http://www.marylandmedicalmalpracticelawyerblog.com/ Published by Silverman|Thompson|Slutkin|White en-us 2009-05-27T18:45:32-05:00 http://www.marylandmedicalmalpracticelawyerblog.com/2009/05/giving_a_patient_the_wrong_med.html As an experienced Baltimore, Maryland medical malpractice lawyer, I am frequently asked to comment on malpractice cases from around the county. Recently, a Chicago hospital settled a case for $3 million after it failed to properly treat a toddler for... Medication Malpractice Andrew G. Slutkin 2009-05-27T18:45:32-05:00 http://www.marylandmedicalmalpracticelawyerblog.com/2009/05/failure_to_diagnose_dissecting.html As an experienced Baltimore, Maryland medical malpractice lawyer, I am frequently asked to comment on malpractice cases from around the county. Recently, a Philadelphia jury awarded $2.185 million in a medical malpractice case in which it was alleged that a... Emergency Room Malpractice Andrew G. Slutkin 2009-05-27T18:31:32-05:00 http://www.marylandmedicalmalpracticelawyerblog.com/2009/05/orthopedic_malpractice.html As an experienced Baltimore, Maryland medical malpractice lawyer, I am frequently asked to comment on malpractice cases from around the county. Recently, a Rhode Island jury awarded a former truck driver $4 million in an orthopedic negligence case. The man... Surgery Malpractice Andrew G. Slutkin 2009-05-27T17:34:54-05:00 http://www.marylandmedicalmalpracticelawyerblog.com/2009/03/medical_malpractice_expert_wit.html Maryland has enacted significant limitations on the ability of Plaintiffs to use expert witnesses in Maryalnd medical malpractice cases. In 1976, the Maryland Health Claims Arbitration Act was enacted to help address a perceived medical malpractice insurance crisis. In 1986,... Medical Malpractice Law in Maryland Andrew G. Slutkin 2009-03-06T15:19:04-05:00 http://www.marylandmedicalmalpracticelawyerblog.com/2009/03/medical_malpractice_informed_c.html When most people think of a medical malpractice case, they think about the kind of case in which the plaintiff (the party bringing the case) claims that a doctor of hosptial has acted below the standard of care and caused... Medical Malpractice Law in Maryland Andrew G. Slutkin 2009-03-06T15:03:50-05:00 http://www.marylandmedicalmalpracticelawyerblog.com/2009/03/medical_malpractice_colon_canc.html A deceased woman’s family has been awarded $2.5 million in a medical malpracice case against the woman’s doctor for misdiagnosis of cancer. According to the family, the woman’s doctor’s negligent actions resulted in delayed treatment and severely reduced her chances... Cancer Malpractice Andrew G. Slutkin 2009-03-06T15:01:34-05:00 http://www.marylandmedicalmalpracticelawyerblog.com/2009/03/punitive_damages_in_maryland_m.html Many of my Maryland medical malpractice clients ask me whether there is any possibility that they can claim or recover punitive damages in their cases. The answer in every case is no. In Maryland, in order to recover puntive damages,... Medical Malpractice Law in Maryland Andrew G. Slutkin 2009-03-06T14:17:55-05:00 http://www.marylandmedicalmalpracticelawyerblog.com/2009/02/wrongful_birth_medical_malprac.html As a Maryland medical malpracitce lawyer / attorney, many people ask me what is a wrongful birth case. In Maryland, a wrongful birth case is a case in which parents of a child born with birth defects allege that the... Medical Malpractice Law in Maryland Andrew G. Slutkin 2009-02-19T17:33:50-05:00 http://www.marylandmedicalmalpracticelawyerblog.com/2009/02/lost_wages_medical_malpractice.html Many peole ask what type of damages they can get in a medical malpractice / medical negligenc cases. One type is lost wages. Maryland courts have repeatedly acknowledged the legitimacy of lost wage claims in negligence cases. For instance, in... Medical Malpractice Law in Maryland Andrew G. Slutkin 2009-02-19T17:22:43-05:00 http://www.marylandmedicalmalpracticelawyerblog.com/2009/02/fetal_monitoring_strips_medica.html A South Carolina jury has awarded $4.4 million to the parents of a 4-year-old girl who died after suffering brain injury at birth at a hospital there. The jury found that the hospital was at fault in 2003 when it... Birth Trauma Malpractice / Cerebral Palsy Malpractice Andrew G. Slutkin 2009-02-17T17:35:06-05:00