Maryland Med Spa Sued For Customer’s Death Following Liposuction
November 21, 2014
A now-closed med spa in Maryland has been sued by the estate of a former customer who underwent liposuction surgery at the med spa in 2012 and died six days later as a result of invasive Group A Streptococcus infection. The customer was placed on life support for three days before she died. The Mar[...]
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$1M Maryland Medical Malpractice Verdict For Misplaced Feeding Tube
October 20, 2014
On October 10, 2014, a Baltimore medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in favor of the plaintiffs in the amount of $958,000, which included $500,000 for pain and suffering, $250,000 for loss of consortium, and $208,000 for the amount of the plaintiffs’ stipulated medical bills. The Mar[...]
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$20.6M Maryland Medical Malpractice Judgment Upheld
September 29, 2014
On September 25, 2014, the Court of Special Appeals of Maryland (“CSA”), in an unreported opinion, upheld a Maryland medical malpractice judgment in the amount of $20,605,000 against the defendant hospital and defendant obstetrician. The jury had returned its verdict in the amount of $2[...]
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Johns Hopkins Hospital’s $190M Settlement In Jeopardy?
September 6, 2014
The $190 million settlement reached by plaintiffs’ attorneys and The Johns Hopkins Hospital (“Hopkins”) in a mandatory class-action lawsuit involving allegations that a former Hopkins gynecologist secretly recorded his patients during examinations is required to obtain final appr[...]
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