Baltimore Birth Injury & Medical Malpractice Lawyers

WVFO attorneys Keith Forman and Jermaine Haughton filed a medical malpractice claim on behalf of a patient who suffered preventable injuries as a result of the failure to diagnose a post-surgical infection. The complaint alleges that the patient underwent elective ileostomy reversal at Sinai Hospital. The Sinai providers knew or should have known that continued nausea in this setting was a symptom of clostridium difficile infection. Clostridium difficile (also known as C. diff) is a type of bacteria that causes diarrhea and colitis.

WVFO attorney Keith Forman filed a medical malpractice claim on behalf of a child who suffered an avoidable brain injury. The complaint alleges that the child’s mother presented to Allina Health – Bloomington Clinic for her 40-week prenatal care visit. At this appointment her blood pressure was reported as hypertensive and she was diagnosed with gestational hypertension. A non-stress test was performed and reported as reactive. Consistent with her doctor’s plan of care, the mother presented to the Maternal Assessment Center at Abbott Northwestern Hospital the next morning.

WVFO attorneys Keith Forman and Myles Poster filed a medical malpractice claim on behalf of a newborn who suffered cardiac arrest and brain damage as a result of venous air embolism. The complaint alleges that the newborn was diagnosed with Hirschsprung’s disease shortly after birth. The plan of care included surgical intervention. On October 16, 2019, when the newborn was only a week old, she was transported to the operating room for a laparoscopic proctectomy secondary to the diagnosis of Hirschsprung’s disease.