One Satisfaction Rule barred plaintiff from pursuing a medical malpractice case for damages she sought in a car accident case.
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One Satisfaction Rule barred plaintiff from pursuing a medical malpractice case for damages she sought in a car accident case.
Continue reading ›Plaintiff met causation of claim against nurse with general surgeon’s causation testimony. Jury could infer connection.
Continue reading ›A private autopsy without notice to the defendants and subsequent cremation of the body did not constitute spoliation of evidence.
Continue reading ›In Maryland medical malpractice, a verdict sheet question on nonparty malpractice must be supported by expert testimony.
Continue reading ›In Maryland medical malpractice, a defendant raising nonparty malpractice must put on expert testimony to support the defense.
Continue reading ›Recusal not required for judge for wife who was a recently retired OB/GYN trained at and worked for the defendant hospital 30 years earlier.
Continue reading ›Fetal heart rate tracings and acidemia together could not avoid expert exclusion under Daubert of birth injury causation.
Continue reading ›For the Maryland medical malpractice statute of limitations, injury timing is when damages first arise, not when all the damages have arisen.
Continue reading ›A plaintiff cannot use a portion of defense expert testimony to generate a genuine dispute of material fact and ignore other portions.
Continue reading ›Affidavits opposing summary judgment may be stricken if they contradict prior sworn testimony of the affiant, making them irreconcilable.
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