$48.1 million verdict for prolonged labor birth injury. Hospital allowed labor for 12 hours despite fetal distress. Cerebral Palsy resulted.
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$48.1 million verdict for prolonged labor birth injury. Hospital allowed labor for 12 hours despite fetal distress. Cerebral Palsy resulted.
Continue reading ›Incidents of medical malpractice resulting in serious injury or death in Maryland increased 5 percent in 2023.
Continue reading ›A plaintiff who voluntarily dismisses a case for no report attached to CQE cannot use the savings provision in CJP 5-119 to re-file.
Continue reading ›$60 million medical malpractice verdict for spinal cord infarction caused by epidural steroid injection (ESI).
Continue reading ›Order denying lawyer withdrawal was not appealable, based on denial of extensions of discovery and trial date.
Continue reading ›$70 million verdict report for excessive vasopressin use that led to bilateral above the knee amputations.
Continue reading ›Fraud evidence was insufficient to show doctor knew his statement about stenosis level was false or was recklessly indifferent to the truth.
Continue reading ›Late expert designation was allowed where the plaintiff failed to initially disclose all prior medical providers.
Continue reading ›A release of one joint tort-feasor does not preclude a wrongful death action against other tort-feasors that were not parties to the release.
Continue reading ›A nurse may sign a CQE on cause of pressure ulcers, provided the opinion consists of a nursing diagnosis and not medical causation.
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