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Maryland Federal Judge Says Courts Cannot Review Medicare Payment Method

May 12, 2012

On May 9, 2012, a Maryland federal court judge determined that Congress precluded the courts from reviewing the method by which Medicare determines how much doctors get paid by Medicare. Six Georgia physicians had brought a federal lawsuit challenging the method by which the Physician Fee Sch[...]

Maryland Stent Doctor’s License Remains Revoked

May 9, 2012

A Maryland cardiologist whose license to practice medicine in Maryland had been revoked by the Maryland State Board of Physicians (“Board”) had appealed the Board’s license revocation to the courts, where a judge denied his appeal on May 7, 2012. The Board had revoked the doctor&#[...]

Proposed Change To Maryland Medical Malpractice Law Fails

April 12, 2012

One major complaint about medical malpractice litigation in Maryland and in other states in the U.S. is the costs associated with litigation. And the largest category of expenses related to medical malpractice litigation is the costs of medical experts’ services on both sides of the medical[...]

Maryland Orthopedic Surgeon Hit With Medical Malpractice Verdict

March 4, 2012

On February 21, 2012, a medical malpractice jury in a conservative Maryland county determined that a Maryland orthopedic surgeon was responsible for the permanent injuries suffered by his former patient because the orthopedic surgeon allegedly failed to properly monitor and evaluate his patient[...]

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 [...]

Maryland Medical Malpractice Case: From Medical Heroes To Medical Villains

February 16, 2012

In a medical malpractice case decided on February 10, 2012 by the Maryland Court of Appeals (Maryland’s highest appellate court), the Court of Appeals (“Court”) upheld a Maryland medical malpractice jury verdict in the amount of $3.6 million in favor of the plaintiff as a result o[...]

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[...]

Maryland Medical Malpractice Verdict For Woman’s Blindness

January 25, 2012

On January 12, 2012, a Maryland medical malpractice jury returned a verdict in the amount of $1 million in favor of a 67-year-old Maryland woman who suffered near-total blindness allegedly as a result of medical malpractice by her ophthalmologist. The verdict will be reduced to $620,000 due to the [...]

Las Vegas Medical Malpractice Claim For Surgery On The Wrong Knee

January 13, 2012

Of all of the medical malpractice claims filed throughout the United States each year, it continues to astound us that surgeons are still being sued for medical malpractice based on claims that they operated on the wrong body part. The simplest surgical decision occurs at the beginning of the ope[...]

Maryland Medical Malpractice Means Murder?

January 1, 2012

In an article appearing in The Baltimore Sun newspaper on December 31, 2011, it was reported that two doctors who performed an abortion in Maryland during 2010 on an 18-year-old woman who suffered a ruptured uterus and other internal injuries during the procedure have been criminally charged under M[...]

Maryland Medical Malpractice Claim For Teen’s Death In Dentist’s Office

December 30, 2011

A medical malpractice case recently was filed against a Maryland dentist (a highly-regarded oral surgeon) and an anesthesiologist for the death of a teenage girl who was undergoing routine wisdom teeth extraction in the dentist’s office when her heart rate fell drastically, causing her body t[...]

Maryland Physician’s Failure To Disclose Medical Malpractice Claim Affects His Medical License

December 5, 2011

A Maryland physician was placed on probation and fined in Maryland because he failed to disclose a medical malpractice action against him in his application to renew his Maryland license. The physician was initially licensed to practice medicine in Maryland in 1977. His specialty was obstetrics a[...]

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