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Maryland Appellate Court Reverses Judgment Notwithstanding The Verdict Granted To Maryland Medical Malpractice Defendant

January 3, 2016

In its unreported decision filed on December 22, 2015, the Court of Special Appeals of Maryland (“Appellate Court”) reversed the trial court’s granting judgment notwithstanding the verdict to the defendant neurosurgeon in a Maryland medical malpractice case in which the jury had aw[...]

U.S. Physicians And Their Disciplinary/Malpractice Statistics

January 1, 2016

The U.S. government and many U.S. states gather and publish statistics regarding physicians practicing medicine in the United States. Sometimes it is difficult for people to find information regarding physicians practicing in their state and the incidence of disciplinary actions and medical malpract[...]

Former Maryland Physician Loses Appeal Involving Medical Board

December 31, 2015

In its opinion filed on October 1, 2015, the Court of Special Appeals of Maryland (“Appellate Court”) found in favor of the Maryland Board of Physicians (“Board”) in a discovery dispute involving a disciplined Maryland physician, stating that if the government asserts execu[...]

Summary Judgment For Defendant In Maryland Medical Malpractice Case Upheld

December 20, 2015

In its unreported decision filed on December 3, 2015, the Court of Special Appeals of Maryland (“Appeals Court”), Maryland’s intermediate appellate court, upheld the trial court granting summary judgment to the defendant anesthesiologist in a Maryland medical malpractice and wrong[...]

Maryland Birth Injury Fund Proposal Resurrected

December 6, 2015

Proponents of a birth injury fund in Maryland are pressing ahead with their efforts to have Maryland join other states, such as Florida and Virginia, that have funds that are designed to pay for the medical and other expenses of seriously injured babies who were injured during birth. This is the se[...]

$397K Maryland Medical Malpractice Verdict For Child Born After Tubal Ligation

November 26, 2015

A Maryland couple filed a medical malpractice case in Maryland against an obstetrician-gynecologist who had performed an elective bilateral tubal ligation on the wife after the plaintiffs expressed to the defendant that they could not afford to have a fourth child. Months after the defendant phys[...]

Maryland Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Alleges Hospital’s Failure to Diagnose Cauda Equina Syndrome

November 9, 2015

A federal medical malpractice lawsuit was filed in Maryland in late October 2015 against a Maryland hospital, alleging that the hospital’s emergency room staff failed to timely diagnose the plaintiff’s serious back condition, including cauda equina syndrome, and discharged the plaintif[...]

Baltimore Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Alleges Undiagnosed Colon Perforation During Colonoscopy

October 26, 2015

On October 15, 2015, a Baltimore medical malpractice case was filed in the Circuit Court for Baltimore City alleging that on September 9, 2011, the plaintiff underwent a colonoscopy at a local Baltimore hospital during which her colon was perforated but the tear was negligently undiagnosed for fo[...]

Maryland Pill Mill Guilty Plea

October 24, 2015

An 82-year-old Florida man pleaded guilty on October 15, 2015 in federal court in Maryland to conspiracy to distribute oxycodone and other drugs at a pill mill in Maryland. According to the defendant’s plea agreement, the Maryland pill mill was an off-shoot of the Florida pill mill that he [...]

Maryland Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Alleges Post-Op Negligence Led To Leg Amputation

October 1, 2015

A Maryland medical malpractice lawsuit was filed against The Johns Hopkins Hospital and others in September 2015, alleging that negligent post-operative care at The Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland led to the plaintiff having to have her right leg amputated below the knee. The Maryl[...]

$28M Baltimore Medical Malpractice Verdict Against Two Gastroenterologists

September 6, 2015

On September 3, 2015, a Baltimore medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in favor of the plaintiff and his wife in the amount of $28 million, after a three-week trial in the Circuit Court for Baltimore City. The plaintiffs alleged that the husband’s undiagnosed duodenal ulcer subsequ[...]

Maryland Man Charged With Practicing Medicine Without A License

August 17, 2015

In an unreported opinion filed on July 31, 2015 by the Court of Special Appeals of Maryland (“Appellate Court”), the son of a Maryland physician who worked in his father’s medical office was found to have practiced medicine in Maryland without a license and the Appellate Court affi[...]

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