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Maryland Appellate Court Vacates $329K Baltimore Medical Malpractice Verdict

September 4, 2017

In its reported opinion filed on September 1, 2017, the Court of Special Appeals of Maryland (“Maryland Appellate Court”), Maryland’s intermediate appellate court, vacated a Baltimore medical malpractice verdict in the amount of $329,000 in favor of the plaintiff, holding that the [...]

Maryland Appellate Court Addresses Inquiry Notice In Hip Replacement Medical Malpractice Case

July 25, 2017

In its unreported opinion dated July 20, 2017, the Court of Special Appeals of Maryland (“Maryland Appellate Court”) reversed the trial court’s order that had granted summary judgment to the defendant orthopedic surgeon who had negligently performed right hip replacement surgery on[...]

Maryland Appellate Court Discusses Effect Of Non-Party Subsequent Treating Physicians’ Negligence In Medical Malpractice Case

May 26, 2017

In a case decided on May 24, 2017, the Court of Appeals of Maryland (“Court of Appeals”), Maryland’s highest court, held: ” … a defendant generally denying liability may present evidence of a non-party’s negligence and causation as an affirmative defense. It was not [...]

Maryland Appellate Court Affirms Breach Of Contract Claim Not Available To Medical Malpractice Plaintiff

April 20, 2017

In its unreported opinion filed on March 17, 2017, the Court of Special Appeals of Maryland (“Maryland Appellate Court”) affirmed the trial court dismissing the Maryland medical malpractice plaintiff’s breach of contract claim in her Maryland medical malpractice complaint where the[...]

Maryland Appellate Court Rejects Hospital Liability For Apparent Agency In Medical Malpractice Case

April 5, 2017

In its unreported opinion filed on March 21, 2017, the Court of Special Appeals of Maryland (“Maryland Appellate Court”) rejected the Maryland medical malpractice plaintiff’s argument that two of the named defendants could be held liable for the death of the decedent (one defendant[...]

Maryland Proposed Legislation Would Allow Hospitals To Establish Patient Safety Early Intervention Programs

February 28, 2017

Proposed legislative bills cross-filed in both the Maryland House of Delegates and the Maryland Senate during the current 2017 Session of the Maryland General Assembly, if passed and signed into law by Maryland’s Republican Governor, would allow Maryland hospitals to establish “patient [...]

Maryland State Senator Called Unethical By Judge In Baltimore Medical Malpractice Case

February 24, 2017

During a January 25, 2017 hearing on the defense request for a postponement of trial in a Baltimore medical malpractice case, a Baltimore Circuit Court judge called a Maryland state senator who entered his appearance on behalf of the medical malpractice defendant, the University of Maryland Medical [...]

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[...]

Maryland Appellate Court Allows Evidence Of Negligence Of Subsequent Treating Physicians

June 3, 2016

In its opinion filed on May 31, 2016, the Court of Special Appeals of Maryland (“Maryland Appellate Court”), which is Maryland’s intermediate appellate court, held that it was not error for the trial court to admit evidence pertaining to the negligence of subsequent treating physi[...]

Lack Of Medical Expert Doomed Maryland Medical Malpractice Plaintiffs

January 19, 2016

In its unreported decision filed on January 11, 2016, the Court of Special Appeals of Maryland (“Maryland Appellate Court”) affirmed the trial court granting summary judgment to the Maryland medical malpractice defendants in a Maryland medical malpractice case shortly before the schedu[...]

Maryland Medical Malpractice Judgment Does Not Preclude Subsequent Wrongful Death Claim

August 14, 2015

In an unreported decision by the Court of Special Appeals of Maryland (“Appellate Court”) on August 7, 2015, the Appellate Court held that a judgment entered in favor of a decedent in a Maryland medical malpractice action (personal injury action) does not preclude a subsequent wrongful [...]

Maryland Appellate Decision Regarding Informed Consent In Medical Malpractice Cases

June 28, 2015

In an unreported case from the Court of Special Appeals of Maryland (“Appellate Court”) filed on June 22, 2015, one of the issues the Appellate Court had to decide was whether the trial court abused its discretion by admitting evidence of informed consent in a medical malpractice case[...]

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