Waive Arbitration in Nursing Home Claim | Sample Form

Nursing home lawsuits in Maryland must begin with a claim filed in the Maryland Health Care Alternative Dispute Resolution Office (“HCADRO”). Few nursing home cases in the last 30 years that have been decided in HCADRO. After filing a certificate of qualified expert and accompanying report, nursing home victims move their claim from HCADRO to a Maryland Circuit Court.

This is a sample form to waive out of arbitration in a nursing home lawsuit and into a Maryland Circuit Court.

Jack Dakota

- Plaintiff

v.

Future Care Cherrywood
- Defendant

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT
FOR BALTIMORE CITY
CIVIL ACTION NO.:

Susan Jones, individually, and as Personal Representative of the Estate of Geraldine Jones, by their attorneys, Ronald V. Miller., Jr., and Miller & Zois, LLC, and hereby waives the arbitration in the above captioned case pursuant to the Annotated Code of Maryland, Courts and Judicial Proceedings Article Section 3-2A-06B, and request an Order transferring this case to the Circuit Court for Baltimore City.

Respectfully submitted,
Miller & Zois, LLC

Ronald V. Miller, Jr.
1 South St, #2450
Baltimore, MD 21202
(410) 779-4600
(410) 760-8922 (facsimile)
Attorneys for Plaintiff

• Medical Malpractice in Maryland (an overview)
• Requirements for Certificate of Merit in Maryland Nursing Home Cases
• Maryland Appellate Opinion on Nursing Home Arbitration Agreements in Dickerson v. Longoria)
• Medical Malpractice Frequently Asked Questions
• Look at Example Nursing Home Lawsuits