Court Opinion

ID: 9774096
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-29 18:08:35.235916+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T08:49:54.277781
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MURPHY, J.,
concurring and dissenting.
I agree that the Respondents’ evidence was sufficient to support a finding that the deceased suffered conscious pain and suffering. I dissent, however, from the majority’s refusal to require that the Cap be subjected to a “heightened scrutiny” analysis. For the reasons stated by Judge Chasanow in Murphy v. Edmonds, 325 Md. 342, 378-85, 601 A.2d 102, 120-123 (1992) (Chasanow, J., dissenting), I would vacate the judgment of the Court of Special Appeals and direct that the Circuit Court conduct further proceedings at which it shall apply the heightened scrutiny test to determine whether the Cap violates the equal protection guarantee embodied in Article 24 of the Maryland Declaration of Rights.