Maryland medical malpractice claims Archives - Medical Malpractice Lawyers

Maryland Medical Malpractice Lawyer Accused Of Seeking $25M From Hospital System To Keep Quiet

July 22, 2020

A prominent Maryland medical malpractice lawyer has been accused by the Attorney Grievance Commission of Maryland (“AGC”) of numerous conflicts of interest and engaging in an allegedly improper scheme by seeking a $25 million payment directly to him by way of a sham consulting agreement [...]

$2.46M Maryland Medical Malpractice Verdict For Wrongful Death

August 11, 2017

On August 8, 2017, a Maryland medical malpractice jury in Prince George’s County, Maryland returned its verdict in favor of the plaintiffs in the amount of $2,459,304 for the wrongful death of their loved one that the plaintiffs alleged was due to medical negligence that occurred during an inp[...]

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[...]

Maryland Medical Malpractice Appeal Demonstrates Pleading Pitfalls For The Unwary

January 31, 2015

In its reported decision filed on January 29, 2015, the Court of Special Appeals of Maryland (“Appellate Court”), Maryland’s intermediate appellate court, added to the expanding list of Maryland appellate court decisions regarding what it takes to satisfy Maryland’s pleading[...]

$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[...]

Maryland Medical Malpractice Defense Attorney Says Jurors Are Stupid

December 9, 2013

After a Maryland medical malpractice jury found his physician-client to have been negligent and that the physician’s negligence caused a newborn to suffer a severe and permanent brain injury for which the jury returned a multi-million dollar verdict, the defendant physician’s attorney i[...]

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 Medical Malpractice Means Murder?

January 1, 2012

In an article appearing in The Baltimore Sun newspaper on December 31, 2011, it was reported that two doctors who performed an abortion in Maryland during 2010 on an 18-year-old woman who suffered a ruptured uterus and other internal injuries during the procedure have been criminally charged under M[...]

An Analysis Of Paid Medical Malpractice Claims In The U.S. For 2010

September 23, 2011

An analysis of paid medical malpractice claims in the United States for 2010 based on data from the National Practitioner Data Bank for physicians (MDs), osteopathic physicians (DOs), interns, and residents found that there were 9,894 paid medical malpractice claims. The highest number of paid clai[...]

Tag: Maryland medical malpractice claims