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Maryland Appellate Court Rules Medical Malpractice Expert’s Report Failed To Comply With Statutory Requirements

October 23, 2026

Maryland’s Health Care Malpractice Claims Act requires that before a claimant may waive arbitration and maintain a medical malpractice action in circuit court, a qualified expert must identify the defendant’s departure from the applicable standard of care and attest that the departure proximatel[...]

Former Baltimore Medical Malpractice Attorney’s Attempted Extortion Convictions Upheld

September 20, 2026

On July 14, 2026, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit upheld the convictions for attempted extortion under the Hobbs Act and violations of the Travel Act. See 18 U.S.C. §§ 1951(b), 1952(a)(3), 1952(b)(2) against former Baltimore medical malpractice lawyer Stephen Snyder, who [...]

U.S. Supreme Court Issues Opinion In Maryland Mental Health Malpractice Case

August 31, 2026

T. M. alleged that she has a medical condition that causes changes in her mental status, including psychosis, when she ingests gluten. In March 2023, T. M. accidentally ingested gluten and was taken to the emergency room at Baltimore Washington Medical Center, where, after an administrative hearing [...]

Conversion Therapy Prohibition Bill Filed In Maryland Legislature Fails To Become Law

August 11, 2026

During the Maryland General Assembly 2026 Session, Senate Bill 950 (“Conversion Therapy – Prohibitions and Causes of Action”) was introduced as an emergency bill that (1) establishes a health care malpractice cause of action for the provision of conversion therapy; (2) establishes [...]

Federal Appellate Court Orders Dismissal Of Deliberate Indifference To Serious Medical Need Case

July 17, 2026

At 11:09 p.m. on August 28, 2020, Cynthia Rice was booked at the Cecil County Detention Center in Elkton, Maryland. She told unidentified officers that she was a heroin addict suffering from opioid withdrawal. As part of the booking process, medical staff from PrimeCare also learned that Rice was an[...]

Maryland Supreme Court Holds Health Insurer Must Cover Embryo Thawing Expenses For IVF Procedures

July 7, 2026

In a case decided by the Supreme Court of Maryland on April 27, 2026, the Court stated that the primary question was whether the petitioner, CareFirst BlueChoice, Inc., breached its contractual obligation to its insureds, respondents Matthew and Jamie Skipper, when it denied coverage for embryo thaw[...]

$825K Maryland Medical Malpractice Verdict For Bladder Injury During C-Section

July 2, 2026

On June 15, 2026, a Montgomery County, Maryland medical malpractice jury deliberated for two and a half hours after a six-day trial before awarding a then 33-year-old woman who was injured during a C-section delivery of her second child $750,000 in noneconomic damages for pain and suffering and $75,[...]

Maryland Appellate Court Remands Marital Herpes Case For Trial

June 13, 2026

Doretea Burton alleged that she contracted genital herpes from her ex-husband, Nyles Burton, M.D., because he engaged in sexual activity with her during their marriage without disclosing that he had contracted the disease. On the basis of that allegation, Ms. Burton asserted an array of tort claims [...]

What Is Informed Consent In Maryland?

June 6, 2026

Although ordinary medical negligence and failure to obtain informed consent both are rooted in negligence, they are different legal theories. Ordinary medical negligence claims are predicated upon a physician’s breach of the duty to use that degree of care and skill which is expected of a reas[...]

Federal Appellate Court Holds District Court Erroneously Applied Maryland Medical Malpractice Statute Of Limitations To Hospital Fraud Claim

May 25, 2026

Jon Lodwick Brunenkant presented at the Emergency Department of Suburban Hospital in Bethesda, Maryland on October 10, 2015 with symptoms of abdominal pain, persistent nausea, and vomiting. After ordering a CT scan of Brunenkant’s abdomen — along with an electrocardiogram and an ultrasound — a[...]

Johns Hopkins Health System Keeps Maryland Medical Malpractice Win On Appeal

May 20, 2026

Deidre DeMizio and her son Peter S. DeMizio, DDS (“Appellants”) filed a Maryland medical malpractice claim for the death of Peter L. DeMizio, DDS, the Decedent, in the Circuit Court of Montgomery County, on May 22, 2020. Appellees were Johns Hopkins Health System Corporation and Johns Hopkins Co[...]

Maryland Appellate Court Affirms Hospital’s Immunity From Medical Malpractice Claim Arising During COVID-19 Pandemic

May 15, 2026

In its published Opinion filed on May 4, 2026, the Appellate Court of Maryland affirmed that a hospital was entitled to immunity for medical malpractice claims arising during the COVID-19 pandemic. Background Facts James Smith, Jr. suffered a serious deep tissue injury while hospitalized during Apri[...]

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