Maryland courts again decline to recognize the loss of chance doctrine in wrongful death claims in medical malpractice cases.
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Maryland courts again decline to recognize the loss of chance doctrine in wrongful death claims in medical malpractice cases.
Continue reading ›Intervening and superseding cause instruction applied to doctor’s breach by ordering from a pharmacy that later delivered contaminated drug.
Continue reading ›For orthopedic surgeon apparent agency, EMTs meet the reliance element by transporting a critically injured patient to a trauma hospital.
Continue reading ›An inference of negligence is permissible when there is expert testimony that a permanent lingual nerve injury only occurs from negligence.
Continue reading ›The two ways to challenge quantum meruit arbitration are a Petition to Stay Arbitration and Petition to Vacate Arbitration Award.
Continue reading ›Comment that plaintiff wanted defendant to pay for his choices did not warrant insurance mistrial. Curative instruction was also sufficient.
Continue reading ›Under Maryland’s Confidentiality of Medical Records Act, medical records cost can include a search that does not produce any records.
Continue reading ›Toxicologist exclusion under Daubert was appropriate for analytical chasm between an accepted premise and expert’s unfounded conclusion.
Continue reading ›Late motions to compel filed three months after discovery failures were not submitted with reasonable promptness under Maryland Rule 2-432(d).
Continue reading ›The Appellate Court will rarely disturb a denial of summary judgment, particularly when the issue is good faith in reporter immunity.
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