The Court of Special Appeals of Maryland (“Maryland Appellate Court”), Maryland’s intermediate appellate court, reinstated a Maryland medical malpractice jury’s verdict in favor of the plaintiffs in its published opinion filed on November 23, 2020. The Underlying Facts In November… Read More
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Baltimore Medical Malpractice Jury Awards $1.35M For Death Of Patient Following Neck Surgery
On February 18, 2020, a Baltimore medical malpractice jury took only 47 minutes after a five-day trial to award the son of a patient who died a day after spinal surgery on his neck, $51,562 for medical expenses, $4,209 for… Read More
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Maryland Appellate Court Holds Cremation Was Not Spoliation Of Evidence In Medical Malpractice Wrongful Death Case
The Court of Special Appeals of Maryland (“Maryland Appellate Court”), Maryland’s intermediate appellate court, held in its published opinion dated January 29, 2020: “We expressly reject the Appellants’ assertion that Ms. Mattingly had a duty to preserve her son’s remains… Read More
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Maryland Appellate Court Discusses Loss Of Household Services Claim In Medical Malpractice Wrongful Death Case
In its reported opinion dated November 1, 2019, the Court of Special Appeals of Maryland (“Maryland Appellate Court”), Maryland’s intermediate appellate court, discussed what is necessary to prove a loss of household services claim in a medical malpractice wrongful death… Read More
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$6.2M Maryland Medical Malpractice Verdict Against Hospital For Loss Of Leg
On October 17, 2019, a Prince George’s County, Maryland medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in favor of a man who lost his right leg allegedly as a result of the defendant hospital’s orthopedic surgeon’s negligence following the man being… Read More
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$150K Maryland Medical Malpractice Verdict For Botched Hysteroscopy Leading To Hysterectomy And Loss Of Kidney
A Maryland medical malpractice jury on Maryland’s conservative Eastern Shore returned its verdict in the amount of $150,000 in favor of a woman who lost her kidney and suffered other substantial injuries as a result of a hysteroscopy that was… Read More
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$1.75M Maryland Medical Malpractice Wrongful Death Verdict For Late Diagnosed Aortic Dissection
On June 25, 2019, after a one-week trial and seven hours of deliberations, a Baltimore medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in favor of the plaintiffs in the total amount of $1.75 million ($500,000 in economic damages, $500,000 in noneconomic… Read More
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$229,640,000 Baltimore Medical Malpractice Verdict For Labor And Delivery Birth Injury
On July 1, 2019, after two-and-a-half hours of jury deliberations, a Baltimore medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in the amount of $229,640,000 in favor of the plaintiff against a Johns Hopkins hospital for the catastrophic brain injury suffered by… Read More
