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$1.75M Maryland Medical Malpractice Wrongful Death Verdict For Late Diagnosed Aortic Dissection

July 12, 2019

On June 25, 2019, after a one-week trial and seven hours of deliberations, a Baltimore medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in favor of the plaintiffs in the total amount of $1.75 million ($500,000 in economic damages, $500,000 in noneconomic damages to the surviving wife, $250,000 in nonec[...]

$229,640,000 Baltimore Medical Malpractice Verdict For Labor And Delivery Birth Injury

July 5, 2019

On July 1, 2019, after two-and-a-half hours of jury deliberations, a Baltimore medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in the amount of $229,640,000 in favor of the plaintiff against a Johns Hopkins hospital for the catastrophic brain injury suffered by her premature baby born at the hospital [...]

Investigative Report Finds Johns Hopkins Did Not Follow Its Own Safety Rules

December 31, 2018

The Tampa Bay Times reported on December 30, 2018: “Johns Hopkins touts itself as a national leader in patient safety. Its doctors invented a simple checklist credited with saving thousands of lives. They developed a system to reduce medical mistakes through teamwork and communication. They wr[...]

$500K Baltimore Medical Malpractice Verdict In Lap Chole Case

March 4, 2018

On February 6, 2018, a Baltimore medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in favor of the plaintiff in the amount of $500,000 in a Baltimore medical malpractice case in which the plaintiff alleged that the defendant surgeon negligently clipped the common bile duct during her gallbladder removal[...]

Baltimore City Is Latest Jurisdiction To Sue Opioid Manufacturers And Distributors

February 11, 2018

On January 31, 2018, the City of Baltimore filed a 105-page lawsuit against manufacturers, distributors and others who are alleged to be responsible for numerous injuries and damages to Baltimore City caused by fraudulent and reckless marketing of opioids. Baltimore’s opioid lawsuit alleges th[...]

Baltimore County, Maryland Announces Plans To Sue Opioid Manufacturers and Distributors

January 13, 2018

Baltimore County Executive Kevin Kamenetz announced on January 8, 2018 that Baltimore County, Maryland intends to file a lawsuit in federal court in Baltimore against pharmaceutical companies that manufacture opioids and distribute opioids, seeking monetary damages incurred by Baltimore County in ad[...]

Trial Judge Throws Out $3.8M Baltimore Medical Malpractice Jury Verdict

March 15, 2016

On March 10, 2016, shortly after dismissing the Baltimore medical malpractice jury that had just returned its verdict in the amount of $3.8 million in favor of the widow of a man who died as a result of the alleged gross negligence of the paramedics whom the plaintiff alleged did not take her husban[...]

$5.2M Maryland Medical Malpractice Verdict For Misdiagnosed Knee Injury Leading To Amputation

May 30, 2014

On May 23, 2014, a Maryland medical malpractice jury in Baltimore City awarded more than $5.2 million to a security guard whose knee injury was misdiagnosed by an emergency room physician and a physician’s assistant, ultimately leading to an above-the-knee amputation. While the jury was delibe[...]

$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[...]

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[...]

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 [...]

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