Articles Posted in Medical Malpractice

Sometimes, an individual may go in for a routine medical procedure only to suffer complications and unforeseen side effects later. At other times, an individual may suffer what they feel to be unnecessary pain and/or suffering while in the care of a Maryland medical professional. In some cases, perhaps a doctor failed to diagnose a…

Health care professionals are required to provide a certain standard of care to their patients. Physicians, specialists, obstetricians, nurses, therapists and other types of medical personnel are covered by this professional responsibility. When Maryland health care providers fail to maintain reasonable standards of care, they can be held liable for the damages patients suffer via…

When sick or injured, individuals go to doctors and other medical professionals in order to receive accurate diagnoses, quality care and to get better. However, it unfortunately does not always work out that way for some Maryland residents. Sometimes, the professionals may cause further injury. Fortunately, victims retain the right to file medical malpractice suits…

An out-of-state man died after having gone through a non-emergency procedure and many medical experts are still deciding what killed him. Although the man has been laid to rest after his sudden death in 2013, his heart is at the center of a contentious medical malpractice case that was filed in 2015. The heart has…

Sadly, lives can be lost when a medical professional makes a mistake. A patient typically assumes that the doctor will consider every possibility and recommend care that correlates with the presenting symptoms. A medical malpractice lawsuit in a state outside of Maryland claimed that a doctor’s failure to diagnose led to a man’s permanent paralysis.…

Maryland medical patients are often at risk when doctors act with negligence during treatments or surgeries. Substandard medical care causes thousands of injuries and deaths throughout the nation. Victims who survive their injuries, or family members of those who die, often seek compensation for damages by filing medical malpractice claims in civil court. When claiming…

An out-of-state jury recently awarded $53 million to a boy, as well as the boy’s mother. The award was for a 2013 medical malpractice suit that had been filed against an out-of-state hospital. During the boy’s birth, he suffered a serious brain injury at the hospital. In Maryland, when a patient similarly suffers at the…

Maryland residents may have read about a man who was paralyzed as a result of medical errors and awarded a $20 million settlement recently. The medical malpractice suit blamed a hospital in another state for causing the 45-year-old man to become a paraplegic. Although the man repeatedly warned his doctors and others at the institution…

Many lawsuits that are brought against hospitals are either settled out of court or mediated. However, when these avenues fail, a medical malpractice case may go to jury trial. Readers in Maryland may be interested that a large verdict was recently handed down against a hospital and an emergency room physician’s group for medical malpractice…

Over the course of an individual’s life, he or she may suffer many illnesses, several injuries and may even undergo a surgical procedure or two. Most, if not all, surgeries will go off without a hitch. However, in the event that a medical procedure does not go as planned due to a health care professional…