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Maryland Appellate Court Affirms Infertility Medical Malpractice Case Filed Too Late

October 25, 2021

In its unreported opinion filed on September 24, 2021, the Court of Special Appeals of Maryland (“Maryland Appellate Court”) held: “We agree that the court’s finding that the “experts agree” that Mr. Mee was infertile by the time he presented to Dr. Horton for continued care [...]

$1.5M Maryland Medical Malpractice Verdict For Stillborn

September 30, 2021

On September 24, 2021, a Maryland medical malpractice jury awarded the parents of a stillborn child $1.5 million after five days of trial and two days of jury deliberations. The portion of the Maryland birth injury jury’s verdict for noneconomic damages will be reduced to $943,750, pursuant to[...]

$1.5M Federal Medical Malpractice Verdict In Maryland For LAAM Procedure

September 13, 2021

On July 26, 2021, a federal medical malpractice jury in Maryland returned its verdict in favor of the plaintiff in the amount of $1.5 million. The verdict included past medical expenses in the amount of $529,571.04, past lost wages in the amount of $41,500.00, and noneconomic damages in the amount o[...]

Maryland Appellate Court Applies Discovery Rule In Reviving Dental Malpractice Lawsuit

August 20, 2021

In its unreported opinion dated August 6, 2021, the Court of Special Appeals of Maryland (“Maryland Appellate Court”) addressed a Maryland dental malpractice case where the plaintiff alleged that the defendant dentist negligently caused a nerve injury during an extraction procedure, stat[...]

$34.77M Baltimore Medical Malpractice Verdict For Newborn’s Catastrophic Injuries

August 18, 2021

On August 16, 2021, after a two-and-a-half week trial and two days of jury deliberations, a Baltimore City medical malpractice jury found against defendant MedStar Harbor Hospital for the irreversible hypoxic brain injury suffered by a newborn just hours after his birth. The Baltimore medical malpra[...]

Maryland Appellate Court Affirms Medical Malpractice Plaintiff Failed To Establish Apparent Authority To Hold Defendant Hospital Liable

August 15, 2021

The Court of Special Appeals of Maryland (“Maryland Appellate Court”) held in its unpublished opinion dated July 20, 2021 that “there was insufficient evidence from which a reasonable jury could make the requisite finding that Mr. Williams subjectively believed that Dr. Blundon or,[...]

Maryland Appellate Court Addresses Forum Non Conveniens In Medical Malpractice Case

August 2, 2021

In its unreported opinion dated July 7, 2021, the Court of Special Appeals of Maryland (Maryland’s intermediate appellate court) held in a Maryland medical malpractice case where the trial court granted the defendants’ motion to transfer the case from the Circuit Court for Baltimore City[...]

Former Maryland Pediatrician Found Incompetent To Face 98 Criminal Charges Of Sexual Offenses Involving Juveniles

July 30, 2021

In a written opinion released on July 7, 2021, Frederick Circuit Court Judge Julie Stevenson Solt ruled that Ernesto Cesar Torres, age 70, of Frederick, Maryland is incompetent to stand trial. In December 2019, Dr. Ernesto Torres was charged with ninety-eight counts of sexual offenses against ninete[...]

Maryland Appellate Court Discusses Recoverable Damages In Delayed Diagnosis Of Terminal Cancer Case

July 3, 2021

The Court of Special Appeals of Maryland, which is Maryland’s intermediate appellate court, summarized the facts of a Maryland medical malpractice wrongful death case that it decided in a published opinion dated July 1, 2021, as follows: A patient sees an oncologist in April 2013 at a point wh[...]

Medical Director Of Maryland Pain Management Practice Pleads Guilty To Accepting Kickbacks

June 26, 2021

The U.S. Attorney for the District of Maryland announced on June 10, 2021 that 65-year-old Howard Hoffberg, M.D. (“Hoffman”) pleaded guilty on June 9, 2021 to the federal charge of conspiracy to violate the anti-kickback statutes in connection with a scheme to accept payments from a phar[...]

Maryland Appellate Court Reverses Summary Judgment For Medical Malpractice Defendants

June 9, 2021

In its unreported opinion filed on May 26, 2021, the Court of Special Appeals of Maryland (“Maryland Appellate Court”), Maryland’s intermediate appellate court, held: “Viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to appellants, we conclude that appellants adequately prese[...]

Maryland Appellate Court Affirms Revocation Of Physician’s Medical License For Crimes Of Moral Turpitude

June 4, 2021

The Court of Special Appeals of Maryland (“Maryland Appellate Court”), Maryland’s intermediate appellate court, held in its published opinion dated April 28, 2021: “After Doctor Thomas F. Burke entered guilty pleas to five counts of prescribing controlled dangerous substances[...]

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