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Maryland Appellate Court Orders Second New Trial In Breast Cancer Misdiagnosis Medical Malpractice Case

July 29, 2019

For the second time in a Maryland medical malpractice breast cancer misdiagnosis case, the Court of Special Appeals of Maryland (“Maryland Appellate Court”) overturned a Maryland medical malpractice jury’s verdict (this time overturning a jury verdict in favor of the defendants; th[...]

Maryland Appellate Court Rules Medical Malpractice Complaint Was Filed Too Late

July 17, 2019

Maryland’s Health Care Malpractice Claims Act (“the Health Care Claims Act”), codified in Maryland Code (1976, 2013 Repl. Vol.), Courts & Judicial Proceedings Article (“CJP”), § 3-2A-01, et seq., mandates that claims against a health care provider seeking damages (if [...]

Maryland Appellate Court Upholds Medical Malpractice Defense Verdict Despite Inadmissible Expert Testimony

December 11, 2018

The Court of Special Appeals of Maryland (“Maryland Appellate Court”) affirmed a defense verdict in a Maryland medical malpractce case in an unreported opinion filed on December 7, 2018, despite the inadmissible testimony of a defense fact witness who was a physician at the hospital wher[...]

Maryland Appellate Court Finds Medical Malpractice Case Against Johns Hopkins Hospital Was Filed Too Late

September 10, 2018

In its unreported opinion filed on August 14, 2018, the Court of Special Appeals of Maryland (“Maryland Appellate Court”) held that the Maryland medical malpractice plaintiff had filed her Maryland medical malpractice claim after the relevant statute of limitations for medical malpractic[...]

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 Overturns Medical Malpractice Verdict For Plaintiff Based On Respondeat Superior

May 2, 2018

In its opinion filed on April 27, 2018, the Court of Special Appeals of Maryland (“Maryland Appellate Court”), Maryland’s intermediate appellate court, held that for a defendant health care provider to be liable for medical negligence based on respondeat superior, i.e., for being t[...]

Maryland Appellate Court Holds Trial Court Erred In Allowing Medical Malpractice Jury To Consider Plaintiff’s Alleged Pre-Treatment Negligence

April 27, 2018

The Court of Special Appeals of Maryland (“Maryland Appellate Court”) discussed in its reported opinion dated April 26, 2018 whether the purported negligence of a plaintiff, which precedes the medical treatment by the defendant, may be raised by the defendant as contributory negligence i[...]

Maryland Legislature Considering Repealing 20% Rule In Medical Malpractice Cases

March 21, 2018

The Maryland General Assembly, which is currently in session, is considering repealing the so-called “20 Percent Rule” in Maryland medical malpractice cases, which requires that medical experts not devote more than 20% of their professional activities to activities directly involving tes[...]

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[...]

Proposed Maryland Senate Bill Would Eliminate 20% Rule In Maryland Medical Malpractice Cases

January 23, 2018

The Maryland Legislature convened for its 2018 Legislative Session on January 10, 2018. One of the bills pre-filed in the Maryland Senate would repeal the requirement in Maryland medical malpractice cases that a health care provider who attests in a certificate of a qualified expert, or who testifie[...]

New Maryland Law Requires Board Of Physicians To Create Physician Profiles Accessible To The Public

October 19, 2017

Effective October 1, 2017, the Maryland State Board of Physicians (“MBP”) is required to create and maintain a public practitioner profile for each licensed physician and provide appropriate and accessible links to the profiles from the Board’s website. In addition to specified discipl[...]

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