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Maryland Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Alleges Home Health Nurse’s Negligence Caused Disabled Child’s Death

January 19, 2019

A Maryland medical malpractice wrongful death case was filed on January 14, 2019 in federal court by the mother of a disabled child against a home health nurse that the plaintiff alleges was negligent in the care of her disabled son, leading to his death. The Maryland medical malpractice lawsuit was[...]

Maryland Federal Court Allows Guatemalan Nationals Lawsuit Involving Medical Experiments To Proceed Under Alien Tort Statute

January 17, 2019

Plaintiffs Estate of Arturo Giron Alvarez and 773 other Guatemalan nationals filed a civil action against the Johns Hopkins University and four affiliated entities, the Rockefeller Foundation, and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company. The plaintiffs alleged that the defendants subjected them or their family[...]

Maryland Medical Malpractice Plaintiff Who Refused To Continue With Trial After Mistrial Motion Was Denied Held To Have Waived Appellate Review

January 10, 2019

The Court of Special Appeals of Maryland (“Maryland Appellate Court”), Maryland’s intermediate appellate court, ruled in its unreported opinion filed on December 31, 2018 in a Maryland medical malpractice case in which the trial judge denied the plaintiff’s motion for a mistr[...]

Investigative Report Finds Johns Hopkins Did Not Follow Its Own Safety Rules

December 31, 2018

The Tampa Bay Times reported on December 30, 2018: “Johns Hopkins touts itself as a national leader in patient safety. Its doctors invented a simple checklist credited with saving thousands of lives. They developed a system to reduce medical mistakes through teamwork and communication. They wr[...]

Maryland Appellate Court Upholds Medical Malpractice Defense Verdict Despite Inadmissible Expert Testimony

December 11, 2018

The Court of Special Appeals of Maryland (“Maryland Appellate Court”) affirmed a defense verdict in a Maryland medical malpractce case in an unreported opinion filed on December 7, 2018, despite the inadmissible testimony of a defense fact witness who was a physician at the hospital wher[...]

$1.3M Maryland Medical Malpractice Wrongful Death Verdict For Missed Heart Attack In 23-Year-Old

December 2, 2018

On November 20, 2018, after a ten-day trial, a Maryland medical malpractice wrongful death jury found an emergency room physician and his employer liable for the death of a 23-year-old patient who had gone to the emergency room complaining of chest pain. Despite an abnormal EKG and other symptoms of[...]

$820K Maryland Medical Malpractice Verdict For Late Diagnosis Of Colon Cancer

November 30, 2018

On November 20, 2018, a Montgomery County, Maryland medical malpractice jury returned a $819,437 medical malpractice verdict in favor of the plaintiff following more than three weeks of trial and three hours of jury deliberations. The Maryland medical malpractice plaintiff alleged that the defendant[...]

Maryland Attorney General Announces Settlement Of Nursing Home Resident Dumping Lawsuit

November 5, 2018

The Maryland Attorney General announced on October 26, 2018 the settlement of a Maryland lawsuit filed against the former operator of five Maryland nursing homes and its owner in which the defendants agreed to be permanently precluded from engaging directly or indirectly in the management or operati[...]

$728K Maryland Medical Malpractice Verdict For Death After Visiting Primary Care Physician For Chest Pain

November 3, 2018

A Maryland medical malpractice jury returned its verdict on October 30, 2018 in the amount of $728,612.35 in favor of the plaintiffs for the death of a 34-year-old man who was seen by his primary care physician for chest pain and shortness of breath that had lasted several days before the visit. Des[...]

Maryland Appellate Court Reinstates $3.7M Gross Negligence Verdict Against Baltimore EMTs

October 25, 2018

The Court of Special Appeals of Maryland (“Maryland Appellate Court”), in its unreported opinion filed on October 1, 2018, reinstated a $3,707,000 verdict in favor of the estate of a man who died from a myocardial infarction (heart attack) that the Baltimote medical malpractice jury had [...]

$1.67M Maryland Medical Malpractice Wrongful Death Verdict Against Gastroenterologist

October 3, 2018

A Maryland medical medical practice jury returned its verdict in favor of the plaintiff in the amount of $1.67 million on September 26, 2018 in a Maryland medical malpractice wrongful death action, after a six-day trial and three hours of jury deliberations. The Maryland medical malpractice jury awa[...]

Maryland Court Of Special Appeals Discusses Frye-Reed Test In Affirming Maryland Medical Malpractice Verdict

September 19, 2018

The Court of Special Appeals of Maryland (“Maryland Appellate Court”), which is Maryland’s intermediate appellate court, affirmed a Maryland medical malpractice wrongful death verdict in its opinion filed on August 29, 2018. The Underlying Facts The decedent was admitted to the def[...]

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