Recent Posts in September, 2013

• Pennsylvania Woman and Her Child Win $4 Million Award for Birth Injury Caused By Medical Negligence

  Sep 27, 2013
  Recently, a jury in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania awarded a woman and her daughter $4 million for a birth injury attributed to an obstetrician’s ...
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• Medical Malpractice Case Allowed to Proceed Against Cardiologist, After Court Reviews Question of When Plaintiff "Discovered" Injury

  Sep 27, 2013
  A federal district court in Maryland denied motions to dismiss a lawsuit alleging medical malpractice and fraud against a cardiologist and the medical ...
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• Maryland Applies Different Cap on Noneconomic Damages in Medical Malpractice Claims than in Other Personal Injury Claims

  Sep 27, 2013
  Maryland, along with many other U.S. states, imposes caps on the amount of noneconomic damages that juries may award in personal injury lawsuits. This ...
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• Recent Article Argues That Birth Injury Lawsuits Are Beneficial, While Tort Reforms May Be Harmful, to the Medical Profession

  Sep 25, 2013
  A recent article challenges the notion that big malpractice awards , for birth injury or otherwise, automatically cause problems for the medical ...
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• Contributory Negligence Doctrine Upheld in Maryland, Barring Recovery in Medical Malpractice Cases Where Defendant Was Not 100% at Fault

  Sep 20, 2013
  Unfortunately, Maryland is one of only a few states in the U.S. that continues to follow the “contributory negligence” doctrine, which affects the ...
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• Teen Who Went Blind As a Newborn Due to Medical Neglect Is Now Thriving

  Sep 19, 2013
  Retinopathy of prematurity, also known as “baby blindness,” is a serious condition that causes blindness in babies born earlier than 30 weeks of ...
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• Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals Rules That Illinois Mother Is Time-Barred From Filing a Medical Malpractice Claim in Arteaga v. United States

  Sep 19, 2013
  A Seventh Circuit case from earlier this year highlights the importance of learning about the statute of limitations before you file a medical ...
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• Appellate Court Considers Whether Urology and Nephrology Are "Related Specialties" Under Maryland Law

  Sep 19, 2013
  A Maryland court dismissed a medical malpractice case, ruling that the plaintiff did not produce a “qualified expert” as required by Maryland law. The ...
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