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Maryland Hospital Sued By Transgender Man For Constitutional Violations By Not Permitting Hysterectomy

August 24, 2020

A federal lawsuit filed on July 16, 2020 in the United States District Court for the District on Maryland by a transgender man (Jesse Hammons) alleges, “As part of Mr. Hammons’s medically necessary treatment relating to his diagnosis of gender dysphoria, Mr. Hammons’s surgeon scheduled a h[...]

Maryland Appellate Court Discusses Loss Of Chance Doctrine In Medical Malpractice Case

June 24, 2020

The Court of Special Appeals of Maryland (“Maryland Appellate Court”), Maryland’s intermediate appellate court, held in its unreported opinion dated June 21, 2020 in a Maryland medical malpractice wrongful death case involving the failure to diagnose oral cancer, “because app[...]

Maryland Appellate Court Discusses Loss Of Household Services Claim In Medical Malpractice Wrongful Death Case

November 3, 2019

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 case. A Ma[...]

Historic Maryland Medical Malpractice Birth Injury Verdict Reduced By Trial Judge From $229.64M To $205.38M

September 27, 2019

The judge who presided over a Maryland medical malpractice birth injury trial that resulted in an historic verdict in the amount of $229,640,000.00 in July 2019 has ruled on the defense’s post-trial motions to reduce the verdict, thereby reducing the $25 million that the Maryland medical malpr[...]

$1.75M Maryland Medical Malpractice Wrongful Death Verdict For Late Diagnosed Aortic Dissection

July 12, 2019

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 damages to the surviving wife, $250,000 in nonec[...]

Maryland Orthopedic Surgeon Sues Another Maryland Orthopedic Surgeon For His Injury Sustained During Simultaneous Knee Replacement Surgeries

February 28, 2019

One Maryland orthopedic surgeon sued another Maryland orthopedic surgeon for the injuries he sustained while they were simultaneously performing two knee replacement surgeries on the same patient. The plaintiff alleged that the defendant failed to stay on his side of the surgical table and thereby c[...]

Are Surgery Centers Safe?

September 5, 2018

There are more than 5,600 surgery centers in the United States. Unlike hospitals in the United States, there is limited information available to the public regarding surgical outcome data (i.e., safety data) from surgery centers. Hence, it may be more difficult for patients to do their due diligence[...]

Proposed Maryland Senate Bill Would Eliminate 20% Rule In Maryland Medical Malpractice Cases

January 23, 2018

The Maryland Legislature convened for its 2018 Legislative Session on January 10, 2018. One of the bills pre-filed in the Maryland Senate would repeal the requirement in Maryland medical malpractice cases that a health care provider who attests in a certificate of a qualified expert, or who testifie[...]

Maryland Law Now Requires Physicians Without Medical Malpractice Insurance To Notify Patients In Writing

October 18, 2017

As of October 1, 2017, Maryland physicians who choose not to obtain medical malpractice insurance for claims of medical negligence made against them are required to notify each patient in writing at the time of the patient’s first visit and as part of obtaining the patient’s informed con[...]

Settlement Announced For Fraudulent Medicare Billing Scheme In Maryland

February 22, 2014

On February 18, 2014, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Maryland announced that a medical billing company, its owner, and three Maryland medical practices that were clients of the medical billing company have agreed to pay a total of $3,340,979.50 to resolve claims that the medi[...]

$9.5M Maryland Medical Malpratice Verdict For Infant’s Cerebral Palsy

November 30, 2013

On November 22, 2013, after eight hours of jury deliberations, a Prince George’s County Maryland medical malpractice jury returned its $9.5 million verdict in favor of a minor child and her family against a hospital emergency room nurse and the company that provided emergency room services[...]

Maryland Physician’s Loss Of License For Drugs-For-Sex Upheld

September 24, 2013

On September 5, 2013, the Court of Special Appeals of Maryland (“Court of Special Appeals”), Maryland’s intermediate appellate court, upheld the revocation of a Maryland physician’s medical license by the Maryland Board of Physicians (“Board”) for the physician&[...]

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