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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.[...]

Maryland Appellate Court Allows Medical Malpractice Plaintiff An Opportunity To Prove Common Law Marriage In Pennsylvania

June 2, 2023

Court Allows Plaintiff Opportunity To Prove Common Law Marriage: Margaret Conway died on April 12, 2017, due to colon cancer. In February 2021, Thomas Zadnik filed a wrongful death complaint against Dr. Ambinder and Johns Hopkins Medicine, Dr. Ambinder’s employer. The Maryland medical malpractice [...]

Maryland Appellate Court Reinstates Dismissed Medical Malpractice Case Based On Sufficient Certificate Of Qualified Expert

December 31, 2022

Court Reinstates Dismissed Medical Malpractice Case: In its published opinion dated December 29, 2022, the Appellate Court of Maryland (“Maryland Appellate Court,” which was known as the Court of Special Appeals of Maryland until its name was officially changed on December 14, 2022) held[...]

Maryland Appellate Court Holds Claim For Fraud Involving IVF Was Claim For Medical Malpractice

December 24, 2022

Claim For Fraud Involving IVF Was Claim For Medical Malpractice: In its unreported opinion filed on December 7, 2022, the Court of Special Appeals of Maryland ((“Maryland Appellate Court”) stated: “We start with the fact that the medical community now recognizes infertility as a di[...]

Maryland Appellate Court Discusses Intervening And Superseding Causation In Affirming Medical Malpractice Defense Verdict

October 14, 2022

Court Discusses Intervening And Superseding Causation: Intervening Cause Section 441 of the Restatement (Second) of Torts defines an intervening force as a force “which actively operates in producing harm to another after the actor’s negligent act or omission has been committed.” Importantly, [...]

Maryland Appellate Court Finds Hospital Vicariously Liable For Actions Of Trauma Surgeon

July 31, 2022

Court Finds Hospital Vicariously Liable : Under the doctrine of apparent agency, an entity may be found vicariously liable to a third party for the negligence of its apparent agent if (1) the entity represents, or acquiesces in the appearance, that an individual is its agent; (2) the third party rel[...]

Maryland’s Highest Appellate Court Holds Terminal Patient Cannot Sue For Medical Malpractice For Shortened Life Expectancy

July 18, 2022

Maryland’s Highest Appellate Court Holds Terminal Patient Cannot Sue For Medical Malpractice For Shortened Life Expectancy: A woman diagnosed with Stage IIIC breast cancer in her left breast was treated with a left mastectomy, chemotherapy, and radiation therapy, after which a series of follow[...]

Recoverable Damages In Negligent Reproductive Health Care Cases

Maryland Appellate Court Affirms Plaintiff Failed To Show Compensable Damages In Delayed Diagnosis Of Pancreatic Cancer Medical Malpractice Case

July 6, 2022

Court Affirms Plaintiff Failed to Show Compensable Damages in Cancer Case: On May 26, 2015, Mr. Dean, age 54, presented at the Garrett County Memorial Hospital’s emergency room complaining of abdominal pain, back pain, and nausea. The emergency room physicians performed several diagnostic procedur[...]

$742,660 Maryland Wrongful Birth/Negligent Sterilization Verdict

May 9, 2022

During the evening on April 14, 2022, a Montgomery County, Maryland wrongful birth/negligent sterilization medical malpractice jury returned its verdict after four full days of trial in favor of the parents against the OBGYN defendant. The Underlying Facts One doctor (Defendant One) in a shared pati[...]

Maryland Pharmacists Seek Golden Ticket

February 23, 2022

Proposed legislation in Maryland seeks to add “pharmacists” to the definition of “health care provider” so that their financial interests are protected at the expense of the most seriously harmed victims of their negligence, and so that they also enjoy the significant procedu[...]

Plaintiff Failed To Prove Causation In Maryland Legal Malpractice Case Arising From Medical Malpractice Case

December 8, 2021

In Maryland, to prevail on a legal malpractice claim, a former client must prove: (1) the attorney’s employment, (2) the attorney’s neglect of a reasonable duty, and (3) loss to the client proximately caused by that neglect of duty. Trial-Within-A-Trial Doctrine In a lawyer-negligence or fiducia[...]

Maryland Appellate Court Affirms Medical Malpractice Plaintiff’s Discovery Abuses Justified Dismissal

October 28, 2021

In its unreported opinion dated September 28, 2021, the Court of Special Appeals of Maryland (“Maryland Appellate Court”) stated in a case where the Maryland medical malpractice plaintiff failed to provide timely and adequate discovery responses pursuant to the original and amended sched[...]

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