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TEMPCHIN v. SAMPSON

[No. 425, September Term, 1970.]

262 Md. 156 (1971)

277 A.2d 67

TEMPCHIN v. SAMPSON ET AL.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Decided May 13, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward B. Layne, Jr., with whom were McInerney, Layne & McCormick on the brief, for appellant.

Henry E. Weil, with whom were Shapiro, Weil & Jacobs and Melvin M. Belli on the brief, for appellees.

The cause was argued before HAMMOND, C.J., and BARNES, McWILLIAMS, SINGLEY and SMITH, JJ.

HAMMOND, C.J., delivered the opinion of the Court.

This is a sad case. The appellant, an experienced optometrist, characterized by a leading ophthalmologist as "the most competent optometrist I have ever dealt with," was found by the jury, permissibly and justifiably in our view, to have been guilty of professional negligence that was a proximate cause of damage to the eyes of the appellee, a young woman, that may well end in blindness in one eye and possibly in the...

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