Court of Appeals to hear med-mal cap case 

Posted: 7:00 pm Sun, November 8, 2009
By Steve Lash

Hearing an appeal of a multimillion-dollar verdict, Maryland’s highest court last week considered if a trial judge engaged in “mischief” or correctly read the statute in ruling that the state’s cap on medical-malpractice awards for pain and suffering applies only to lawsuits first submitted to voluntary arbitration. James L. Shea, representing a dermatology practice found liable ...