http://www.marylandmedicalmalpracticelawyerblog.com/ Published by Silverman|Thompson|Slutkin|White en-us 2010-03-09T19:55:49-05:00 http://www.marylandmedicalmalpracticelawyerblog.com/2010/03/dr_midei_and_st_joseph_medical_4.html In the continuing saga of the unnecessary cardiac stents that Dr. Mark Midei placed in people at St. Joseph Medical Center, St. Joseph now has sent letters to another 169 patients (in addition to the 369 who originally received letters)... Dr. Mark Midei and St. Joseph Hospital - Stent Malpractice Andrew G. Slutkin 2010-03-09T19:55:49-05:00 http://www.marylandmedicalmalpracticelawyerblog.com/2010/03/nursing_home_medical_malpracti.html A Montana family has settled its medical malpractice case against two nursing homes for failing to properly treat an elderly relative. The family claimed that the nursing homes were negligent in their care of the 87-year-old man, who died of... Nursing Home Malpractice Andrew G. Slutkin 2010-03-08T17:58:48-05:00 http://www.marylandmedicalmalpracticelawyerblog.com/2010/02/dr_midei_and_st_joseph_medical_2.html There has been a lot of publicity lately about 369 people who have received letters from St. Joseph Medical Center stating that cardiac stents placed by Dr. Mark Midei may not have been necessary. I have been told that St.... Dr. Mark Midei and St. Joseph Hospital - Stent Malpractice Andrew G. Slutkin 2010-02-24T12:24:50-05:00 http://www.marylandmedicalmalpracticelawyerblog.com/2010/02/dr_mark_midei_and_st_joseph_me.html So far, I have carefully selected about a three medical malpractice cases against Dr. Mark Midei and St. Joseph Medical Center. In each of these cases, the client contacted me either after getting a letter from St. Joseph Medical Center... Dr. Mark Midei and St. Joseph Hospital - Stent Malpractice Andrew G. Slutkin 2010-02-23T19:32:51-05:00 http://www.marylandmedicalmalpracticelawyerblog.com/2010/02/apologies_and_expressions_of_r.html A bill currently is being considered by the Maryland legislature would expand a law that protect a doctors from his apology being used against him in court in a medical malpractice case. Currently, Maryland law states that an apology or... Medical Malpractice Law in Maryland Andrew G. Slutkin 2010-02-21T15:36:45-05:00 http://www.marylandmedicalmalpracticelawyerblog.com/2010/02/postoperative_monitoring_medic.html A Connecticut medical malpractice case has been settled for $5.25 million in favor of a woman whose left leg had to be amputated as a result of complications from spinal surgery performed at a local hospital. The lawsuit alleged that... Hospital Malpractice Andrew G. Slutkin 2010-02-11T19:28:32-05:00 http://www.marylandmedicalmalpracticelawyerblog.com/2010/02/postoperative_monitoring_medic_1.html A Connecticut medical malpractice case has been settled for $5.25 million in favor of a woman whose left leg had to be amputated as a result of complications from spinal surgery performed at a local hospital. The lawsuit alleged that... Hospital Malpractice Andrew G. Slutkin 2010-02-11T19:28:32-05:00 http://www.marylandmedicalmalpracticelawyerblog.com/2010/02/acute_longterm_care_malpractic.html The New York Times has just published a very interesting article on Long-term acute care hospitals and the medical malpractice / substandard care that goes on in many of them. According to the Times, these hospitals, have been springing up... Hospital Malpractice Andrew G. Slutkin 2010-02-10T15:02:29-05:00 http://www.marylandmedicalmalpracticelawyerblog.com/2010/02/malpractice_causing_dehydratio.html A Florida jury has awarded the family of a 9-year-old boy $11.1 million in a medical malpractice case arising out of negligent medical care at a local hospital. The family claimed that the child was not properly treated in the... Hospital Malpractice Andrew G. Slutkin 2010-02-09T18:17:08-05:00 http://www.marylandmedicalmalpracticelawyerblog.com/2010/02/wrongsite_surgery.html The Rhode Island Health Department has fined a Rhode Island Hospital $150,000, after finding that a surgical team committed medical malpractice and violated patient safety policies when it operated on the wrong finger of a patient. According to the Health... Surgery Malpractice Andrew G. Slutkin 2010-02-08T19:10:57-05:00