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Maryland’s Governor Orders More Aggressive Measures To Address COVID-19 In Maryland Nursing Homes

April 8, 2020

Maryland’s Governor, Larry Hogan, has issued new emergency measures to combat COVID-19 in nursing homes: “Effective immediately, new directives will require facilities to direct all staff who interact with residents to wear personal protective equipment, create separate observation and i[...]

66 Residents Of 104-Bed Maryland Nursing Home Test Positive For Coronavirus

March 30, 2020

Maryland’s governor announced on March 28, 2020 that 66 nursing home residents of a 104-bed nursing home in Maryland have tested positive for the coronavirus. Of the 66 COVID-19 positive nursing home residents at the Carroll County nursing home, Pleasant View Nursing Home in Mount Airy, 11 are[...]

Multiple State Pharmacy Boards Are Warning That Physicians Are Hoarding Touted Coronavirus Drugs For Themselves And Their Families

March 29, 2020

While many healthcare providers throughout the United States are making valiant efforts to help diagnose and treat coronavirus (COVID-19) patients, often at risk to themselves and potentially for their families, there are a growing number of physicians in the United States who are writing prescripti[...]

Liability For Coronavirus Nursing Home Deaths

March 27, 2020

Nursing homes in the United States are on the forefront of taking care of those most susceptible to the coronavirus pandemic in the United States: nursing home residents tend to be elderly (65 and older) with underlying health conditions and compromised immune systems that cause the coronavirus to w[...]

CDC Report: One Washington State Nursing Home’s Experience With COVID-19

March 22, 2020

The CDC’s most recent Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (March 18, 2020) entitled, “COVID-19 in a Long-Term Care Facility — King County, Washington, February 27–March 9, 2020” stated: “Introduction of COVID-19 into a long-term residential care facility in Washington r[...]

Study: Surgery Is The Second Most Common Cause For Medical Malpractice Claims

March 20, 2020

A study published on February 25, 2020 by the medical malpractice insurer Coverys entitled “Surgery Risks: Through the Lens of Malpractice Claims” stated: “Each year in the United States, more than 48 million surgical inpatient procedures are performed and more than 35.8 million ou[...]

Coronavirus (COVID-19) And Medical Malpractice: FDA’s Warning Regarding Fraudulent Prevention/Treatment Claims

March 18, 2020

The FDA issued a press release on March 9, 2020 stating, in part: “The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued warning letters to seven companies for selling fraudulent COVID-19 products. These products are unapproved drugs that pose significant ri[...]

Coronavirus (COVID-19) And Medical Malpractice – Part One

March 17, 2020

During these concerning times, when there is so much information about the coronavirus (COVID-19) that is unknown and unknowable, it is important to not overreact, to stay calm, to stay informed from reliable sources, to minimize our exposure, and to support each other in ways that can help us get t[...]

FDA Strengthens Warning Regarding Clozapine And Untreated Constipation

March 7, 2020

In a January 28, 2020 Drug Safety Communication entitled “FDA strengthens warning that untreated constipation caused by schizophrenia medicine clozapine (Clozaril) can lead to serious bowel problems,” the FDA stated that it is “strengthening an existing warning that constipation ca[...]

Maryland Victims’ Rights Advocacy Group Opposes Proposed “Maryland Infant Lifetime Care Trust”

February 20, 2020

In the wake of the 2019 Maryland birth injury medical malpractice verdict in the amount of $229.64 million, which was subsequently reduced by the trial judge to $205.38 million, and which was nonetheless the largest such verdict in the United States ever, the well-financed healthcare industry and in[...]

Record $229M Baltimore Birth Injury Jury Verdict Leads To Legislative Effort (Again) To Establish Fund To Pay Future Medical Expenses

February 19, 2020

A record $229 million jury verdict in a Baltimore birth injury medical malpractice case in 2019 has led to the introduction of bills in the Maryland Legislature to establish a fund from which future medical expenses in such cases would be paid, which is supported, naturally, by the Maryland Hospital[...]

Study’s Authors Suggest Medical Malpractice Tort Reforms Do Not Lead To Improved Quality of Care

February 18, 2020

An article appearing in JAMA Network on January 28, 2020 entitled “Malpractice Liability and Health Care Quality: A Review” concluded: “Although gaps in the evidence remain, the available findings suggested that greater tort liability, at least in its current form, was not associat[...]

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