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What Is Medical Malpractice? (Maryland, California, Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina)

September 8, 2012

What is medical malpractice? Here are the “official” definitions of medical malpractice from Maryland, California, Florida, North Carolina, and South Carolina: Maryland MD. COURTS AND JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS, Code Ann. § 3-2A-02 (2012) § 3-2A-02. Exclusiveness of procedures(1) In any a[...]

Maryland Medical Malpractice Settlement For Death Due To Undiagnosed Pulmonary Embolism

August 7, 2012

The family of a 48-year-old tax attorney have settled their medical malpractice claim for $5 million against a health care provider who allegedly failed to diagnose the man’s symptoms of a pulmonary embolism when he was seen for a follow-up appointment after ankle surgery. The man had fractur[...]

Maryland Medical Malpractice Jury Awards $21 Million For Botched Delivery

August 2, 2012

On July 31, 2012, a Maryland medical malpractice jury awarded a total of $21 million ($18 million for future medical expenses, $2 million for future lost wages, and $1 million in non-economic damages) to a now-9-year-old child and his parents after a two-week, hotly contested trial that focused on t[...]

Maryland Medical Malpractice Verdict For Missed Cancer Diagnosis

July 9, 2012

In February, 2003, a woman’s physician ordered a chest x-ray for the woman in preparation for her back surgery. The physician received the x-ray report from the radiologist that noted a mass on the woman’s right lung but the physician never advised his patient about the finding or order[...]

$20.9 Million Medical Malpractice Jury Verdict After Newborn’s Shoulder Dystocia

July 8, 2012

On June 12, 2012, a Maryland medical malpractice jury awarded the family of a newborn $20.9 million for the baby’s permanent paralysis of his left arm allegedly due to the delivering obstetrician pulling too hard on the baby’s head during delivery, thereby causing left obstetrical brachi[...]

“Assumption Of Risk” Defense Not Available In Maryland Medical Malpractice Claim

June 28, 2012

In an appellate case decided on June 27, 2012 by the Court of Special Appeals of Maryland (Maryland’s intermediate appellate court), the Court held “…except in cases involving a refusal or delay in undergoing recommended treatment or the pursuit of unconventional medical treatment,[...]

$55 Million Maryland Medical Malpractice Verdict

June 27, 2012

On June 25, 2012, after more than 11 hours of deliberations, a Maryland medical malpractice jury returned a verdict in favor of the parents of a newborn who suffered permanent brain damage, cerebral palsy, mental and physical disabilities, acute renal failure, and other serious injuries as a res[...]

Baltimore Medical Malpractice Verdict For Mutilated Genitals

June 21, 2012

A federal medical malpractice jury in Baltimore has awarded $1.5 million to a 38-year-old man whose genitals were allegedly mutilated by a flesh-eating bacteria that a local hospital failed to diagnose for over 58 hours. The award in the amount of $1.4 million for noneconomic damages will be auto[...]

Maryland Medical Malpractice Verdict For Death Due To Dye Used During Catheterization

June 7, 2012

During early May, 2012, a Maryland medical malpractice jury in Baltimore City returned a medical malpractice verdict in the amount of $1 million in favor of the two surviving sons of a woman who had a fatal allergic reaction to the dye used during her cardiac catheterization procedure. The two son[...]

Maryland Medical Malpractice Verdict For Negligent Cardiac Catheterization

June 3, 2012

On May 7, 2012, a Maryland medical malpractice jury returned a verdict in the amount of $1.2M in favor of a woman who had undergone a cardiac catheterization (a procedure whereby a doctor inserts a wire tool and catheter through the patient’s groin and manipulates the catheter up the descendi[...]

Maryland Medical Malpractice: Why Are Hospitals Referring Malpractice Victims To Lawyers?

May 25, 2012

It has been reported that three of Maryland’s largest health care systems routinely attempt to refer victims of medical malpractice that occurred in their hospitals to local medical malpractice lawyers who are on lists of Maryland medical malpractice lawyers that the health care systems mainta[...]

Maryland Federal Judge Says Courts Cannot Review Medicare Payment Method

May 12, 2012

On May 9, 2012, a Maryland federal court judge determined that Congress precluded the courts from reviewing the method by which Medicare determines how much doctors get paid by Medicare. Six Georgia physicians had brought a federal lawsuit challenging the method by which the Physician Fee Sch[...]

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