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Maryland Appellate Court Rules Medical Malpractice Expert’s Report Failed To Comply With Statutory Requirements

October 23, 2026

Maryland’s Health Care Malpractice Claims Act requires that before a claimant may waive arbitration and maintain a medical malpractice action in circuit court, a qualified expert must identify the defendant’s departure from the applicable standard of care and attest that the departure proximatel[...]

Conversion Therapy Prohibition Bill Filed In Maryland Legislature Fails To Become Law

August 11, 2026

During the Maryland General Assembly 2026 Session, Senate Bill 950 (“Conversion Therapy – Prohibitions and Causes of Action”) was introduced as an emergency bill that (1) establishes a health care malpractice cause of action for the provision of conversion therapy; (2) establishes [...]

What Is Informed Consent In Maryland?

June 6, 2026

Although ordinary medical negligence and failure to obtain informed consent both are rooted in negligence, they are different legal theories. Ordinary medical negligence claims are predicated upon a physician’s breach of the duty to use that degree of care and skill which is expected of a reas[...]

Federal Appellate Court Holds District Court Erroneously Applied Maryland Medical Malpractice Statute Of Limitations To Hospital Fraud Claim

May 25, 2026

Jon Lodwick Brunenkant presented at the Emergency Department of Suburban Hospital in Bethesda, Maryland on October 10, 2015 with symptoms of abdominal pain, persistent nausea, and vomiting. After ordering a CT scan of Brunenkant’s abdomen — along with an electrocardiogram and an ultrasound — a[...]

Johns Hopkins Health System Keeps Maryland Medical Malpractice Win On Appeal

May 20, 2026

Deidre DeMizio and her son Peter S. DeMizio, DDS (“Appellants”) filed a Maryland medical malpractice claim for the death of Peter L. DeMizio, DDS, the Decedent, in the Circuit Court of Montgomery County, on May 22, 2020. Appellees were Johns Hopkins Health System Corporation and Johns Hopkins Co[...]

Maryland Appellate Court Affirms Hospital’s Immunity From Medical Malpractice Claim Arising During COVID-19 Pandemic

May 15, 2026

In its published Opinion filed on May 4, 2026, the Appellate Court of Maryland affirmed that a hospital was entitled to immunity for medical malpractice claims arising during the COVID-19 pandemic. Background Facts James Smith, Jr. suffered a serious deep tissue injury while hospitalized during Apri[...]

Maryland Appellate Court Discusses Mary Carter Agreements In Medical Malpractice Cases

May 11, 2026

Mary Carter Agreement The term “Mary Carter Agreement” applies to any agreement between the plaintiff and some (but less than all)defendants whereby the parties place limitations on the financial responsibility of the agreeing defendants, the amount of which is variable and usually in some inver[...]

Maryland Appellate Court Remands Medical Malpractice Case For New Trial On Some Issues

March 12, 2026

In its reported Opinion filed on February 27, 2026, the Appellate Court of Maryland ruled as follows: Medical Malpractice Expert Qualifications The medical malpractice plaintiffs brought medical negligence claims against a board-certified gastroenterologist who performed an endoscopy at an ambulator[...]

Maryland Appellate Court Reverses Summary Judgment For Defendants In Medical Malpractice Case Based On One Satisfaction Rule

February 18, 2026

On July 19, 2017, Diana Oxley visited Frederick Memorial Hospital’s emergency department with complaints of ongoing and worsening low back pain. She denied any recent falls and denied incontinence. On examination, Mrs. Oxley had normal strength in her lower extremities. She was diagnosed with nont[...]

Maryland Appellate Court Rules Plaintiff’s CQE Was Sufficient In Medical Malpractice Case

December 13, 2025

On November 3, 2020, Christian Otto was admitted to the emergency room at UPMC Western Maryland with drowsiness and intermittent loss of consciousness. Upon admission, and throughout his two-week stay, Otto was treated by a myriad of physicians and nurses at UPMC. Although consultation reports noted[...]

$35M Maryland Medical Malpractice Verdict Overturned

October 6, 2025

In a Maryland medical malpractice case filed in the Circuit Court for Baltimore City, J.B. (the “Child”), a minor, by and through his mother (the “Mother”), alleged that Harbor Hospital, Inc. (the “Hospital”) was negligent in the post-delivery care provided to him, which resulted in his [...]

Maryland Appellate Court Affirms Summary Judgment For Medical Malpractice Defendants Where Plaintiff’s Expert Was In Africa At Time Of Trial

September 4, 2025

On September 15, 2019, Jorge Mata fell and fractured his right hip. He was initially treated at Howard County Hospital and the next day he was transported to the University of Maryland Medical Center Midtown Campus (“Midtown”). A hipreplacement surgery was performed, and on September 18, 2019, h[...]

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