Maryland Medical Malpractice Defense Verdict For Neurosurgeon
June 29, 2014
It took a Maryland medical malpractice jury just 45 minutes of deliberations on June 6, 2014, after eight days of trial, to find in favor of the defendant neurosurgeon. The Maryland medical malpractice plaintiff had sought compensation for past medical expenses in the amount of nearly $230,000, futu[...]
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What Are MCOs, HMOs, and PPOs?
June 26, 2014
In a recent Maryland appellate court decision that invalidated a large Maryland medical malpractice verdict in favor of the plaintiff, the Maryland Court of Appeals discussed the differences among Health Maintenance Organizations (“HMOs”), Preferred Provider Organizations (“PPOs[...]
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Who’s Responsible For Your Doctor’s Negligence?
June 24, 2014
In an appellate decision by the Court of Appeals of Maryland (“Court of Appeals”) on June 19, 2014, a large Maryland malpractice verdict in favor of a woman who lost a portion of her foot due to the alleged medical malpractice of her podiatrist, who was a listed provider through her mana[...]
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Maryland Stent Claim Settled
May 17, 2014
A Maryland medical malpractice case against a former cardiologist and a local hospital in Maryland that had been filed in September 2012 was dismissed as a result of a settlement order that was entered on April 30, 2014. The terms of the settlement were not disclosed. The former doctor is presently [...]
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$2.1M Maryland Medical Malpractice Mesh Verdict
April 14, 2014
After a one-week Maryland medical malpractice jury trial and two days of jury deliberations, the jury awarded the medical malpractice plaintiff approximately $2.1 million on April 2, 2014, which will be reduced to $1.3 million after applying Maryland’s cap (limit) on noneconomic damages. The[...]
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$37M Settlement Of Maryland Stent Claims Announced
April 9, 2014
It has been reported that upwards of 273 former patients of a Baltimore hospital and its former cardiologist will receive at least $134,000 each (before attorneys’ fees and costs are deducted) to settle their claims against the hospital that alleged that the patients had medically unnecess[...]
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$1M Verdict Against Maryland Assisted Living Facility
March 17, 2014
On March 12, 2014, a Maryland jury returned its verdict in the amount of $1 million in favor of the estate of a former resident of a Maryland assisted living facility for the pain and suffering the 86-year-old woman suffered before her death on March 26, 2012. The four-woman, two-man jury deliberat[...]
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