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$970,900 Maryland Medical Malpractice Verdict In Talbot County

April 16, 2026

Talbot County, Maryland is located on Maryland’s Eastern Shore and is considered a very conservative jurisdiction for medical malpractice claims. Earlier in April 2026, a Talbot County medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in the amount of $970,900 in favor of Bruce Clarke, who was 76-[...]

$3M Maryland Medical Malpractice Verdict For Death Of Patient After Gallbladder Surgery

March 13, 2025

Earlier this month, a Maryland medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in excess of $3 million for the family of a man who died after gallbladder surgery because his hepatic artery was negligently cut by the surgeon and the surgeon negligently failed to diagnose the injury. Maryland’s ca[...]

Bill Introduced In Maryland House of Delegates To Repeal Cap On Noneconomic Damages

January 23, 2025

On January 8, 2025, House Bill 113 was introduced and read for the first time, which if passed by the Maryland Legislature and signed into law by the Maryland Governor, would repeal Maryland’s cap on noneconomic damages in medical malpractice cases and other personal injury cases. The current [...]

Maryland Appellate Court Affirms Dismissal Of Pro Se Medical Malpractice Plaintiff’s Lawsuit As Untimely

December 1, 2023

On October 22, 2021, Mr. Ritchie—representing himself—filed a claim with the Health Care Alternative Dispute Resolution Office (“HCADRO”) against Dr. Damiano and Union Hospital. He alleged that, on March 26, 2018 about 8:40a.m., his girlfriend called 9-1-1 seeking medical help on his behalf.[...]

$5M Maryland Medical Malpractice Verdict

May 25, 2022

A Maryland medical malpractice jury in Howard County, Maryland has awarded the plaintiff in excess of $5 million for permanent damage sustained to her pancreas as a result of an allegedly botched diagnostic procedure that the defendant gastroenterologist had performed in 2014. The Maryland medical m[...]

Maryland Appellate Court Discusses Certificate Of Qualified Expert Requirements In Maryland Medical Malpractice Cases

January 29, 2020

The Court of Special Appeals of Maryland (“Maryland Appellate Court”), Maryland’s intermediate appellate court, held in its unpublished opinion dated December 26,2019: “The ministerial act of transferring the case from the HCADRO to the circuit court—an action the Director [...]

Maryland Appellate Court Applies One Satisfaction Rule In Affirming Dismissal Of Maryland Medical Malpractice Case

May 8, 2019

The Court of Appeals of Maryland (“Maryland Appellate Court”), Maryland’s highest appellate court, in its opinion filed on April 29, 2019 stated, “When multiple tortfeasors contribute to a plaintiff’s injuries, the plaintiff may choose how to structure his or her litigation[...]

Maryland’s Highest Appellate Court Finds No Error In Instructing Medical Malpractice Jury As To General Negligence

February 9, 2019

The Court of Appeals of Maryland (“Maryland Appellate Court”), Maryland’s highest appellate court, held in its opinion filed on January 25, 2019 that the trial court did not abuse its discretion when it gave standard general instructions on negligence and foreseeability in addition[...]

Maryland Appellate Court Discusses Effect Of Non-Party Subsequent Treating Physicians’ Negligence In Medical Malpractice Case

May 26, 2017

In a case decided on May 24, 2017, the Court of Appeals of Maryland (“Court of Appeals”), Maryland’s highest court, held: ” … a defendant generally denying liability may present evidence of a non-party’s negligence and causation as an affirmative defense. It was not [...]

Baltimore Sun Commentary: “Ban Medical Malpractice Lawsuits”

December 28, 2016

On December 27, 2016, the Baltimore Sun published a commentary entitled “Ban medical malpractice lawsuits” that was written by someone whose qualifications to propose such included his PhD in chemical engineering and his retirement from Dupont in 1985. The commentator wrote, “Aboli[...]

Maryland Hospital NICU Closed For Second Time In Three Months For Bacterial Outbreak

November 3, 2016

For the second time in several months, the Prince George’s Hospital Center in Maryland has closed its Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) due to an outbreak of Pseudomonas, a potentially deadly bacterium. Five babies who were in the hospital’s NICU have been transferred to other hospital[...]

Failed Sterilization Procedure Leads To Maryland Medical Malpractice Claim

October 30, 2016

A Maryland woman who had several young children advised her OB during her most recent pregnancy that she wished to have her tubes tied after she gave birth so that she would not have any more children because she and her husband could not afford to raise any more children. The OB agreed to perform [[...]

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