January 2012 Archives

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.