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Maryland Medical Malpractice Plaintiff Who Refused To Continue With Trial After Mistrial Motion Was Denied Held To Have Waived Appellate Review

January 10, 2019

The Court of Special Appeals of Maryland (“Maryland Appellate Court”), Maryland’s intermediate appellate court, ruled in its unreported opinion filed on December 31, 2018 in a Maryland medical malpractice case in which the trial judge denied the plaintiff’s motion for a mistr[...]

Maryland Appellate Court Overturns Transfer Of Medical Malpractice Case Granted To Defendants

December 8, 2016

In its unreported opinion filed on December 5, 2016, the Court of Special Appeals of Maryland (“Appellate Court”), Maryland’s intermediate appellate court, ruled that the trial court abused its discretion in transferring a medical malpractice case filed in Baltimore City to a rural[...]

$3.5M Maryland Medical Malpractice Verdict For Paralyzed Man

July 8, 2014

On November 5, 2009, the then 64-year-old Maryland medical malpractice plaintiff was involved in a serious car crash. At the scene of the crash, he complained of weakness in his right arm and pain in his left shoulder. By the time he arrived at the defendant Maryland hospital, he was also complainin[...]

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 Medical Malpractice Jury Awards $21 Million For Botched Delivery

August 2, 2012

On July 31, 2012, a Maryland medical malpractice jury awarded a total of $21 million ($18 million for future medical expenses, $2 million for future lost wages, and $1 million in non-economic damages) to a now-9-year-old child and his parents after a two-week, hotly contested trial that focused on t[...]

Maryland Medical Malpractice Verdict For Missed Cancer Diagnosis

July 9, 2012

In February, 2003, a woman’s physician ordered a chest x-ray for the woman in preparation for her back surgery. The physician received the x-ray report from the radiologist that noted a mass on the woman’s right lung but the physician never advised his patient about the finding or order[...]

“Assumption Of Risk” Defense Not Available In Maryland Medical Malpractice Claim

June 28, 2012

In an appellate case decided on June 27, 2012 by the Court of Special Appeals of Maryland (Maryland’s intermediate appellate court), the Court held “…except in cases involving a refusal or delay in undergoing recommended treatment or the pursuit of unconventional medical treatment,[...]

Maryland Medical Malpractice Verdict For Negligent Cardiac Catheterization

June 3, 2012

On May 7, 2012, a Maryland medical malpractice jury returned a verdict in the amount of $1.2M in favor of a woman who had undergone a cardiac catheterization (a procedure whereby a doctor inserts a wire tool and catheter through the patient’s groin and manipulates the catheter up the descendi[...]

Maryland Medical Malpractice: Why Are Hospitals Referring Malpractice Victims To Lawyers?

May 25, 2012

It has been reported that three of Maryland’s largest health care systems routinely attempt to refer victims of medical malpractice that occurred in their hospitals to local medical malpractice lawyers who are on lists of Maryland medical malpractice lawyers that the health care systems mainta[...]

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[...]

Death Of Maryland Medical Malpractice Victim Does Not Affect Future Medical Expenses Award

January 31, 2012

Maryland’s highest appellate court decided on January 27, 2012 that a jury’s award of future medical expenses to a medical malpractice victim is not affected when the victim later dies. In the Maryland medical malpractice case, the parents of a newborn filed a medical malpractice claim[...]

Maryland Medical Malpractice Verdict For Woman’s Blindness

January 25, 2012

On January 12, 2012, a Maryland medical malpractice jury returned a verdict in the amount of $1 million in favor of a 67-year-old Maryland woman who suffered near-total blindness allegedly as a result of medical malpractice by her ophthalmologist. The verdict will be reduced to $620,000 due to the [...]

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