Articles Posted in Medical Malpractice

The teenager’s parents recently filed a medical malpractice suit against a hospital. The suit, which was filed on a recent Thursday in February alleged not only medical malpractice, but civil rights violations as well. When a medical professional in Maryland commits an error that causes injury to the patient, the patient or the patient’s family…

An out-of-state hospital has recently been ordered to pay $9 million as a result of a medical malpractice settlement. The suit involved a pregnant woman who went to the hospital, where she later suffered a birth injury, the suit alleges. When Maryland residents receive negligent care that results in their injury or death, they may…

A 15-year-old out-of-state high school athlete was taken to the emergency room after he began complaining of shortness of breath and weakness. He received treatment for an asthma attack and was then sent home. Within a few hours, however, his heart went into cardiac arrest, and he died shortly thereafter. The hospital where he was…

An out-of-state man recently received an award for a medical malpractice suit filed after a hospital visit cost him his leg. The 28-year-old man received $2.1 million for both economic and non-economic losses he incurred as a result of the medical malpractice. When residents in Maryland are victims of medical malpractice, they are typically entitled…

An out-of-state jury recently awarded a man and his wife $1.5 million as a result of a verdict in a medical malpractice lawsuit. The suit was against a medical center’s resident, whose misdiagnosis of the man’s injury cost him the use of his hand. In Maryland in situations like these, where medical professionals perform their…

An out-of-state jury recently awarded $950,000 to a deceased man’s family as a result of a medical malpractice suit. The man died after seeking treatment for chest pains. In Maryland, when negligent medical care results in patients experiencing serious injury or results in their death, they — or, in the case of their death, their…

An out-of-state couple’s dreams of having another child were dashed after they learned that the fertility doctor who’d been treating the wife made a mistake. The couple say the wrong embryos were implanted and then aborted by the doctor without either their consent or knowledge. When Maryland residents are victims of medical malpractice at the…

A jury in another state awarded $10.1 million to a mother and son in a medical malpractice case recently. The jury determined that the physicians at the children’s hospital where the son was treated failed to make a timely diagnosis of the son’s bacterial meningitis after he had made several trips to the emergency room…

A federal judge awarded a young girl $9.6 million in damages in a recent medical malpractice case. The judge ruled that the 3-year-old girl suffered a brain injury during birth. Similar rulings are common in Maryland civil courts when medical malpractice cases involve birth injuries. This particular medical malpractice case surrounds a young girl whose…

When a Maryland resident seeks the help of a medical professional, he or she places a great amount of trust in that person. A patient trusts that he or she will be treated with care or undergo a successful procedure that will help him or her return to having a clean bill of health. However,…