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Maryland’s Highest Appellate Court Discusses Reasonableness Of Damages Caps

April 1, 2015

In its decision rendered on March 30, 2015, the Court of Appeals of Maryland (“Appellate Court”), Maryland’s highest appellate court, had to decide the extent to which the Maryland General Assembly intended, and was within its authority, to limit a local government’s financial [...]

Pending Proposal Would Triple Maryland Cap On Noneconomic Damages For Catastrophic Injuries

March 17, 2015

A bill pending in the Maryland House of Delegates, if approved and signed into law (a big “if” in Maryland), would triple Maryland’s limit on noneconomic damages in medical malpractice cases for catastrophic injuries. House Bill 398 defines a catastrophic injury as death, or per[...]

Maryland Senate Bill Would Require Pre-Suit Notice Before Filing Maryland Medical Malpractice Claims

March 5, 2015

A bill filed in the Maryland Senate during the 2015 Session (the Maryland Legislature is currently in session) would require, if passed and signed into law, that Maryland medical malpractice victims provide a written notice to the allegedly negligent health care provider(s) of their intention to f[...]

Maryland Appellate Court Allows Testimony Of Defendant Doctor As To Her Habit/Routine In Treating Patients

February 2, 2015

In a case decided on January 28, 2015 by the Court of Special Appeals of Maryland (“Appellate Court”), which is Maryland’s intermediate appellate court, it was held that the trial judge did not abuse his discretion when he allowed the Defendant emergency room physician to testify[...]

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[...]

Maryland Medical Malpractice Summary Judgment For Defendant Reversed

October 24, 2014

The Court of Special Appeals of Maryland (“Appellate Court”), Maryland’s intermediate appellate court, has reversed a trial court’s granting summary judgment in favor of the defendant in a Maryland medical malpractice case. The trial judge had granted judgment for the defenda[...]

Maryland’s Proposed Legislation Would Triple Medical Malpractice Noneconomic Damages Cap For Catastrophic Injuries

March 9, 2014

A bill introduced in the Maryland House of Delegates on February 6, 2014, if passed and signed into law as presently worded, would triple Maryland’s cap on noneconomic damages in medical malpractice cases where there has been a “catastrophic injury.” If signed into law, it’s[...]

Maryland Senate Bill To Establish Birth Injury Fund To Be Studied By Task Force

March 2, 2014

Maryland Senate Bill 798, which would have established the Maryland No-Fault Birth Injury Fund (“Fund”) for the “adjudication and compensation of a claimant for a birth-related neurological injury,” was put on hold when its sponsor in the Maryland Senate added an amendment[...]

Maryland Medical Malpractice Victim Failed To Jump Through All Of The Legal Hoops

December 31, 2013

On December 19, 2013, the Court of Special Appeals of Maryland (“Appellate Court”), Maryland’s intermediate appellate court, issued its written opinion in a Maryland medical malpractice appeal where the trial judge had found that the plaintiff’s lawyer had failed to jump thro[...]

Maryland Federal Medical Malpractice Defense Verdict

December 15, 2013

On November 22, 2013, a federal medical malpractice jury in Maryland rendered it verdict in favor of a Maryland neurosurgeon whom the plaintiff alleged had negligently performed spinal surgery on her. The federal medical malpractice lawsuit was filed on November 16, 2011 by the West Virginia plainti[...]

Maryland Appellate Court Decides Medical Malpractice Wrongful Death Case Was Timely Filed

October 22, 2013

On October 18, 2013, the Court of Appeals of Maryland (“Court of Appeals”) held that the Legislature did not intend to define “wrongful act” so as to render a wrongful death claim contingent on the decedent’s ability to timely file a tort claim prior to death in a medic[...]

Maryland’s Highest Court Reinstates $2.8M Medical Malpractice Verdict

August 27, 2013

On August 22, 2013, Maryland’s highest appellate court, the Court of Appeals of Maryland (“Court of Appeals”), reinstated a Maryland medical malpractice verdict in the amount of $2,874.398 that the intermediate appellate court (the Court of Special Appeals of Maryland) had vacat[...]

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