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Maryland Medical Malpractice Judgment Does Not Preclude Subsequent Wrongful Death Claim

August 14, 2015

In an unreported decision by the Court of Special Appeals of Maryland (“Appellate Court”) on August 7, 2015, the Appellate Court held that a judgment entered in favor of a decedent in a Maryland medical malpractice action (personal injury action) does not preclude a subsequent wrongful [...]

Did Maryland Hospital Use Counterfeit Spinal Hardware?

July 22, 2015

A Maryland hospital has reportedly been sued by health insurers that allege that some spinal fusion patients who had their surgeries at the hospital may have been implanted with counterfeit spinal hardware. A spine surgeon who operated at the Maryland hospital has also been named in lawsuits, whic[...]

Baltimore Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Alleges Plastic Left In Patient’s Abdomen Following Unnecessary Surgery

June 23, 2015

A woman filed a Baltimore medical malpractice lawsuit on June 12, 2015 in the Circuit Court for Baltimore City alleging that the defendant surgeon who performed robotic-assisted surgery on her to remove her right ovary and fallopian tube, which she alleged was unnecessary surgery because she had S[...]

$2.5M Maryland Medical Malpractice Verdict For Failure To Diagnose Cauda Equina Syndrome

March 13, 2015

On March 10, 2015, in a conservative Maryland jurisdiction (Anne Arundel County, where Maryland’s capital, Annapolis, is located), a Maryland medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in the amount of $2,535,869 in favor of the now 23-year-old female plaintiff. The plaintiff was 19 years [...]

Maryland Senate Bill Would Require Pre-Suit Notice Before Filing Maryland Medical Malpractice Claims

March 5, 2015

A bill filed in the Maryland Senate during the 2015 Session (the Maryland Legislature is currently in session) would require, if passed and signed into law, that Maryland medical malpractice victims provide a written notice to the allegedly negligent health care provider(s) of their intention to f[...]

Former Maryland VA Official Sentenced For Fraud

January 24, 2015

In December 2014, the 68-year-old former Deputy Chief of Veterans Claims in the Maryland Department of Veterans Affairs was sentenced in federal court to a year and a day in prison, followed by two years of supervised probation, for extortion in connection with a scheme to fraudulently obtain ov[...]

Maryland Appellate Court Overturns $620,000 Medical Malpractice Verdict

December 14, 2014

In an unreported opinion of the Court of Special Appeals of Maryland (“Appellate Court”) dated November 5, 2014, which is Maryland’s intermediate appellate court, the Appellate Court overturned a verdict in favor of the Plaintiff in the amount of $620,000 that had been rendered by[...]

Maryland Medical Malpractice Summary Judgment For Defendant Reversed

October 24, 2014

The Court of Special Appeals of Maryland (“Appellate Court”), Maryland’s intermediate appellate court, has reversed a trial court’s granting summary judgment in favor of the defendant in a Maryland medical malpractice case. The trial judge had granted judgment for the defenda[...]

$1M Maryland Medical Malpractice Verdict For Misplaced Feeding Tube

October 20, 2014

On October 10, 2014, a Baltimore medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in favor of the plaintiffs in the amount of $958,000, which included $500,000 for pain and suffering, $250,000 for loss of consortium, and $208,000 for the amount of the plaintiffs’ stipulated medical bills. The Mar[...]

Suspended Maryland Physician Surrenders Medical License In Wake Of Sexual Misconduct Charges

September 7, 2014

On August 20, 2014, a Maryland physician who had his Maryland medical license summarily suspended on June 5, 2014 after the Maryland Board of Physicians (“Board”) determined that “the public health, safety or welfare imperatively require emergency action in this case,” volunt[...]

Medical License Of Maryland Psychiatrist Summarily Suspended

August 31, 2014

By its order dated August 27, 2014, a Maryland psychiatrist’s medical license was summarily suspended by the Maryland State Board of Physicians (“Board”) after the Board concluded that the public health, safety, or welfare “imperatively requires emergency action.” The [...]

Two Maryland Hospitals Sued For Misdiagnosed Liver Disease During Pregnancy

August 29, 2014

Two Maryland hospitals, including The Johns Hopkins Hospital, have been sued for their alleged negligent failures to timely and properly diagnose and treat a woman’s liver disease during her pregnancy, thereby leading to permanent brain damage and her current vegetative state. The gravely in[...]

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