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$35M Maryland Medical Malpractice Verdict Overturned

October 6, 2025

In a Maryland medical malpractice case filed in the Circuit Court for Baltimore City, J.B. (the “Child”), a minor, by and through his mother (the “Mother”), alleged that Harbor Hospital, Inc. (the “Hospital”) was negligent in the post-delivery care provided to him, which resulted in his [...]

Maryland Supreme Court Discusses Using Nurses As Qualified Experts In Medical Malpractice Cases

July 29, 2025

Under the Maryland Health Care Malpractice Claims Act (“HCMCA” or “Act”), unless the sole issue in a claim is lack ofinformed consent, a claimant must file a “certificate of a qualified expert … attesting to departure from standards of care, and that the departure from standards of care [...]

Maryland Appellate Court Upholds Summary Judgment For Defendants In Medical Malpractice Case

July 27, 2025

Linda Newton died at Harford Memorial Hospital (“Hospital”) after falling into septic shock. Her estate (“Estate”) alleged that she died as a result of medical malpractice on the part of a radiologist, Haleema Javid, M.D., who read an x-ray taken when she presented to the Hospital with abdom[...]

Federal Court Enters Summary Judgment For Maryland Nursing Home

June 12, 2025

Plaintiff is the daughter of Louise Longus (“Decedent”). Decedent underwent a below the knee amputation at a hospital in Washington, D.C. On January 7 or 8, 2017, Decedent was transferred to Fairland Center (the “Facility”) for rehabilitation. While Decedent was at the Facility, Decedent tol[...]

Federal Judge Grants Class Certification To Plaintiffs In Case Against Maryland Department of Health For Its Alleged Oversight Failures Of Maryland Nursing Homes

April 29, 2025

On May 15, 2024, Plaintiffs filed a Class Action Complaint against the Maryland Department of Health (“MDH”) and MDH’s Secretary Laura Herrera Scott, in her official capacity. Plaintiffs sought declaratory and injunctive relief against Defendants under the Americans with Disabilities Act (“A[...]

Maryland Appellate Court Revives Birth Injury Medical Malpractice Case

March 6, 2025

Appellants Fatou Jabbi and Lamin Kanteh, Individually and as Parents and Next Friends of their child T.R., sued defendants/appellees Adventist Healthcare, Inc., Tamara Pottillo, and Lisa Godette for injuries suffered by T.R. related to Ms. Jabbi’s care prior to T.R.’s birth. Ms. Jabbi, then 24 w[...]

Johns Hopkins Health System Agrees To Provide People With Disabilities Equal Access To Medical Care

January 11, 2025

The United States Department of Justice announced on September 12, 2024 that it filed a complaint and proposed consent decree in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland resolving allegations that the Johns Hopkins Health System Corporation (Johns Hopkins) violated th[...]

Maryland Board Of Physicians Annual Report Fiscal Year 2023

November 20, 2024

The Maryland Board of Physicians (the “Board”) is an agency of the state with the authority to license physicians and other health care providers such as physician assistants, radiographers, radiation therapists, radiologist assistants, nuclear medicine technologists, respiratory care pr[...]

Maryland Supreme Court Applies Lex Loci Delicti Doctrine In Finding That Virginia’s Cap On Noneconomic Damages In Medical Malpractice Cases Applies To Maryland Medical Malpractice Case

October 7, 2024

In its Opinion filed on July 31, 2024, the Supreme Court of Maryland held that the Appellate Court of Maryland properly applied Virginia substantive law in accordance with the doctrine of lex loci delicti. Pursuant to that doctrine, which requires the application of the substantive law of the state [...]

$1.5M Maryland Medical Malpractice Verdict For Botched Gallbladder Surgery

August 15, 2024

Victoria Nelson had gallbladder removal surgery at MedStar St. Mary’s Hospital in July 2019 after she went to the emergency room complaining of severe upper abdominal pain. She was not advised by her surgeon after the surgery that a remnant of her gallbladder was left in her or that the surgeon ha[...]

Who Are The Best Medical Malpractice Attorneys In Maryland?

August 9, 2024

Maryland medical malpractice lawyers are not permitted to advertise that they are the “best” medical malpractice lawyer in Maryland. Maryland lawyers are required to comply with the Maryland Attorneys’ Rules of Professional Conduct. Those Rules include the following requirements: &[...]

$4.5M Maryland Medical Malpractice Verdict For Lost Kidney After Surgery

June 12, 2024

On March 21, 2024, a Baltimore medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in the amount of $4.5 million in favor of a woman who was 30-years-old when she underwent surgery on September 5, 2019 to remove her uterus to address her severe pain due to endometriosis. During the surgery, the surgeons m[...]

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