Medical Malpractice Blog

Earlier this month, Ronald Weich, the Dean at the University of Baltimore School of Law gave Congress a testimony regarding federal diversity jurisdiction, or the right of the plaintiff and defendant to go to a Federal court if they are...

When someone files a lawsuit after sustaining an injury or after the loss of a loved one, it can be difficult to understand the process and what they may be entitled to under the law. In Maryland, there are certain...

A Memphis nursing home was on the losing end of a $30 million judgment awarded by a Shelby County jury in a case involving the death of a resident due to substandard care. Out of the total award, punitive damages...

Attorney Michael M. Wilson, the founder of The Law Offices of Dr. Michael M. Wilson, M.D., J.D. & Associates, along with co-counsel Cary Hansel, has filed a lawsuit against George Washington University after the medical school had issues in the...

A current medical malpractice lawsuit seeks $22 million in damages in a case in which the doctor was accused of dropping two surgical instruments onto a patient’s spine during surgery to relieve a pinched nerve, causing paralysis. The man was...

Whenever we are hurt, have an illness, or are dealing with some kind of medical condition, we trust doctors and hospital staff to take care of us and remedy our situations. This is a reasonable expectation as these are professionals...

Death is an inevitable part of life, but it should never be hastened by someone else’s negligence. In Virginia, there are certain actions that a family may take in order to hold negligent parties accountable for the wrongful death of...

A Philadelphia jury has awarded $1.3 million to the estate of a baby boy who died after complex heart surgery at St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children. The jury agreed that the baby’s cause of death was an excessive amount of...

Medical malpractice jury verdicts have hit a 15-year low in the state of Pennsylvania since the Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts began reporting figures in 2000. Last year, there were 101 medical malpractice cases tried in state courts, reflecting a...

Recently, the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania was ordered to pay a $44.1 million verdict after they failed to recognize a patient’s adverse reactions to an anticoagulant medicine, which caused her to suffer from a brain hemorrhage. The verdict...