Maryland Medical Malpractice Blog

A woman recently sued three physicians for medical malpractice and negligence in New Mexico. She claimed they failed to properly diagnose her heart condition from a heart attack. The evidence suggested that she would probably need a heart transplant in the future. The jury awarded $ 9 million. A New Mexico jury has awarded a local woman $9 million in a medical malpractice lawsuit against three doctors who failed to diagnose her heart attack in November 2006. In Maryland, like New Mexico, there would be a cap on non economic damages. This means that regardless of the amount of the jury award, it would be reduced to the cap if the award exceeded the cap.Read more about medical malpractice here.

In a case filed in Edgewater, Fla., a mother claimed that her child was born with cerebral palsy because the ambulance company failed to provide oxygen to the brain. Two physicians and two hospitals had previously settled with the mother as a result of the alleged malpractice. The jury in Florida returned a ten million ($ 10,000,000) verdict against the ambulance company. Of course in Maryland there would be a cap on non economic damages but there would be no cap on economic damages which would include the amount it would cost for future medical care for the child. Read more about cerebral palsy and medical malpractice here.

In a recent medical malpractice case a Maryland resident claimed that she had surgery for blocked arteries and the surgeon used improper grafting procedures resulting in significant blood loss and spinal injuries. She claimed that as a result of the surgery, she became a paraplegic. The total jury verdict was $3.5 million which included $1.3 million in noneconomic damages, $2 million for future medical bills, and more than $200,000 for past medical bills. If you or a loved one has been the victim of medical malpractice, call the law firm of Foran & Foran, P.A. Read more about medical malpractice and paraplegia here.

A New York jury recently awarded a couple $5.5 million as a result of hospital negligence surrounding the birth of a baby. Apparently, the woman constantly complained of significant pain during her pregnancy and desired to have a Ceaserean section performed during labor.  This request was basically ignored by her attending physician. During natural birth, the woman suffered significant pelvic injuries as a result of the failure of the physician failing to perform a Ceaserean section.

A $5.2 million settlement was recently reached in a malpractice claim regarding the death of a woman during child birth. Apparently, the woman suffered from internal bleeding as a result of a Caesarean operation. The evidence suggested that an attending physician warned the doctor who performed the C-Section that the patient had internal bleeding. The attending physician delayed too long in addressing the problem and the woman died as a result. The settlement was reached between multiple defendants who were involved in the procedure.

A jury in Alabama recently awarded a family $3 million as a result of medical malpractice committed by a hospital. Apparently, the man bled to death after surgery for a duodenal ulcer. The standard of care for operations would clearly be proper monitoring of patients after surgery to assure there is no abnormal bleeding. Failure to do so would be negligence and improper medical care. The malpractice could be the result of faulty care by the operating physician or nursing staff. If you have a loved one who is the victim of medical malpractice, please call the Law Firm of Foran & Foran, P.A. Read more about medical malpractice here.

Long-term acute care hospitals have emerged as a relative new phenomena since the 1980s. These hospitals attempt to specialize in the long-term care of very sick patients. Most of these hospitals are for profit hospitals and make significant profits. Unfortunately, often they are understaffed and undertrained. There is often very low numbers of doctors during off-peak hours. Many of these hospitals are cited at much higher rates than regular hospitals for serious violations of Medicare rules. Medicare inspection reports of many of these hospitals reveal preventable patient injuries and deaths and inadequate staff numbers with high turnover.  If you have a loved one who has been injured in a long term hospital or has died as a result of what you believe to be inadequate care, please call the offices of Foran & Foran, P.A.

A female patient at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles County, California recently settled a medical malpractice case for  $1.175 million. settlement with a female patient at in a medical negligence lawsuit. She contended that one of her blood vessels was inadvertently punctured by a catheter tip during a medical procedure. She suffered various complications as a result of the injury. When a physician or hospital breaches the medical standard of care with a patient and injury results, the physician or hospital can often be held accountable for the injury. Damages can be both economic and non economic (pain and suffering).