Maryland Medical Malpractice Archives - Page 17 of 38

Maryland Appellate Court Affirms Dismissal Of Maryland Medical Malpractice Case Due To Untimely Expert Certificate And Report

September 11, 2018

In its unreported opinion filed on August 6, 2018, the Court of Special Appeals of Maryland (“Maryland Appellate Court”) held that the Maryland medical malpractice plaintiff had failed to timely comply with the requirement in Maryland medical malpractice cases that a sufficient Certifica[...]

Maryland Appellate Court Finds Medical Malpractice Case Against Johns Hopkins Hospital Was Filed Too Late

September 10, 2018

In its unreported opinion filed on August 14, 2018, the Court of Special Appeals of Maryland (“Maryland Appellate Court”) held that the Maryland medical malpractice plaintiff had filed her Maryland medical malpractice claim after the relevant statute of limitations for medical malpractic[...]

$1.23M Maryland Verdict For Man Thrown From Wheelchair In Medical Transport Vehicle

September 9, 2018

On June 8, 2018, a Maryland jury returned its verdict in favor of a wheelchair-bound man who was being transported by a medical transport company when he was thrown to the floor of the vehicle after the vehicle hit a snowbank, because the man was not properly strapped in the vehicle by the transport[...]

Are Surgery Centers Safe?

September 5, 2018

There are more than 5,600 surgery centers in the United States. Unlike hospitals in the United States, there is limited information available to the public regarding surgical outcome data (i.e., safety data) from surgery centers. Hence, it may be more difficult for patients to do their due diligence[...]

Maryland Pill Mill Doctor Sentenced To Five Years In Prison

August 30, 2018

The Maryland Attorney General announced on August 3, 2018 that a Maryland doctor has been sentenced to two, five-year concurrent prison sentences after pleading guilty to a charge of Medicaid fraud and a charge of conspiracy to commit Medicaid fraud. The former Maryland pill mill doctor was also ord[...]

Maryland’s High Court Holds Kennedy Kreiger Institute Potentially Liable For Injuries Suffered By Nonparticipants In Lead Paint Study

August 16, 2018

In its 4-to-3 opinion filed on Agust 13, 2018, the Court of Appeals of Maryland (Maryland’s highest appellate court) addressed the issue of whether a duty of care extends from a medical research institute to a child, who was not a participant in a research study that sought to investigate the [...]

Maryland Is Seventh Worst State For On-Time Investigations Of Nursing Home Complaints

August 15, 2018

As AARP recently reported, Maryland is the seventh worst U.S. state for on-time investigations of nursing home complaints, as found by the federal government in a 2017 report. In response, Maryland enacted a new law, effective July 1, 2018, requiring the Maryland Department of Health (MDH) to initia[...]

Maryland Medical Malpractice Case Remanded To Determine If Dismissal Was Appropriate For Failure To File Supplemental Certificate

August 8, 2018

The Court of Special Appeals of Maryland (“Maryland Appellate Court”), in an unreported opinion filed on August 2, 2018, remanded to the circuit court a Maryland medical malpractice case where the plaintiff failed to timely file a supplemental certificate and the circuit court thereafter[...]

Maryland’s Highest Appellate Court Applies Immunity In Overturning Suicide Medical Malpractice Verdict

July 14, 2018

The Court of Appeals of Maryland (“Maryland Appellate Court”), which is Maryland’s highest appellate court, held in its opinion filed on July 12, 2018 that “the process of involuntary admission begins with the initial application for involuntary admission of an individual and[...]

Maryland Appellate Court Discusses Requirements For Medical Malpractice Certificate Of Qualified Expert

July 2, 2018

The Court of Special Appeals of Maryland (“Maryland Appellate Court”) issued a reported opinion on June 28, 2018 in which it held that the failure of the Maryland medical malpractice plaintiff’s certificate of qualified expert to specifically identify the health care providers who [...]

Maryland Appellate Court Affirms Revocation Of Maryland Abortion Doctor’s Medical License

June 25, 2018

The Court of Special Appeals of Maryland (“Maryland Appellate Court”) held in its unreported opinion filed on May 30, 2018 that the Maryland State Board of Physicians (“Board”) had authority to revoke a Maryland abortion doctor’s medical license for “unprofessiona[...]

$295K Maryland Medical Malpractice Verdict For Misaligned Hip Prosthesis

May 31, 2018

Earlier this month, a Prince George’s County, Maryland medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in the amount of almost $295,000 in favor of the Maryland medical malpractice plaintiff who had to undergo total hip replacement surgery only eighteen days after his initial hip prosthesis surg[...]

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