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Maryland Appellate Court Orders Second New Trial In Breast Cancer Misdiagnosis Medical Malpractice Case

July 29, 2019

For the second time in a Maryland medical malpractice breast cancer misdiagnosis case, the Court of Special Appeals of Maryland (“Maryland Appellate Court”) overturned a Maryland medical malpractice jury’s verdict (this time overturning a jury verdict in favor of the defendants; th[...]

Maryland Birth Injury Fund Proposal Resurrected

December 6, 2015

Proponents of a birth injury fund in Maryland are pressing ahead with their efforts to have Maryland join other states, such as Florida and Virginia, that have funds that are designed to pay for the medical and other expenses of seriously injured babies who were injured during birth. This is the se[...]

Maryland Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Filed For Birth-Related Injuries Leading To Death

August 3, 2015

On July 27, 2015, a Maryland medical malpractice lawsuit was filed in the Circuit Court for Baltimore City against a Baltimore hospital, alleging that the medical negligence of the hospital’s emergency room staff led to the premature birth of a baby who needed extensive care in a neonatal i[...]

Maryland Medical Malpractice Defense Verdict For Spine Surgeon (Part One)

November 15, 2014

Late in the evening on November 13, 2014, a Maryland medical malpractice jury on Maryland’s Eastern Shore returned a verdict in favor of a spine surgeon and his orthopedic practice after seven full days of trial. The jury of one woman and five men took over four and a half hours of deliberatio[...]

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[...]

Maryland Medical Malpractice Case Dismissed For Repeated Discovery Abuses

June 8, 2014

The lawyer representing the medical malpractice plaintiff in a Maryland medical malpractice case was so dilatory in responding to the Defendants’ numerous discovery requests, including failures to abide by court orders requiring compliance with the discovery requests, that the trial judge dism[...]

Maryland Orthopedic Surgeon’s Hard-Fought Fight (And Loss) Against A Powerful Insurance Company

March 16, 2014

A long-time, well-respected Maryland orthopedic surgeon fought the largest, most powerful workers’ compensation insurance carrier in Maryland that was legislatively created by the State of Maryland, and ultimately loss his medical license and the long battle. The orthopedic surgeon recently [...]

Settlement Announced For Fraudulent Medicare Billing Scheme In Maryland

February 22, 2014

On February 18, 2014, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Maryland announced that a medical billing company, its owner, and three Maryland medical practices that were clients of the medical billing company have agreed to pay a total of $3,340,979.50 to resolve claims that the medi[...]

Some Maryland Legislators Seek To Harm The Most Vulnerable Medical Malpractice Victims

February 13, 2014

A proposed law being considered by the Maryland Senate is Senate Bill 798. This Bill would harm the most vulnerable (and some of the most catastrophically injured) medical malpractice victims — babies born with birth-related neurological injuries due to medical negligence and their devasta[...]

Informed Consent Claim In Maryland Medical Malpractice Cases

February 6, 2014

Medical malpractice claims often include a separate claim for lack of informed consent, which is a claim separate (and different) from a medical malpractice claim. A medical malpractice claim involves the allegation that a health care provider breached the applicable standard of care required unde[...]

$2.5M Maryland Medical Malpractice Verdict For Teen’s Misdiagnosed Cancer Death

January 27, 2014

On January 17, 2014, after a five-day medical malpractice trial, a Maryland jury in a very conservative jurisdiction returned its verdict in the amount of $2.5 million after finding a surgeon was medically negligent in failing to timely diagnose a 19-year-old’s cancer that resulted in her dea[...]

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