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Johns Hopkins Health System Keeps Maryland Medical Malpractice Win On Appeal

May 20, 2026

Deidre DeMizio and her son Peter S. DeMizio, DDS (“Appellants”) filed a Maryland medical malpractice claim for the death of Peter L. DeMizio, DDS, the Decedent, in the Circuit Court of Montgomery County, on May 22, 2020. Appellees were Johns Hopkins Health System Corporation and Johns Hopkins Co[...]

$35M Maryland Medical Malpractice Verdict For Infection Leading To Necrotizing Fasciitis After Cosmetic Surgery

March 30, 2025

A Maryland medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in the amount of $35 million for a patient who had elective cosmetic surgical procedures after which she developed an infection that was not timey or appropriately diagnosed or treated, leading to sepsis and the patient deteriorating into a co[...]

Maryland Appellate Court Rules Medical Malpractice Plaintiff Not Entitled To File Supplemental Certificate Of Qualified Expert

November 12, 2024

Supplemental Certificates of Qualified Experts (CQEs) in Maryland medical malpractice cases are governed by CJP § 3-2A-06D, which provides in relevant part: (b)(1) Within 15 days after the date that discovery is required to be completed, a party shall file with the court a supplemental certificate [...]

Former Maryland Medical Malpractice Lawyer Reinstated To Practice Law

March 13, 2023

Former Maryland Lawyer Reinstated To Practice Law: The Supreme Court of Maryland issued an Order dated January 20, 2023 that stated: “Stephen L. Snyder, the respondent, has filed his motion for appropriate relief seeking reinstatement to the practice of law after he was suspended from practice[...]

Maryland Appellate Court Rules United Heathcare Need Not Pay For Patient’s Orthodic Device

January 23, 2023

United Heathcare Need Not Pay For Patient’s Orthodic Device: In its unreported opinion dated January 5, 2023, the Appellate Court of Maryland ruled that United Healthcare Insurance Co. (“United Health”) need not pay for a patient’s (insured’s) orthotic device to help him regain[...]

Maryland Appellate Court Reinstates Dismissed Medical Malpractice Case Based On Sufficient Certificate Of Qualified Expert

December 31, 2022

Court Reinstates Dismissed Medical Malpractice Case: In its published opinion dated December 29, 2022, the Appellate Court of Maryland (“Maryland Appellate Court,” which was known as the Court of Special Appeals of Maryland until its name was officially changed on December 14, 2022) held[...]

Recoverable Damages In Negligent Reproductive Health Care Cases

Maryland Appellate Court Overturns Board Of Physician’s Disciplinary Action Against Highly Distinguished Research Physician

July 24, 2022

The Court of Special Appeals of Maryland (“Maryland Appellate Court”) stated in its unreported opinion filed on May 6, 2022, “We agree with the circuit court that the disciplinary panel failed to exercise any discretion, but instead applied an inflexible rule that requires the impo[...]

$9.9M Maryland Medical Malpractice Verdict For Undiagnosed Colon Cancer Leading To Death

June 9, 2022

A Maryland medical malpractice jury returned its verdict for the plaintiff in a trial that concluded in May 2022 in a case of medical negligence filed against a primary care practice that allegedly failed to diagnose a patient’s colon cancer over a period of five years despite continuing compl[...]

Maryland Delegate Fined $15K For Performing Surgery While Participating In Remote Hearing

November 25, 2021

On October 19, 2021, the Maryland Board of Physicians imposed a $15,000 fine on a Maryland physician who is also a Maryland state delegate after a panel concluded as a matter of law that she “is guilty of unprofessional conduct in the practice of medicine, in violation of Health Occ. § 14-404[...]

Maryland Appellate Court Affirms Medical Malpractice Plaintiff’s Discovery Abuses Justified Dismissal

October 28, 2021

In its unreported opinion dated September 28, 2021, the Court of Special Appeals of Maryland (“Maryland Appellate Court”) stated in a case where the Maryland medical malpractice plaintiff failed to provide timely and adequate discovery responses pursuant to the original and amended sched[...]

Cybertattacks And Medical Malpractice: New Trend?

October 26, 2021

Recent cyberattacks including ransomware attacks on large health care systems, hospitals, and other health care providers that effect the provision of health care to patients and access to patient records that may harm patient safety are being cited in an increasing number of medical malpractice cas[...]

Maryland Appellate Court Affirms Transfer Of Medical Malpractice Case Based On Forum Non Conveniens

April 8, 2021

In its unreported opinion dated March 18, 2021, Maryland’s intermediate appellate court, the Court of Special Appeals of Maryland (“Maryland Appellate Court”), affirmed the transfer of a Maryland medical malpractice case originally filed in the Circuit Court for Baltimore City to t[...]

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