

480 Md. 24

Terence WILLIAMS v. DIMENSIONS HEALTH CORPORATION.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

July 28, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Argued by: Stephan Y. Brennan (Iliff, Meredith, Wildberger & Brennan, P.C., Pasadena, MD) and Gregory K. Wells (Shadoan, Michael & Wells, LLP, Rockville, MD; J. Wyndal Gordon , Law Office of J. Wyndal Gordon, P.A., Baltimore, MD), on brief, for Petitioner.

Argued by: Derek M. Stikeleather (Goodell, DeVries, Leech & Dann, LLP, Baltimore, MD; Mary Alane Downs and Christian W. Kintigh , Downs Ward Bender Herzog & Kintigh, P.A., Hunt Valley, MD), on brief, for Respondent.

Amicus Curiae on behalf of the Maryland Association for Justice: Michael J. Winkelman, Esquire , McCarthy, Winkelman, Mester & Offutt, L.L.P., 4300 Forbes Boulevard, Suite 205, Lanham, MD 20706.

Amicus Curiae on behalf of the Maryland Hospital Association: Holly Drumheller Butler, Esquire , Susan DuMont, Esquire , Miles & Stockbridge P.C., 100 Light Street, Baltimore, MD 21202.

Argued before: Getty, C.J., Watts, Hotten, Biran, Gould, Irma S. Raker (Senior Judge, Specially Assigned), Robert N. McDonald (Senior Judge, Specially Assigned) JJ.


This case concerns whether a hospital is vicariously liable for a surgeon's negligence in treating a patient in the hospital's emergency facility, which had been specifically designated for treating patients with serious and life-threatening injuries on an emergency basis. The patient, Petitioner Terence Williams, had suffered serious...

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