Maryland Medical Malpractice Archives - Page 32 of 38

$3.75M Maryland Medical Malpractice Verdict For Delay In Diagnosing Lung Cancer

November 29, 2013

On November 25, 2013, a Montgomery County Maryland medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in the amount of $3.75 million in favor of the family of a 74-year-old man whose lung cancer diagnosis was delayed by 20 months after his primary care physician failed to properly follow up regarding a l[...]

Who Employs The Doctor Who Treats You In The Hospital?

November 27, 2013

When you go to the hospital to receive medical care for an acute or chronic condition, you often do not have a choice of the doctors who will treat you. When you arrive at the hospital emergency room, you probably have never been treated in the past by the doctor who treats you and you probably h[...]

$7M Maryland Medical Malpractice Verdict For Pediatrician Malpractice

October 25, 2013

On October 18, 2013, a Maryland medical malpractice jury in a sparsely populated Western Maryland county returned its verdict in the amount of more than $7 million in favor of the family of a newborn infant who allegedly suffered a severe brain injury because the infant’s pediatrician failed[...]

Maryland Appellate Court Decides Medical Malpractice Wrongful Death Case Was Timely Filed

October 22, 2013

On October 18, 2013, the Court of Appeals of Maryland (“Court of Appeals”) held that the Legislature did not intend to define “wrongful act” so as to render a wrongful death claim contingent on the decedent’s ability to timely file a tort claim prior to death in a medic[...]

Maryland Expands Board of Physicians Powers

October 8, 2013

As a result of a new Maryland law that became effective on October 1, 2013, the Maryland State Board of Physicians (“Board”) is now authorized to issue cease and desist orders to physicians and others that it regulates to stop specific acts, such as prescribing controlled dangerous su[...]

Contributory Negligence Dooms Maryland Jury’s $1.765M Actos Award

September 28, 2013

On September 26, 2013, after less than one day of jury deliberations following four weeks of trial, a Baltimore jury calculated its award in the total amount of $1,765,000 in favor of the plaintiffs in their product liability lawsuit against the large pharmaceutical company Takeda Pharmaceuticals[...]

Fireworks During Maryland ACTOS Trial

September 25, 2013

The Maryland wrongful death jury trial against the manufacturer of the diabetes drug Actos that began on September 3, 2013 in the Circuit Court for Baltimore City (only the second state Actos case to go to trial in the United States) is expected to conclude late next week yet it has resulted in [...]

Maryland Physician’s Loss Of License For Drugs-For-Sex Upheld

September 24, 2013

On September 5, 2013, the Court of Special Appeals of Maryland (“Court of Special Appeals”), Maryland’s intermediate appellate court, upheld the revocation of a Maryland physician’s medical license by the Maryland Board of Physicians (“Board”) for the physician&[...]

Maryland LASIK Lawsuit Settled

September 18, 2013

A LASIK malpractice lawsuit against a Maryland LASIK surgeon was settled on September 11, 2013. The Maryland LASIK lawsuit had been filed on June 18, 2010 in the United States District Court for the District of Maryland (the plaintiffs were a husband and his wife who live in Georgia but the LASIK su[...]

$5.5M Maryland Medical Malpractice Verdict For Death Due To Improperly Placed Cardiac Pacing Wires

September 14, 2013

On September 6, 2013, a Maryland medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in the amount of $5.5 million in favor of the estate of a 53-year-old woman and her surviving daughter for the death of the woman when she bled to death within minutes after improperly placed temporary cardiac pacing wi[...]

Maryland Hospital Immune For Its Failure To Involuntarily Admit Patient

September 11, 2013

On September 5, 2013, the Court of Special Appeals of Maryland (“Court of Special Appeals”) held that a Maryland hospital was entitled to statutory immunity from any liability when it decided not to involuntarily admit an individual so long as it acted in good faith and with reason[...]

Maryland Actos Trial Underway

September 6, 2013

On September 3, 2013, a Baltimore City jury trial began in which the plaintiff alleges that the diabetes drug Actos was the cause of the bladder cancer that led to the death of a former U.S. Army translator in 2012. Actos is manufactured by Asia’s largest pharmaceutical manufacturer, Takeda P[...]

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