Baltimore Medical Malpractice Lawyers

Have you suffered injuries or complications after receiving medical care in Baltimore or somewhere else in Maryland? Although not all adverse outcomes of medical treatment result from a healthcare provider’s mistakes, you may have a legal claim if your provider rendered treatment that fell below the standard of care in your case. However, pursuing a medical malpractice claim can involve complex facts and legal issues best handled by an experienced attorney.

The skilled negotiators and litigators at Greenberg Law Offices have been vigorously fighting for the rights and interests of injured clients since 1966 and across three generations. We approach every case with maximum determination and a willingness to go to trial when necessary to ensure our clients make a full recovery. Moreover, we like to meet with our clients and their family members. That’s because we know that the consequences of medical malpractice affect not only patients but also their loved ones.

We are ready to discuss how our firm can help you seek justice and maximum compensation for your medical bills, long-term disability care costs, lost income, pain and suffering, and reduced quality of life. Contact Greenberg Law Offices today for a free initial case evaluation with a knowledgeable Baltimore medical malpractice attorney. Discover how we stand up to negligent healthcare providers and insurance companies to deliver the financial relief and accountability that Marylanders like you deserve. Let our family help your family.

How a Baltimore Medical Malpractice Attorney Can Help with Your Case

Pursuing legal claims for medical malpractice can be challenging and stressful when you already have to focus on unexpected treatment and rehabilitation. A medical malpractice attorney in Baltimore who handles cases across Maryland can help by:

• Thoroughly investigating your treatment to obtain evidence that can support your malpractice case
• Identifying potentially liable parties and evaluating your legal options for recovering compensation
• Documenting your injuries and losses to determine what kind of financial recovery you deserve to recover
• Handling the process of filing your claims with liable parties and handling negotiations with insurers and defense counsel
• Pursuing the best possible resolution to your claims, whether through a settlement that pays you fair and full compensation for your injuries and losses, or by taking your claims to court and trial to hold those responsible for the harm you’ve suffered accountable
• Never charging anything unless we win compensation for your medical malpractice case

What Is Medical Malpractice?

Medical malpractice is a type of personal injury claim that arises when a patient suffers harm due to negligent or reckless treatment rendered by a healthcare provider. A medical provider can give negligent care to a patient if their treatment falls below the applicable standard of care in the patient’s case.

Although the specifics of the standard of care vary from patient to patient, providers generally describe the standard of care as the decisions or actions that other healthcare professionals of similar training and experience would undertake in similar circumstances. Thus, medical malpractice may occur when a healthcare professional makes treatment decisions that most other providers would not make in the patient’s circumstances.

Who Can Be Held Responsible for Medical Malpractice?

Various medical providers may bear responsibility for patient harm caused by a provider’s negligent care. In a medical malpractice case, you might seek financial recovery and justice from negligent or reckless medical providers such as the following:

Healthcare facilities may also bear responsibility for medical malpractice caused by a facility’s employees. Although doctors frequently work in hospitals as independent contractors or as independent providers with privileges to practice in a facility, other medical professionals may work for the facility. Furthermore, a hospital or other healthcare facility may bear responsibility for malpractice committed by a physician if the facility negligently conferred or continued the physician’s privileges, even though it knew or should have known the physician posed a significant risk of malpractice.

What Types of Compensation Can I Pursue in a Medical Malpractice Claim?

Medical malpractice compensation can provide you with financial relief for the following:

• Additional medical expenses incurred to treat your injury or complications
• Costs of long-term care for disabilities resulting from your injuries or complications, including home health care, medical equipment purchases, and home renovations to install disability accommodations
• Lost wages/income from the additional time you need to take off work to recover from your injuries or complications
• Lost future earning capacity if you become disabled from your job and other forms of work
• Physical pain and anguish from injuries, aggravated/advanced medical conditions/illnesses, or additional medical treatment needed to treat your condition
• Emotional trauma and distress
• Lost quality of life due to disabilities, disfigurement/scarring, or reduced life expectancy

When you meet with a Baltimore medical malpractice lawyer from Greenberg Law Offices, we can review your case to determine what compensation you could qualify for and how we can pursue it.

What Is the Process for Filing a Medical Malpractice Claim in Maryland?

The process of filing a medical malpractice claim begins with an investigation into the circumstances of your injury or complications. The goal is to secure evidence that may prove that your provider’s negligence caused your harm.

Once you’ve established their negligence, you must serve a notice of your medical malpractice claim against all the providers against whom you intend to file suit. This notice should include a certification from a qualified medical expert attesting to the provider’s deviation from the standard of care and opining that the deviation harmed the patient. Patients must file this certification at least 90 days before filing a medical malpractice complaint. A provider who disputes their liability for the patient’s injury has 120 days to file a competing certification from their medical expert.

After notifying a provider of your intent to sue them for malpractice, you and your attorney may seek to negotiate a settlement with the provider or their malpractice insurance provider. However, if you cannot reach a fair settlement, you may have to pursue your claims by filing a medical malpractice lawsuit in court.

How Long Do I Have to File a Medical Malpractice Lawsuit in Maryland?

When you have a medical malpractice claim in Baltimore, the law limits the amount of time you have to file a legal claim against the medical provider(s) responsible for your harm. The statute of limitations under Maryland law for a medical malpractice lawsuit typically gives you five years from the date your injury occurred or three years from the date you discovered your injury, whichever occurs earlier. However, when a patient under 11 suffers injury from negligent medical care, the statute of limitations does not begin to run until the patient turns 11.

Although those time periods seem long enough to hold off on filing a claim, many steps are involved in seeking financial relief and justice for your losses from negligent medical treatment. This is why you should seek legal counsel as soon as possible after you discover injuries or complications from your treatment. Doing so gives your lawyer the best opportunity to review your case, do the necessary investigations, get expert testimony, and present a compelling argument, all of which are essential before filing your medical malpractice claim on time.

How Can I Prove Medical Malpractice?

Sadly, medical providers rarely admit to mistakes in a patient’s care. As such, patients who suffer harm due to negligent decisions or actions by a healthcare provider may need various kinds of evidence to prove their injuries or complications occurred due to medical malpractice. Potentially valuable evidence might include the following:

Many medical malpractice cases also require injured plaintiffs to support their claims through medical expert testimony. Medical experts can opine on the applicable standard of care in a patient’s case and explain how the patient’s provider’s failure to comply with this standard led to the patient’s harm.

What Are Common Types of Medical Malpractice Cases?

Common examples of medical malpractice cases include:

• Misdiagnosis/failure to diagnose
• Medication errors, including prescription errors, miscalculation of dosage, missed doses, or administration errors
• Surgical errors, including wrong patient/site errors, infection of surgical sites, and leaving equipment/materials inside the patient
• Anesthesia errors, including administering contraindicated anesthesia, administering too much/too little anesthesia, and failure to monitor the patient’s condition
• Birth injuries
• Premature discharge
• Failure to request a consult/second opinion
• Failure to treat
• Failure to follow up
• Hospital-acquired infections
• Failure to obtain informed consent

What Are Common Types of Birth Injuries?

Birth injuries are among the most common kinds of medical malpractice cases. Birth injuries involve physical trauma suffered by a newborn or mother during or shortly after birth due to negligent care rendered by medical providers. Examples include the following:

Examples of birth injuries mothers may suffer during childbirth include: