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$820K Maryland Medical Malpractice Verdict For Late Diagnosis Of Colon Cancer

November 30, 2018

On November 20, 2018, a Montgomery County, Maryland medical malpractice jury returned a $819,437 medical malpractice verdict in favor of the plaintiff following more than three weeks of trial and three hours of jury deliberations. The Maryland medical malpractice plaintiff alleged that the defendant[...]

$728K Maryland Medical Malpractice Verdict For Death After Visiting Primary Care Physician For Chest Pain

November 3, 2018

A Maryland medical malpractice jury returned its verdict on October 30, 2018 in the amount of $728,612.35 in favor of the plaintiffs for the death of a 34-year-old man who was seen by his primary care physician for chest pain and shortness of breath that had lasted several days before the visit. Des[...]

Maryland Medical Malpractice Case Remanded To Determine If Dismissal Was Appropriate For Failure To File Supplemental Certificate

August 8, 2018

The Court of Special Appeals of Maryland (“Maryland Appellate Court”), in an unreported opinion filed on August 2, 2018, remanded to the circuit court a Maryland medical malpractice case where the plaintiff failed to timely file a supplemental certificate and the circuit court thereafter[...]

Maryland Appellate Court Discusses Requirements For Medical Malpractice Certificate Of Qualified Expert

July 2, 2018

The Court of Special Appeals of Maryland (“Maryland Appellate Court”) issued a reported opinion on June 28, 2018 in which it held that the failure of the Maryland medical malpractice plaintiff’s certificate of qualified expert to specifically identify the health care providers who [...]

Maryland Appellate Court Discusses What Is A “Medical Injury” Requiring Compliance With Maryland Medical Malpractice Laws

January 29, 2018

In its opinion filed on January 19, 2018, the Court of Appeals of Maryland (“Court”), which is the highest appellate court in Maryland, stated that in order for the Maryland Health Care Malpractice Claims Act (“HCA”) to apply, a plaintiff must allege a breach of a professiona[...]

Maryland Pain Management Physician Agrees To Surrender His Medical License In Prescriptions-For-Sex Scheme

September 4, 2016

On July 13, 2016, a Maryland internal medicine physician who practiced pain management agreed to surrender his medical license “to avoid further prosecution of the disciplinary charges now pending,” following the Maryland Board of Physicians’ investigation into complaints against[...]

Maryland Stent Case Settled

May 5, 2013

A Maryland medical malpractice case filed by 21 medical malpractice plaintiffs against a former Maryland stent doctor and the hospital where he allegedly performed unnecessary cardiac stent procedures has settled. The Maryland medical malpractice trial had started on April 1, 2013 in the Circuit Cou[...]

Maryland Appellate Court Determines That Two Separate Caps On Non-Economic Damages Apply For Wrongful Death Claims And Survival Actions In Non-Medical Malpractice Cases

September 4, 2012

On August 31, 2012, the intermediate appellate court in Maryland, known as the Court of Special Appeals of Maryland (“Court of Special Appeals”), issued its written opinion in a case in which one of the issues was “whether the non-economic damage cap imposed by Md. Code (1974, 20[...]

Oklahoma Nursing Home Abuse: What A Hidden Camera Revealed

April 20, 2012

In a disgusting and very disturbing case of nursing home abuse caught on camera, two Oklahoma nursing home caregivers responsible for the care of a 96-year-old resident were allegedly caught on video abusing the woman: one was seen hitting the woman in the face with rubber gloves and placing the gl[...]

Proposed Change To Maryland Medical Malpractice Law Fails

April 12, 2012

One major complaint about medical malpractice litigation in Maryland and in other states in the U.S. is the costs associated with litigation. And the largest category of expenses related to medical malpractice litigation is the costs of medical experts’ services on both sides of the medical[...]

Maryland Orthopedic Surgeon Hit With Medical Malpractice Verdict

March 4, 2012

On February 21, 2012, a medical malpractice jury in a conservative Maryland county determined that a Maryland orthopedic surgeon was responsible for the permanent injuries suffered by his former patient because the orthopedic surgeon allegedly failed to properly monitor and evaluate his patient[...]

Maryland Medical Malpractice Verdict For Pregnant Teens Who Lost Their Baby

February 24, 2012

Two 19-year-olds were looking forward to the birth of their baby. In preparation for the birth of a healthy baby, the expectant mother began prenatal visits with a gynecologist when she was six weeks pregnant. The pregnancy appeared to be progressing without difficulties. A couple of months after [...]

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