Category: Medical Malpractice
Two recent cases in the Baltimore area underscore the price that jurors put on compensating victims of medical malpractice for their losses, and that has left the area medical community worried. We wrote about one of the cases recently. In that case, the family of a baby suffered a brain injury after medical staff did not promptly […]
Any Maryland patients who feel they have suffered from a doctor’s error should be cautioned that pursuing a medical malpractice case will not be fast, easy or have a guarantee of success. According to a new study, most medical malpractice cases are thrown out of court, and it could take months for that to happen, as […]
A former leukemia patient has won his appeal to overturn the dismissal of a medical malpractice suit. The appellate judges are now sending the case back to the trial court for further proceedings. Nearly eight years ago, the man was 16 and admitted to a hospital in another mid-Atlantic state. After a series of tests, an on-call […]
One of the doctors asked to help determine if unnecessary heart stents were being implanted at some Maryland hospitals has become the target of several lawsuits. A medical malpractice attorney, who already has more than 200 cases pending against one doctor, has filed two more cases, claiming his clients received unnecessary stents. This time, the suits target […]
A pair of Howard County, Maryland, doctors have been named in a medical malpractice suit filed by the parents of a teenager who died after what should have been a oral surgery to have her wisdom teeth removed. The girl, 17, died on April 6, just 10 days after the high school junior received anesthesia in preparation […]
A 59-year-old Salisbury doctor was sentenced recently by a federal court to eight years in prison. The doctor was found guilty of medical malpractice for implanting unnecessary stents in patients and reaping the financial benefit from insurers. Failure to diagnose can be one of many reasons a medical professional is tried for medical malpractice in court. In the […]
An Ellicott City doctor is accused of medical malpractice for endangering the fertility of a patient. The Baltimore Circuit Court filing states the obstetrician was to perform an operation to remove an ovarian cyst on the left side. The doctor allegedly removed the patient’s healthy, right-side ovary and fallopian tube instead. The 31-year-old patient who […]
Patients in Maryland rightfully trust their doctors to have their best interests in mind at all times. Patients expect that physicians will provide them with accurate information as well as appropriate recommendations for the best treatment for their ailments. Unfortunately, some doctors may be more motivated by wealth than by correctly treating patients, as seems […]