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Maryland Medical Malpractice Summary Judgment For Defendant Reversed

October 24, 2014

The Court of Special Appeals of Maryland (“Appellate Court”), Maryland’s intermediate appellate court, has reversed a trial court’s granting summary judgment in favor of the defendant in a Maryland medical malpractice case. The trial judge had granted judgment for the defenda[...]

$1M Maryland Medical Malpractice Verdict For Misplaced Feeding Tube

October 20, 2014

On October 10, 2014, a Baltimore medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in favor of the plaintiffs in the amount of $958,000, which included $500,000 for pain and suffering, $250,000 for loss of consortium, and $208,000 for the amount of the plaintiffs’ stipulated medical bills. The Mar[...]

$20.6M Maryland Medical Malpractice Judgment Upheld

September 29, 2014

On September 25, 2014, the Court of Special Appeals of Maryland (“CSA”), in an unreported opinion, upheld a Maryland medical malpractice judgment in the amount of $20,605,000 against the defendant hospital and defendant obstetrician. The jury had returned its verdict in the amount of $2[...]

$1.7M Baltimore Medical Malpractice Verdict In Erb’s Palsy Birth Injury Case

September 17, 2014

On September 5, 2014, after eight days of trial and three days of jury deliberations, a Baltimore City medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in the amount of $3 million in favor of the plaintiff, which was reduced to $1.7 million due to Maryland’s cap on noneconomic damages and a calcu[...]

Suspended Maryland Physician Surrenders Medical License In Wake Of Sexual Misconduct Charges

September 7, 2014

On August 20, 2014, a Maryland physician who had his Maryland medical license summarily suspended on June 5, 2014 after the Maryland Board of Physicians (“Board”) determined that “the public health, safety or welfare imperatively require emergency action in this case,” volunt[...]

Johns Hopkins Hospital’s $190M Settlement In Jeopardy?

September 6, 2014

The $190 million settlement reached by plaintiffs’ attorneys and The Johns Hopkins Hospital (“Hopkins”) in a mandatory class-action lawsuit involving allegations that a former Hopkins gynecologist secretly recorded his patients during examinations is required to obtain final appr[...]

Maryland Medical Malpractice Claim Against Student Phlebotomist Settled

September 2, 2014

In an unreported decision of the Court of Special Appeals of Maryland (“Court”) that was issued on August 29, 2014, the Court was asked to decide an indemnification issue between the medical malpractice defendants. The alleged facts, however, caught our attention because the underlyin[...]

Medical License Of Maryland Psychiatrist Summarily Suspended

August 31, 2014

By its order dated August 27, 2014, a Maryland psychiatrist’s medical license was summarily suspended by the Maryland State Board of Physicians (“Board”) after the Board concluded that the public health, safety, or welfare “imperatively requires emergency action.” The [...]

Two Maryland Hospitals Sued For Misdiagnosed Liver Disease During Pregnancy

August 29, 2014

Two Maryland hospitals, including The Johns Hopkins Hospital, have been sued for their alleged negligent failures to timely and properly diagnose and treat a woman’s liver disease during her pregnancy, thereby leading to permanent brain damage and her current vegetative state. The gravely in[...]

Who Will Pay The $190M Johns Hopkins Settlement?

July 31, 2014

Last week, Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore (“Hopkins”) announced that it had reached a $190 million settlement (which had received preliminary court approval but still needed final court approval) with over 8,000 patients of the Johns Hopkins East Baltimore Medical Center who were se[...]

Johns Hopkins Health System Agrees To Pay $190M To Settle Claims Regarding Secretly Recorded Gynecological Exams

July 22, 2014

It was reported on July 21, 2014 that the Johns Hopkins Health System has reached an agreement with the lawyers representing a class of more than 8,000 former patients of a former Johns Hopkins gynecologist who secretly recorded gynecological examinations of his patients, using a pen-like hidden cam[...]

$3.5M Maryland Medical Malpractice Verdict For Paralyzed Man

July 8, 2014

On November 5, 2009, the then 64-year-old Maryland medical malpractice plaintiff was involved in a serious car crash. At the scene of the crash, he complained of weakness in his right arm and pain in his left shoulder. By the time he arrived at the defendant Maryland hospital, he was also complainin[...]

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