Blog: Medical Malpractice
- Maryland Medical Malpractice: Do You Have a Case?
Dec 16, 2024
Medical malpractice What is Medical Malpractice? Medical malpractice occurs when a healthcare provider fails to meet the accepted standard of care, causing injury or harm to a patient. This standard of care refers to the actions a reasonably skilled and competent healthcare provider would take under similar circumstances. Common examples of medical malpractice include: Misdiagnosis Surgical errors or wrong-site surgery Medication errors, such as incorrect dosages Birth injuries caused by improper prenatal or delivery...Read More - Pursuing a Medical Negligence Claim in Maryland: A Guide by Maronick Law
Jul 17, 2024
Navigating a medical negligence claim in Maryland can be daunting. The emotional and physical impact of medical malpractice adds layers of complexity to an already challenging legal process. At Maronick Law, we are dedicated to helping those who have suffered due to medical negligence, ensuring that they understand their rights and have a clear path toward justice and recovery. In this guide, we’ll walk you through the essential steps of pursuing a medical malpractice claim...Read More - The problem of false positives on X-rays
Nov 23, 2021
False positives on X-rays, CT scans or any medical imaging procedure may subject Maryland patients to unnecessary risk or even death, including receiving treatment for non-existent illnesses based on faulty diagnostic work. Research has shown that false positives on X-rays and CT scans in the context of lung cancer screenings are much more common than previously realized. What does the research in false positives in X-rays and CT scans say? The results of...Read More - Baltimore Medical Malpractice: Diagnostic Errors
Jan 6, 2020
The Washington Post recently reported the story of a woman who was suffering from heart failure; but, the doctors missed the real problem – that her heart was not pumping enough blood – and instead diagnosed her lungs as the cause of her medical difficulties because she experienced symptoms such as frequent coughing and several bouts of pneumonia. Eventually, she got the right diagnosis, but the woman told the newspaper that the misdiagnosis almost cost...Read More - Johns Hopkins Health System sued over allegations that it refused to provide medical records
Dec 30, 2019
Medical records are an important part of a Baltimore medical malpractice lawsuit. But, what happens when a medical provider doesn’t seem to be cooperating with a request to provide medical documents? The Johns Hopkins Health System Corporation recently found itself facing a lawsuit over its response. Diana Miller, a patient at Johns Hopkins, grew dissatisfied with her medical treatment and asked for a copy of her records from Hopkins’ medical records department through her...Read More - Medstar Health to Pay U.S. $35 Million to Resolve Allegations that it Paid Kickbacks to a Cardiology Group in Exchange for Refer
Apr 8, 2019
MedStar Health, Inc. has agreed to pay $35 million to settle charges that it paid kickbacks to a cardiology group based in Pikesville, Maryland, in exchange for referrals to its Union Memorial and Franklin Square Hospitals in Baltimore for lucrative cardiovascular procedures, including cardiac surgery and interventional cardiology procedures, for almost six years. “Kickbacks give doctors an incentive to pursue unnecessary treatments that are costly and sometimes even dangerous to patients,” U.S. Attorney Robert...Read More - Medication Error Causes Patient’s Death
Mar 8, 2019
A nurse in a Southern state was recently indicted for reckless homicide after she allegedly committed a deadly medication error and Adding insult to the tragic injury, a doctor for the medical facility told the medical examiner’s office that the patient died from bleeding and that any medication errors were purely “hearsay.” This led the medical examiner’s office to decline to investigate because staff believed the patient died a natural death that was outside...Read More - Court Throws Out Baltimore Medical Malpractice Claim Because of Statute of Limitations
Dec 12, 2018
The statute of limitations is an important consideration in a legal action. It’s the deadline by which a lawsuit or charges have to be filed. Different types of civil cases have different statutes of limitations. In Maryland, the statute of limitations for filing a medical malpractice case is generally three years. A Baltimore medical malpractice attorney can, after obtaining the facts of your case, advise you of the deadline that applies to your Maryland...Read More - Three Common Types of Medical Malpractice Cases
Jul 24, 2017
Medical malpractice is a tragedy. More than 250,000 people die each year because of medical mistakes. This means that medical errors are one of the three leading causes of death in the United States – ranking behind cancer and heart disease. There are three common types of medical malpractice lawsuits – failure to make the correct diagnosis, birth injuries and medication errors. In this blog, we discuss these medical errors in order to help...Read More - Patients may leave the OR with a surgical souvenir
May 15, 2017
Although surgical staff must follow special protocol to ensure all equipment is accounted for prior to, during and following a procedure, medical mistakes continue to occur. Updated technology is available to operating rooms across the country. However, many institutions are still at fault for leaving surgical items behind in patients’ incision sites. At least 4,000 times every year, patients leave the operating room with The most frequent object left behind in patients are surgical...Read More