A 39-year-old corporate lawyer was in the middle of her own two-week Maryland medical malpractice trial when she died of breast cancer on August 31, 2019. The well-respected lawyer, who was also a regent for the University System of Maryland,… Read More
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Maryland’s Highest Appellate Court Finds No Error In Instructing Medical Malpractice Jury As To General Negligence
The Court of Appeals of Maryland (“Maryland Appellate Court”), Maryland’s highest appellate court, held in its opinion filed on January 25, 2019 that the trial court did not abuse its discretion when it gave standard general instructions on negligence and… Read More
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Maryland Medical Malpractice Case Remanded To Determine If Dismissal Was Appropriate For Failure To File Supplemental Certificate
The Court of Special Appeals of Maryland (“Maryland Appellate Court”), in an unreported opinion filed on August 2, 2018, remanded to the circuit court a Maryland medical malpractice case where the plaintiff failed to timely file a supplemental certificate and… Read More
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New Maryland Law Requires Board Of Physicians To Create Physician Profiles Accessible To The Public
Effective October 1, 2017, the Maryland State Board of Physicians (“MBP”) is required to create and maintain a public practitioner profile for each licensed physician and provide appropriate and accessible links to the profiles from the Board’s website. In addition… Read More
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$460K Baltimore Medical Malpractice Verdict For Misdiagnosed Lung Cancer Leading To Death
A Baltimore medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in excess of $460,000 in favor of the wife and six adult children of a 79-year-old man whose lung cancer was misdiagnosed for years until it was at stage IV. The man… Read More
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Maryland Appellate Court Affirms Striking Plaintiff’s Medical Malpractice Expert
In its opinion filed on September 28, 2016, the Court of Special Appeals of Maryland (“Appellate Court”), which is Maryland’s intermediate appellate court, affirmed the trial court’s striking of the plaintiff’s medical malpractice expert because the expert failed to satisfy… Read More
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Maryland Medical Malpractice Death Claim Settled Against Former Physician
It has been reported that a former Maryland physician, who lost his Maryland medical license last year after it was discovered that he had previously been convicted of rape in Florida, has settled a Maryland medical malpractice case (Maryland wrongful death… Read More
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Maryland Medical Malpractice Insurance Rates Keep Dropping
In December 2013, the Medical Mutual Liability Insurance Society of Maryland (“Medical Mutual”), which insures more Maryland physicians than all other medical malpractice liability companies in Maryland combined, announced a special dividend of 25% for its policyholders for 2014 in addition to the previous renewal… Read More
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Maryland Medical Malpractice Verdict For Undiagnosed Ectopic Pregnancy
On July 18, 2013, a Maryland medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in favor of the plaintiff in the amount of $513,129.00 for the loss of her fallopian tube due to a certified nurse midwife’s alleged negligent failure to diagnose her ectopic pregnancy…. Read More
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Maryland Medical Malpractice Jury Awards $15.6 Million In Birth Injury Case
On May 30, 2013, a Maryland medical malpractice jury returned a verdict in favor of the plaintiffs in the amount of $15.6 million after three weeks of trial and almost three hours of jury deliberations for the brain damage resulting in severe… Read More
