{"id":5083,"date":"2020-01-21T10:09:14","date_gmt":"2020-01-21T16:09:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/medical-malpractice-lawyer\/?p=5083"},"modified":"2020-01-20T20:22:05","modified_gmt":"2020-01-21T02:22:05","slug":"appellate-court-affirms-summary-judgment-for-defendant-plaintiff-failed-to-file-certificate-of-merit-from-health-care-provider","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/medical-malpractice-lawyer\/appellate-court-affirms-summary-judgment-for-defendant-plaintiff-failed-to-file-certificate-of-merit-from-health-care-provider\/","title":{"rendered":"Appellate Court Affirms Summary Judgment for Defendant: Plaintiff Failed to File Certificate of Merit from Health Care Provider"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A Maryland Appellate Court has held that summary judgment for a medical negligence defendant was proper. In this case, the plaintiff chose not to comply with the state requirement by filing a certificate of merit from a health care provider when the provider has a background and specialty in medicine that is in the same or related specialty as the treating defendant physician. In this case, that medical specialty was in transplant surgeon.<\/p>\n<p>Remonia Chaplin underwent a kidney transplant that was performed by Dr. Silke Niederhaus, a board-certified kidney transplant surgeon. She later sued the University of Maryland Medical System Corp., alleging that the surgeon, Dr. Niederhaus, had breached the standard of care by using an unsuitable kidney in the transplant. In support of the complaint that was filed,  Chaplin filed a certificate and report of Karen Paolini, a licensed nurse practitioner and certified transplant coordinator. <\/p>\n<p>The trial judge granted the defendant\u2019s motion for summary judgment, finding that neither the certificate nor the report complied with the state law that required a certificate of merit by a health care provider in the same or similar medical specialty as the defendant doctor.<br \/>\n <a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/medical-malpractice-lawyer\/appellate-court-affirms-summary-judgment-for-defendant-plaintiff-failed-to-file-certificate-of-merit-from-health-care-provider\/#more-5083\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Maryland Appellate Court has held that summary judgment for a medical negligence defendant was proper. 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