The Supreme Court of Maryland holds that a registered nurse may serve as the certificate of qualified expert under the Maryland Health Care Malpractice Claims Act when the alleged negligence involves matters within the scope of nursing practice, so long as the expert satisfies the peer-to-peer requirement.
Canton Harbor Healthcare Center, Inc. v. Felicia Robinson , et al., No. 22, September Term, 2024. Opinion by Biran, J. An individual (“deceased”) was transferred to Canton Harbor Healthcare Center, Inc. (“Canton Harbor”), a skilled nursing facility, for in-patient follow-up care following a stroke. During his treatment at Canton Harbor, he developed pressure ulcers. He was transferred to other facilities, where the ulcers worsened, he became septic and passed away. Deceased’s wife (“Plaintiff”) brought a wrongful death suit against Canton Harbor for claims of negligence, alleging that Canton Harbor breached the standard of care by allowing his ulcers to develop, spread, and become infected, which wrongfully caused his death. During arbitration, Plaintiff filed a certificate of qualified expert Anjanette Jones-Singh, a registered nurse, who attested that the facility breached the standard of car...
