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Maryland Medical Malpractice Verdict For Negligent Cardiac Catheterization

June 3, 2012

On May 7, 2012, a Maryland medical malpractice jury returned a verdict in the amount of $1.2M in favor of a woman who had undergone a cardiac catheterization (a procedure whereby a doctor inserts a wire tool and catheter through the patient’s groin and manipulates the catheter up the descendi[...]

Maryland Medical Malpractice: Why Are Hospitals Referring Malpractice Victims To Lawyers?

May 25, 2012

It has been reported that three of Maryland’s largest health care systems routinely attempt to refer victims of medical malpractice that occurred in their hospitals to local medical malpractice lawyers who are on lists of Maryland medical malpractice lawyers that the health care systems mainta[...]

Wrongful Birth Claims And Wrongful Life Claims

March 17, 2012

Wrongful birth claims and wrongful life claims are medical malpractice claims arising out of the allegation that the parents were negligently deprived of the opportunity to avoid a pregnancy or to terminate a pregnancy, usually involving a deformed fetus or a fetus with a severe medical conditio[...]

Maryland Medical Malpractice Verdict For Pregnant Teens Who Lost Their Baby

February 24, 2012

Two 19-year-olds were looking forward to the birth of their baby. In preparation for the birth of a healthy baby, the expectant mother began prenatal visits with a gynecologist when she was six weeks pregnant. The pregnancy appeared to be progressing without difficulties. A couple of months after [...]

Death Of Maryland Medical Malpractice Victim Does Not Affect Future Medical Expenses Award

January 31, 2012

Maryland’s highest appellate court decided on January 27, 2012 that a jury’s award of future medical expenses to a medical malpractice victim is not affected when the victim later dies. In the Maryland medical malpractice case, the parents of a newborn filed a medical malpractice claim[...]

Medical Mutual Liability Insurance Society Of Maryland

November 15, 2011

The Medical Mutual Liability Insurance Society of Maryland (“Medical Mutual”) is the largest insurer of Maryland doctors for medical malpractice claims in Maryland. Medical Mutual is a physician-owned liability insurance company that has been insuring Maryland physicians against Maryland[...]

Physician Medical Malpractice: Pain (Mis)Management Issues

November 1, 2011

Our research regarding physician medical malpractice and physician disciplinary actions taken against doctors throughout the United States has brought to our attention the fact that many of the physicians whose medical licenses are revoked, suspended, or surrendered get in trouble due to the[...]

Maryland Surgeon Loses License (And Two Patients) Due To Medical Malpractice

October 19, 2011

The Maryland State Board of Physicians, which is responsible for physician discipline in Maryland, has issued a Final Decision and Order against a Board-certified Maryland plastic surgeon after two of his patients died following long multiple cosmetic surgeries he performed at his unapproved in-off[...]

Some States Have Determined Caps On Damages In Medical Malpractice Cases Are Unconstitutional

August 27, 2011

Even though some states (such as Maryland) have upheld caps on noneconomic damages (and sometimes other damages as well) as constitutional under their respective state constitutions, there are states that have found the caps imposed by their respective state legislatures to be unconstitutional. Th[...]

Maryland’s Experience With Medical Malpractice “Tort Reform”

August 17, 2011

A recent case decided by the Court of Appeals of Maryland (the highest state appellate court in Maryland) reviewed the path that Maryland has taken with regard to medical malpractice “tort reform.” The Court of Appeals reviewed the history of the law of medical malpractice in Marylan[...]

Medical Malpractice Cases in Maryland – Official Administrative Statistics

March 30, 2011

The Maryland Board of Physicians is responsible for licensing and disciplining physicians and other health practitioners in Maryland. In its Annual Report to the Maryland Legislative Policy Committe for fiscal year 2009 the Board reported that during fiscal year 2009 it opened investigations on[...]

MARYLAND MEDICAL MALPRACTICE LAWS – CONTRIBUTORY NEGLIGENCE

March 10, 2011

A bill has been introduced in the Maryland General Assembly during the 2011 Session to entrench the affirmative defense of contributory negligence in Maryland. In general terms, contributory negligence is conduct on the part of the injured person which falls below the standard of care to which the i[...]

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