Recent Blog Posts
Damage to Your Marriage – Loss of Consortium
When you’re injured as a result of someone else’s negligence, you are entitled to compensation for the injuries that you suffered, including economic damages (lost wages, medical bills, etc.) and non-economic damages (pain and suffering). However, if you’re married, there is another category of damages that you may be able to recover – damage… Read More »
The Truth About PIP Coverage
Personal Injury Protection (PIP) coverage is a no-fault automobile insurance benefit which pays for medical bills, lost income, and other expenses resulting from injuries suffered in a motor vehicle accident in Maryland. With some exceptions, insurance companies selling insurance in Maryland must provide PIP coverage as set forth in § 19-505 of the Maryland… Read More »
The Battle of the Experts – Medical Malpractice Cases
The admissibility of expert testimony is often a hot topic in any personal injury or medical malpractice case. With respect to medical malpractice cases, expert testimony is often at the center of every evidentiary dispute. Indeed, that is why malpractice cases are often referred to as “The Battle of the Experts.” While the Federal… Read More »
Another Look at Aspirin
For years, we have heard that taking a daily dose of aspirin helps to prevent heart attacks, even in patients with no known heart disease. As reported by Time magazine and others, a recent study sheds some important light on the pros and cons of taking aspirin as well as highlighting which patients might… Read More »
Child Suffers Amputation – Medical Misdiagnosis
A 6-year-old boy’s undiagnosed strep throat infection led to the amputation of his legs to save his life, his parents claim in a lawsuit against a Maryland hospital. Almost a year ago, Eric Flynn Jr. had a high fever, swollen tonsils and unexplained hip pain. His parents took him to the Baltimore-Washington Medical Center… Read More »
Investigation of Johns Hopkins Gynecologist Nikita Levy, M.D. for Photographing Patients
News reports have surfaced that a Johns Hopkins obstetrician/gynecologist (“OB/GYN”) was secretly taking photographs and videos of patients under his care. According to police, an “extraordinary” amount of evidence was found at Dr. Levy’s home regarding these terrible crimes. If you were a patient of Dr. Levy and believe you may be one of… Read More »
St. Agnes Loses Lawsuit – City Jury Awards $3.8M
In a case the plaintiffs’ attorneys say exposes the human cost of managed care, a Baltimore jury has awarded more than $3.8 million to the family of a Catonsville electronics technician after finding his doctor’s negligence contributed to his death of breast cancer at age 54. Though the trial in Baltimore City Circuit Court… Read More »
Litigation Begins on ‘Unnecessary’ Implants
The first lawsuit has been filed in connection with St. Joseph Medical Center’s disclosure this month that hundreds of patients may have received unnecessary coronary implants from a former cardiologist at the hospital. Thomas Chaffee of Finksburg is seeking unspecified compensatory and punitive damages from the hospital and Dr. Mark G. Midei, according to… Read More »
Baltimore Mother, Son Win $4.1 Million Verdict
A Baltimore City jury has awarded $4.1 million to a woman and her 8-year-old son who alleged that the negligence of University of Maryland Medical Center doctors caused his cerebral palsy. Nicole Player claimed doctors did not deliver Darryl Gholston Jr. immediately but instead waited for more than 12 hours after noticing his umbilical… Read More »
Woman Rendered Infertile Awarded $2.5M
A Milford Mill woman was awarded $2.5 million Monday from a Baltimore obstetrics practice for not diagnosing an ectopic, or tubal, pregnancy that ultimately rendered her infertile. Lutrice Williams required emergency surgery to remove her ruptured left fallopian tube in February 2008, two years after she had her right Fallopian tube removed due to… Read More »
