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Maryland Medical Malpractice Lawyer Accused Of Seeking $25M From Hospital System To Keep Quiet

July 22, 2020

A prominent Maryland medical malpractice lawyer has been accused by the Attorney Grievance Commission of Maryland (“AGC”) of numerous conflicts of interest and engaging in an allegedly improper scheme by seeking a $25 million payment directly to him by way of a sham consulting agreement [...]

15-Year-Old Psychiatric Patient Fatally Stabbed Hospital Patient Recovering From Surgery In Another Room

April 30, 2020

It has been reported that on March 18, 2020, a 15-year-old psychiatric patient in his hospital room at the University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore City, Maryland, suddenly ran past the hospital employee assigned to watch him and attacked a 74-year-old woman who was in a nearby room recove[...]

Baltimore Medical Malpractice Jury Awards $1.35M For Death Of Patient Following Neck Surgery

February 24, 2020

On February 18, 2020, a Baltimore medical malpractice jury took only 47 minutes after a five-day trial to award the son of a patient who died a day after spinal surgery on his neck, $51,562 for medical expenses, $4,209 for funeral expenses, and $1.3 million in noneconomic damages for pain and suffer[...]

Fourteen Former Patients Sue Maryland Hospital Alleging Use Of Counterfeit Surgical Hardware

February 17, 2020

The University of Maryland Baltimore Washington Medical Center and the University of Maryland Medical System (UMMS) have been sued by fourteen former patients who allege in their lawsuit filed on January 6, 2020 in the Circuit Court for Baltimore City that an orthopedic surgeon who works at the hosp[...]

Maryland Appellate Court Discusses Certificate Of Qualified Expert Requirements In Maryland Medical Malpractice Cases

January 29, 2020

The Court of Special Appeals of Maryland (“Maryland Appellate Court”), Maryland’s intermediate appellate court, held in its unpublished opinion dated December 26,2019: “The ministerial act of transferring the case from the HCADRO to the circuit court—an action the Director [...]

$5.8M Baltimore Medical Malpractice Wrongful Death Verdict Against Hospital

January 16, 2020

On January 14, 2020, a Baltimore City medical malpractice wrongful death jury returned its verdict in the amount of $5,870,000 against the University of Maryland Medical System (“UMMS”) that included $62,177 in economic damages, $9,972 in funeral expenses, and $5.8 million in noneconomic[...]

$1.84M Baltimore Lead Paint Study Verdict For Sibling

December 6, 2019

On November 12, 2019, a Baltimore lead paint jury returned its verdict in the amount of $1.841 million in favor of the older sibling of a lead paint study participant in a lawsuit filed against Kennedy Krieger Institute in 2009 related to its Lead-Based Paint Abatement and Repair and Maintenance Stu[...]

Baltimore Hospital Found Not Liable For Inmate’s Suicide Death

October 11, 2019

After a nearly two-week trial and three hours of deliberations, a Baltimore medical malpractice jury determined on September 24, 2019 that a Baltimore hospital was not liable for the death of a prison inmate who broke the glass in the window of his hospital room and jumped five stories to his death.[...]

Historic Maryland Medical Malpractice Birth Injury Verdict Reduced By Trial Judge From $229.64M To $205.38M

September 27, 2019

The judge who presided over a Maryland medical malpractice birth injury trial that resulted in an historic verdict in the amount of $229,640,000.00 in July 2019 has ruled on the defense’s post-trial motions to reduce the verdict, thereby reducing the $25 million that the Maryland medical malpr[...]

Maryland Corporate Lawyer Dies During Her Own Breast Cancer Medical Malpractice Trial

September 3, 2019

A 39-year-old corporate lawyer was in the middle of her own two-week Maryland medical malpractice trial when she died of breast cancer on August 31, 2019. The well-respected lawyer, who was also a regent for the University System of Maryland, alleged in her Maryland medical malpractice lawsuit that [...]

Maryland Court Of Appeals Finds No Gross Negligence By Baltimore City Paramedics, Overturns $3.7M Verdict

August 17, 2019

The Court of Appeals of Maryland (“Maryland Appellate Court”), Maryland’s highest appellate court, held in its opinion filed on August 16, 2019 that the two Baltimore City paramedics who were the defendants in a Baltimore wrongful death action “were not grossly negligent in t[...]

$1.75M Maryland Medical Malpractice Wrongful Death Verdict For Late Diagnosed Aortic Dissection

July 12, 2019

On June 25, 2019, after a one-week trial and seven hours of deliberations, a Baltimore medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in favor of the plaintiffs in the total amount of $1.75 million ($500,000 in economic damages, $500,000 in noneconomic damages to the surviving wife, $250,000 in nonec[...]

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