Maryland Medical Malpractice Archives - Page 28 of 38

Maryland Nursing Homes Suffer Ratings Losses

March 1, 2015

Twenty-two Maryland nursing homes lost their five-star ratings when Medicare recently revised its method of determining nursing home ratings nationwide, effective as of February 20, 2015. The federal website known as Nursing Home Compare provides rating information on nursing homes in all U.S. s[...]

Maryland Appellate Court Allows Testimony Of Defendant Doctor As To Her Habit/Routine In Treating Patients

February 2, 2015

In a case decided on January 28, 2015 by the Court of Special Appeals of Maryland (“Appellate Court”), which is Maryland’s intermediate appellate court, it was held that the trial judge did not abuse his discretion when he allowed the Defendant emergency room physician to testify[...]

Maryland Medical Malpractice Appeal Demonstrates Pleading Pitfalls For The Unwary

January 31, 2015

In its reported decision filed on January 29, 2015, the Court of Special Appeals of Maryland (“Appellate Court”), Maryland’s intermediate appellate court, added to the expanding list of Maryland appellate court decisions regarding what it takes to satisfy Maryland’s pleading[...]

Actos Defense Verdict In Maryland Upheld On Appeal

January 29, 2015

In an unreported decision of the Court of Special Appeals of Maryland dated December 4, 2014, the Court upheld a defense verdict in favor of the manufacturer of Actos, a FDA-approved prescription medication used to treat type 2 diabetes, in a lawsuit filed on behalf of the estate of a man who died[...]

Maryland Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Filed After Limbs Amputated

January 6, 2015

On December 19, 2014, a 59-year-old woman filed a Baltimore medical malpractice lawsuit against The Johns Hopkins Health System (“Hopkins”) and others for allegedly negligent medical care that she received at a Hopkins-run hospital in a suburban county just west of Baltimore City that[...]

Maryland Appellate Court Overturns $620,000 Medical Malpractice Verdict

December 14, 2014

In an unreported opinion of the Court of Special Appeals of Maryland (“Appellate Court”) dated November 5, 2014, which is Maryland’s intermediate appellate court, the Appellate Court overturned a verdict in favor of the Plaintiff in the amount of $620,000 that had been rendered by[...]

Maryland Extends Medical Malpractice Immunity To Health Care Providers Who Fail To Involuntarily Admit

November 25, 2014

The November 21, 2014 decision of the Court of Appeals of Maryland (“Court of Appeals”), Maryland’s highest appellate court, held that the Maryland General Assembly intended to provide immunity to health care providers when they evaluate patients but decide not to involuntarily [...]

Maryland Med Spa Sued For Customer’s Death Following Liposuction

November 21, 2014

A now-closed med spa in Maryland has been sued by the estate of a former customer who underwent liposuction surgery at the med spa in 2012 and died six days later as a result of invasive Group A Streptococcus infection. The customer was placed on life support for three days before she died. The Mar[...]

Maryland Medical Malpractice Defense Verdict For Spine Surgeon (Part Three)

November 19, 2014

In Part Two of “Maryland Medical Malpractice Defense Verdict For Spine Surgeon,” we ended our discussion at the point where the 5-week post-surgical cervical MRI was read by the hospital radiologist as showing that the cord appearance and the amount of stenosis “appears essential[...]

Maryland Medical Malpractice Defense Verdict For Spine Surgeon (Part Two)

November 16, 2014

In our blog posting on November 15, 2014, we began discussing the Maryland medical malpractice verdict in favor of the defendant spine surgeon and his orthopedic practice that was reached by a six-person Maryland medical malpractice jury on November 13, 2014 on Maryland’s Eastern Shore, after[...]

Maryland Medical Malpractice Defense Verdict For Spine Surgeon (Part One)

November 15, 2014

Late in the evening on November 13, 2014, a Maryland medical malpractice jury on Maryland’s Eastern Shore returned a verdict in favor of a spine surgeon and his orthopedic practice after seven full days of trial. The jury of one woman and five men took over four and a half hours of deliberatio[...]

$4.2M Maryland Medical Malpractice Verdict For Paralysis Caused By Negligent Post-Op Care

October 31, 2014

On October 22, 2014, a Baltimore medical malpractice jury took just two-and-a-half hours after a week-long trial to award a 64-year-old man and his wife $4.2 million ($3,743,388.30 in economic damages and $1 million in noneconomic damages) for their injuries and damages arising out of the alleged [...]

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