The public perception, mostly fueled by the American Medical Industrial Complex, is that medical malpractice suits are unjustified and out of control. As statistics and facts become more available all the time, perhaps this is changing to some degree. The truth is the exact opposite. It’s difficult for victims of medical negligence to get just compensation. We reported on this here a year ago. However, in our continued quest to uncover and reveal the truth about medical malpractice (including the best medical malpractice lawyers in Maryland), we came across the studies below and wanted to share.

A 2012 Harvard study of 10,000 closed malpractice claims reported that only 4.5% of claims go all the way to a trial verdict, and of those 4.5%, 79.6% were ruled in favor of the physician. Though the percentage varies by specialty, on average, 44.8% of the claims did not progress to litigation, settling the claim without filing suit.

According to Medscape’s 2013 Malpractice Report documenting the experiences of 1,400 physicians:

• 35% of lawsuits were failure to diagnose (17% failure to treat)
  • 80,000 to 160,000 Americans suffered from misdiagnosis
    • 76% of diagnostic error claims resulted in death or permanent disability
      • 40,000 to 80,000 deaths
    • Common alleged misdiagnoses were cancer, heart attack, meningitis, ectopic pregnancy, appendicitis, and broken bones
  • Diagnosis-related payments amounted to $38.8 billion between 1986 and 2001
    • Average per-claim payout was more than $380,000 in 2011 dollars
  • 61% took up to 2 years to conclude
  • 74% of physicians were surprised to be sued
  • 62% of physicians thought the lawsuit result was fair

There is great variation in the frequency of malpractice suits and the amount of payouts across medical specialties.

• Specialists:
  • 15% of lawsuits were filed against internal medicine
    • Misdiagnosis
    • Improper medication
  • 13% of lawsuits were filed against family medicine
    • Misdiagnosis
    • Negligent maternity care
    • Improper medication
  • 9% of lawsuits were filed against ob/gyn
    • Birth related injuries
    • Negligent maternity care
  • 8% of lawsuits were filed against psychiatrists
    • Suicide/lack of emergency accessibility/duty to warn
    • Improper medication

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The Background

As the Levy case draws to a close, this post talks a little about the lawyers involved in the Nikita Levy case.  In the event you are from Baltimore but live under a rock underneath the harbor tunnel, or if maybe you are not from Baltimore, the “Levy Case” is about former Johns Hopkins gynocologyst Nikita Levy.

The case is Jane Doe No. 1 v. The John Hopkins Hospital, 24-C-13-001041, Circuit Court for Baltimore City, Maryland.

For an extended period of time, the doctor used a concealed camera pen, secretly recording over 1,200 videos and 140 images of women without their knowledge or consent. Photos of 62 children were found also on Levy’s home computer. There were additional allegations that Levy touched patients inappropriately and conducted unnecessary pelvic exams. Levy was fired after a colleague reported her suspicions of the situation. Levy committed suicide before any criminal prosecution could occur.

The Settlement

On July 21, 2014, the Johns Hopkins Health System Corp. agreed to a preliminary $190 million settlement with about 8,000 patients who were secretly photographed and videotaped by gynecologist and obstetrician Dr. Nikita A. Levy.

Objections to Settlement

Represented by renowned plaintiff and medical malpractice firm Salsbury, Clements, Bekman, Marder & Adkins LLC, 25 of those former patients filed an objection to the settlement, saying the proposed legal fees of up to 35% are “extraordinarily unreasonable.” In addition to Bekman’s 25 clients, 2 more objections were filed – one by a patient representing herself and the other represented by personal injury lawyer Barry J. Diamond.

As was widely reported, Bekman’s objection lost. Now the Daily Record is reporting the Diamond objection is moving forward.

3 Main Objections

The case was deemed a mandatory class-action, meaning prospective plaintiffs more or less needed to join the class. This has multiple consequences when considering payout.

Objections also criticize the evaluation process used to distribute the payout money. Each plaintiff will be interviewed by a team of female psychiatrists and attorneys and placed into a category based on the trauma level each patient sustained. The category will help determine the monetary value of each patient’s payment. According to the Associated Press, objection reads, “The proposed Agreement fails to specify the high and low range of recovery for each category…Therefore, claimants have no ability to assess the fairness and reasonableness of the likely recovery to which they may be entitled.”

Additionally, objections claim that the steering committee did not assume enough litigation risk or trial preparation expenses for the 35% to be reasonable.  If the 35% stands, counsel stands to pocket, all told, more than $65 million.

The rest of the nearly $125 million would be split among roughly 8,000 victims.

The Lawyers

Schochor, Federico and Staton P.A. (Plaintiff, Steering Committee)

Attorneys: Jonathan Schochor, Philip C. Federico & Kerry D. Staton

The Schochor, Federico and Staton firm has tried multiple cases against Johns Hopkins in the past 5 years. The hospitals and health care providers the firm sued were many, with Greater Baltimore Medical Center Inc., Northwest Hospital Center Inc., and St. Joseph Medical Center Inc. appearing more than a few times. Schochor, Frederico and Staton have filed more medical negligence cases than any other lawyer or firm in Maryland.

Janet, Jenner & Suggs LLC (Plaintiff, Steering Committee)

Attorney: Howard A. Janet

Janet, Jenner & Suggs does not have other cases against Johns Hopkins in the past 5 years; they have worked primarily on cases against St. Joseph Medical Center Inc. This stems from the stent issues.  The firm concentrates in cases concerning cerebral palsy and injury from unsafe products.

The Cochran Firm

Attorney: David E. Haynes

Haynes has filed 12 tort claims and 12 civil claims in the Maryland Judiciary system since 2012.

Wais, Vogelstein and Forman

Attorney: Gary A. Wais

Since 2008, Wais has filed 15 tort claims and 3 medical malpractice claims in the Maryland Judiciary system.

Silverman, Thompson, Slutkin, and White

Attorney: Andrew G. Slutkin

Slutkin has filed more than 20 tort claims and more than 16 medical malpractice claims since 2008.

Cardaro and Peek, LLC

Attorney: Thomas C. Cardaro

Cardaro has filed more than 35 tort claims and 34 medical malpractice claims since 2008.

Snyder and Snyder

Attorney: Stephen L. Snyder

Since 2008, Snyder has had 6 medical malpractice claims and 9 tort claims.

A. Dwight Pettit, P.A.

Attorney: A. Dwight Pettit

Pettit has done a wide variety of cases since 2008, most of which is criminal, tort or contract.

Salsbury, Clements, Bekman, Marder & Adkins LLC (Plaintiff, Objection)

Attorneys: Paul D. Bekman & Laurence A. Marder

Like the other two plaintiff firms, the Salsbury, Clements, Bekman, Marder & Adkins firm handles personal injury, medical malpractice, and product liability cases. Medical malpractices cases the firm has handled include suits against Greater Baltimore Medical Center, Franklin Square Hospital Center Inc., Frederick Memorial Hospital Inc., and EMCare of Maryland LLC, among many others.

Barry J. Diamond (Plaintiff, Objection)

Attorney: Barry J. Diamond

Diamond has represented clients in over 350 cases of almost exclusively tort and contract cases since 2008 in the Maryland court system.

Goodell, DeVries, Leech & Dann, LLP (Defendant)

Attorneys: Donald L. DeVries Jr., Marianne DePaulo Plant, K. Nichole Nesbitt & Meghan Hatfield Yancek

Goodell, DeCries, Leech & Dann is located in both Baltimore and Philadelphia. The firm handles a wide variety of practice areas, including medical malpractice defense, professional negligence defense, and insurance defense.

Pepper Hamilton LLP (Defendant)

Attorneys: Laurence Z. Shiekman, Jan P. Levine & Frank H. Griffin VI

Pepper Hamilton LLP is a national firm with over 500 lawyers, offering representation to large businesses, governmental entities, and nonprofits.

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Medical Malpractice Cases in Maryland

In simply quantity, cases listed as medical malpractice in Maryland are almost a rounding error.  They represent less than 1/2 of 1% of all circuit court actions in Maryland, not including PG and Montgomery Counties.  (Those two counties report their stats differently, making it more difficult to parse out which kinds of cases are which.)

Of course, though quite significant, number of cases isn’t everything.  Forty-nine huge dollar cases might be more significant than a larger number of tiny cases.  However, it’s important to keep in mind that circuit court actions involve more than $30,000 in damages in any case.  Therefore, smaller contract or car accident cases are separate and not skewing the numbers.  Moreover, medical malpractice cases are either always or virtually always in the larger dollar courts.

Also key to remember, an enormous quantity of medical malpractice cases that actually go to trial result in defense verdicts.  In this previous post, we report 77% of med mal cases are shown to have defense verdicts.

Medical Malpractice Infographic

The infographic above does one of the better jobs I’ve seen in showing visually, just how small the amount of medical malpractice litigation there is, in comparison to everything else.

Medical Malpractice Lawyers in Maryland

The goal of InjuryLawyerDatabase.com is both to educate potential litigants in personal injury, car accident, and medical malpractice cases, and to get potential litigants to the right attorneys for their case.  As such, here is a list of med mal lawyers handling cases in Maryland and here are our thoughts on the best medical malpractice lawyers in Maryland.

The decision about what lawyer for a medical malpractice case is an important one.  Depending on the facts of the case, and how serious, it can be one of the most important decisions a family makes.  Not all lawyers are created equal and not all lawyers are suited to a particular kind of case.

The best thing you can do is talk to multiple attorneys, read a great deal, and study the statistics.

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April 2015 saw 6699 different cases filed in Maryland Circuit Courts. Of these cases, only 10 were listed as medical malpractice. This is completely consistent with numbers from the first quarter. We highlighted those stats – medical malpractice made up less than one half of 1% of all circuit court cases – in this medical malpractice infographic, published last month.

Motor torts (car accident cases) made up 319 cases, under 5% of all suits filed.

Workers’ compensation appeals – the last major injury category we like to track, saw less than 300 total cases filed, by either employer/insurers or claimants.

The most active workers’ comp lawyer in Maryland (based on appeals filed) in April was Ben Boscolo of Chasen Boscolo in Greenbelt. Other active lawyers include Salsbury workers’ comp lawyer Ken Gaudreau and Baltimore area comp attorneys Aaron Schwartz and Rebecca Smith. To see the ILD full list of comp attorneys – go here.

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May of 2015 saw very few medical malpractice cases, as is clearly the norm.  In all, there were only 19 lawsuits listed as medical malpractice or, as Anne Arundel County lists them, MEDMAL.  Per usual, our monthly report on torts including med mal does not include Montgomery County or Prince George’s County cases, as they report their statistics differently, making it hard to decipher anything out of the data.  Granted, MoCo and PG are big, active, DC area counties, but, still, 19 Med Mal lawsuits.  19.

Other stats were as follows:

• 193 Car Accident Cases, referred to as MT or motor tort
• 127 Cases that either are or are very likely to be workers’ compensation appeals

Therefore, as is common, torts are not what’s crowding the docket, at least not in Maryland’s Circuit Courts.  In total, there were 5991 different lawsuits we tracked, and 339 are directly tort related.  Foreclosures numbered in the thousands.  Divorce and family law was busy as usual as well.

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The Background

As the Levy case draws to a close, this post talks a little about the lawyers involved in the Nikita Levy case.  In the event you are from Baltimore but live under a rock underneath the harbor tunnel, or if maybe you are not from Baltimore, the “Levy Case” is about former Johns Hopkins gynocologyst Nikita Levy.

The case is Jane Doe No. 1 v. The John Hopkins Hospital, 24-C-13-001041, Circuit Court for Baltimore City, Maryland.

For an extended period of time, the doctor used a concealed camera pen, secretly recording over 1,200 videos and 140 images of women without their knowledge or consent. Photos of 62 children were found also on Levy’s home computer. There were additional allegations that Levy touched patients inappropriately and conducted unnecessary pelvic exams. Levy was fired after a colleague reported her suspicions of the situation. Levy committed suicide before any criminal prosecution could occur.

The Settlement

On July 21, 2014, the Johns Hopkins Health System Corp. agreed to a preliminary $190 million settlement with about 8,000 patients who were secretly photographed and videotaped by gynecologist and obstetrician Dr. Nikita A. Levy.

Objections to Settlement

Represented by renowned plaintiff and medical malpractice firm Salsbury, Clements, Bekman, Marder & Adkins LLC, 25 of those former patients filed an objection to the settlement, saying the proposed legal fees of up to 35% are “extraordinarily unreasonable.” In addition to Bekman’s 25 clients, 2 more objections were filed – one by a patient representing herself and the other represented by personal injury lawyer Barry J. Diamond.

As was widely reported, Bekman’s objection lost. Now the Daily Record is reporting the Diamond objection is moving forward.

3 Main Objections

The case was deemed a mandatory class-action, meaning prospective plaintiffs more or less needed to join the class. This has multiple consequences when considering payout.

Objections also criticize the evaluation process used to distribute the payout money. Each plaintiff will be interviewed by a team of female psychiatrists and attorneys and placed into a category based on the trauma level each patient sustained. The category will help determine the monetary value of each patient’s payment. According to the Associated Press, objection reads, “The proposed Agreement fails to specify the high and low range of recovery for each category…Therefore, claimants have no ability to assess the fairness and reasonableness of the likely recovery to which they may be entitled.”

Additionally, objections claim that the steering committee did not assume enough litigation risk or trial preparation expenses for the 35% to be reasonable.  If the 35% stands, counsel stands to pocket, all told, more than $65 million.

The rest of the nearly $125 million would be split among roughly 8,000 victims.

The Lawyers

Schochor, Federico and Staton P.A. (Plaintiff, Steering Committee)

Attorneys: Jonathan Schochor, Philip C. Federico & Kerry D. Staton

The Schochor, Federico and Staton firm has tried multiple cases against Johns Hopkins in the past 5 years. The hospitals and health care providers the firm sued were many, with Greater Baltimore Medical Center Inc., Northwest Hospital Center Inc., and St. Joseph Medical Center Inc. appearing more than a few times. Schochor, Frederico and Staton have filed more medical negligence cases than any other lawyer or firm in Maryland.

Janet, Jenner & Suggs LLC (Plaintiff, Steering Committee)

Attorney: Howard A. Janet

Janet, Jenner & Suggs does not have other cases against Johns Hopkins in the past 5 years; they have worked primarily on cases against St. Joseph Medical Center Inc. This stems from the stent issues.  The firm concentrates in cases concerning cerebral palsy and injury from unsafe products.

The Cochran Firm

Attorney: David E. Haynes

Haynes has filed 12 tort claims and 12 civil claims in the Maryland Judiciary system since 2012.

Wais, Vogelstein and Forman

Attorney: Gary A. Wais

Since 2008, Wais has filed 15 tort claims and 3 medical malpractice claims in the Maryland Judiciary system.

Silverman, Thompson, Slutkin, and White

Attorney: Andrew G. Slutkin

Slutkin has filed more than 20 tort claims and more than 16 medical malpractice claims since 2008.

Cardaro and Peek, LLC

Attorney: Thomas C. Cardaro

Cardaro has filed more than 35 tort claims and 34 medical malpractice claims since 2008.

Snyder and Snyder

Attorney: Stephen L. Snyder

Since 2008, Snyder has had 6 medical malpractice claims and 9 tort claims.

A. Dwight Pettit, P.A.

Attorney: A. Dwight Pettit

Pettit has done a wide variety of cases since 2008, most of which is criminal, tort or contract.

Salsbury, Clements, Bekman, Marder & Adkins LLC (Plaintiff, Objection)

Attorneys: Paul D. Bekman & Laurence A. Marder

Like the other two plaintiff firms, the Salsbury, Clements, Bekman, Marder & Adkins firm handles personal injury, medical malpractice, and product liability cases. Medical malpractices cases the firm has handled include suits against Greater Baltimore Medical Center, Franklin Square Hospital Center Inc., Frederick Memorial Hospital Inc., and EMCare of Maryland LLC, among many others.

Barry J. Diamond (Plaintiff, Objection)

Attorney: Barry J. Diamond

Diamond has represented clients in over 350 cases of almost exclusively tort and contract cases since 2008 in the Maryland court system.

Goodell, DeVries, Leech & Dann, LLP (Defendant)

Attorneys: Donald L. DeVries Jr., Marianne DePaulo Plant, K. Nichole Nesbitt & Meghan Hatfield Yancek

Goodell, DeCries, Leech & Dann is located in both Baltimore and Philadelphia. The firm handles a wide variety of practice areas, including medical malpractice defense, professional negligence defense, and insurance defense.

Pepper Hamilton LLP (Defendant)

Attorneys: Laurence Z. Shiekman, Jan P. Levine & Frank H. Griffin VI

Pepper Hamilton LLP is a national firm with over 500 lawyers, offering representation to large businesses, governmental entities, and nonprofits.

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Medical Negligence Verdicts Stack Up in November

A number of medical malpractice cases in and around Baltimore have made news in recent weeks, more than one involving St. Agnes Hosptial. It might be time to start sweating Briggs Bedigian. If you don’t know who he is, you don’t really know medical malpractice lawyers in Baltimore.

The Dallatezza Medical Malpractice Case

According to the Daily Record, Richard Dallatezza Sr., 64, and his wife, Gail Dallatezza, were compensated $4.2 million in their case entitled Richard Dallatezza Sr., et al v. Saint Agnes Health Care Inc., et al. The jury awarded $4,243,388.00 to $3,243,388.00 in economic damages, and $1 million in noneconomic damages to be capped at $710,000. The counts were medical negligence and loss of consortium.

Case Number: 24C13003478

After undergoing a successful spinal surgery on November 9, 2009, Mr. Dallatezza was moved to a rehab facility where he went under the care of Dr. Charles Schnee, a neurosurgeon. Dr. Schnee incorrectly administered medication for high blood pressure when Dallatezza’s blood pressure was normal.

As a result of his lowered his blood pressure, Dallatezza fainted, leading to a stroke in his spinal cord. Dallatezza was revived, but has permanent spinal cord damage. He is now paralyzed from the mid-chest down.

Dr. Schnee of Hennessy, Shuey & Schnee Chtd. wrote in Dallatezza’s medical records that the stroke was caused by low blood pressure. In the weeklong trial, however, Dr. Schnee contested the medical records he wrote, arguing that the stroke was caused by a blood clot, not the blood pressure meds he prescribed.

Pine Heights Medical Center was named as a second defendant in the case, in addition to St. Agnes Health Care Inc.

Gilman and Bedigian

Lawyers H. Briggs Bedigian and Alicia J. Gipe

Bedigian and Gipe are attorneys at Gilman & Bedigian LLC, a medical malpractice and personal injury firm in Baltimore. Winning over one-hundred-million in jury verdicts in his career, Briggs has tried and won more medical malpractice trials than any other plaintiff lawyer in the Baltimore Washington metro area. According to Maryland Case Search, since 2010, Briggs Bedigian has represented clients in 41 tort cases, 12 medical malpractice cases, 12 civil cases, and 5 motor tort cases, among others. Recently,

Briggs was in the news for another seven-figure verdict within just the last few months. In the last few years, Bedigian has also tried multiple birth injury cases, including two that result in combined verdicts of more than $75 million.

Bedigian has been in practice less than 15 years. On the other hand, veteran malpractice attorney Kathleen Howard Meredith has been in practice more than 35 years. She too has had a large med mal verdict within the last few months.

Feeding Tube St. Agnes Malpractice Case

According to the Daily Record, The verdict for medical malpractice case Catherine McConville, et al. v. Muhammad Afzal M.D. was given on October 10, 2014 in favor of the plaintiff. The total award for plaintiffs Catherine McConville and John Wheeler was $958,000. They received $500,000 for pain and suffering, $250,000 for loss of consortium, and $208,000 for stipulated medical expenses.

Case Number: 24C13002774

Catherine McConville, 60, has had multiple sclerosis since 1978 and has used a feeding tube since 2008 (she is paralyzed and non-verbal.) After the tube got dislodged in May of 2012, McConville and her husband, John Wheeler, went to Saint Agnes Hospital in order to get the tube replaced. Over the following 4 months, McConville’s feeding tube got dislodged and clogged multiple times. Each time, she and her husband returned to Saint Agnes to get it fixed. On the final visit to the hospital, McConville waited nearly 6 hours to see gastroenterologist, Dr. Muhammad Afzal. Afzal’s notes say he used “moderate force” 3 times to reattach the feeding tube. During the procedure, McConville showed signs of significant pain through face grimacing. Afzal allegedly made no attempt to confirm the tube was properly placed before McConville was sent home.

The following day, Wheeler noticed that McConville was short of breath and sweating after 2 feedings. By the time Wheeler called 911 to have his wife taken to Howard County General Hospital, she was non-responsive. The tube had perforated McConville’s stomach, causing McConville to spend 6 weeks in intensive care and undergo multiple surgeries.

Dr. Afzal was found negligent. Every situation in which a feeding tube becomes dislodged, it is critical that the tube be inserted properly. If the doctor is not careful, the tube can tear an organ, like a lung or abdomen. As such, the standard of care requires healthcare providers to verify the placement of the feeding tube. Medical professionals verify proper placement through endoscopy or interventional radiology techniques.

Lawyers in Feeding Tube Medical Negligence Case

Plaintiff: Kathleen Howard Meredith

Meredith is a partner at Iliff, Meredith, Wildberger, & Brennan. P.C. located in Pasadena, MD. The 5-person firm is a general civil practice, but specializes in medical malpractice and personal injury law. According to MD Case Search, Meredith has represented clients in 25 tort cases, 10 medical malpractice cases, and 10 civil cases, among others, since 2007.

Defendant: Mary Elizabeth Kaslick

Kaslisk is a partner at Kaslick & Pete, LLC located in Frederick, MD. The firm practices medical malpractice and family law. Since 2007, Kaslick has represented clients in 57 medical malpractice cases, 12 tort cases, and 6 civil cases, among others, according to MD Case Search.

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Medical malpractice lawsuits, or the lack thereof, is what stood out in November.  There were only 21 different medical malpractice lawsuits filed in Maryland in November. The number seems smaller than one might otherwise guess. Well known defendants include Frederick Memorial Hospital, Northwest Hospital Center, Emergency Medicine Associates, PA, Franklin Square Hospital, Peninsula Regional Medical Center, St. Joseph Medical Center, and Greater Baltimore Medical Center.

One major reason this number is underreported is because in Prince George’s and Montgomery County, lawsuits are filed for medical malpractice or medical negligence that are not specifically listed as such. These suits are labeled only “civil” or “other civil.” In addition, Baltimore City med mal case are sometimes described as “other tort.” The 21 suits figure represents all lawsuits with a case type of “medical malpractice” according to the Maryland Judiciary.

Well known med mal lawyers filing November suits include Henry Dugan and Alison Kohler of Dugan Babij, Andy Slutkin and Jamison White of Silverman Thompson Slutkin and White, Jon Schochor and Scott Kurlander of Schochor Federico and Staton and Sloane Fish and her associate Heather Rice. Law firms filing multiple suits in Nov include Cardaro and Peek and Salsbury, Bekman.

Eleven of the 21 suits were filed in Baltimore County Circuit Court in Towson.

 The Most Common Case Types

In total, including double counting of suits filed by two or more lawyers, Maryland Circuit Courts saw 7062 cases filed in November. Unfortunately, in this still unhealthy economy, real estate foreclosures represented the most common kind of filing. There were more than 1500 foreclosure cases. Family law matters made up more, on the whole, however, family law is a broad category encompassing divorce, custody, modification, paternity, interstate issues, child support issues, domestic violence, and more.

 Workers’ Compensation and Car Accidents

Maryland workers’ compensation lawyers filed more than 182 workers’ compensation appeals from the Maryland Workers’ Compensation Commission. Many of these cases were from the list of Maryland comp lawyers found here. It’s more than 182 cases because, again, PG and Montgomery Counties do not provide a great deal of specificity of the exact suits being filed. For instance, a well-known workers’ comp lawyer in Greenbelt, Ben Boscolo filed more than a half dozen (probable) workers’ compensation appeals himself. These are not part of the 182 because they are listed as other civil.

Nearly 200 car accident cases were filed in the month in Circuit Courts. Countless more were filed in district courts throughout the state. Stuart Arnovits, Tim Capurso, David Jackson, Thomas Kemp, Isaac Klein, Darren Margolis, Michael Schreyer, Damon Trazzi, and Alexander Williams are among the lawyers responsible for three or more of the suits.

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This stat is brought to you by PopTort and The Center for Justice and Democracy’s Medical Malpractice briefing book.  It’s also completely consistent with what we reported in our Medical Malpractice Inforgraphic here.

Also highlighted in PopTort’s post:

• Imaging costs (a marker of defensive medicine) do not go down in states with non-economic damages caps.
• About 500 surgeries are done each year on the wrong body part.  (So called wrong site surgeries.)
• 40% of hospitals get a failing grade for patient safety
• Only half of all hospital boards view critical quality as one of their top two priorities.

The following pieces of information come from PopTort’s previous medical malpractice quizzes:

• After the state of Texas enacted stringent caps on damages that could be recovered by victims of medical malpractice, thereby limiting access to the court system, preventable medical errors increased.
• An average about 20 times per month a patient in an American operating room is set on fire
• At least as of 2014, medicare pays physicians who have had their licenses suspended or revoked, who have committed gross malpractice, or who have committed battery
• From 2000 to 2009 the number of medical malpractice filings dropped by 10%

All info is according to PopTort.  Read their insightful, well-informed blog for more information.

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There were 15 Maryland medical malpractice lawsuits filed in July, as you can see from the table below.  Note, multiple entries have the same case number.  Often, an entry is listed twice – once with the plaintiff’s attorney, the other time with defense counsel.

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In total, there were only 19 medical malpractice lawsuits filed in the greater Baltimore area in January.  This includes Baltimore County, Baltimore City, Carroll County, Howard County, Harford County, and Anne Arundel County.  (Note: this means suits labeled medical malpractice; if the suits were mislabeled, they would not be listed here.)

Only 19 Lawsuits

Of the January medical malpractice lawsuits, a full six of them have different case numbers but various combinations of the same two attorneys (Paul Vettori and Glenn Mintzer) and the same defendants.  It appears this is another stent case involving cardiologists.  Putting those suits together, there were only fourteen different med mal lawsuits in the aforementioned counties.  Of the fourteen suits, only twelve different plaintiffs’ lawyers had their name attached to a lawsuit.

January’s Busy Med Mal Lawyers

Jon Schochor was the attorney on six of the fourteen lawsuits.  Forget Florida, this guy wants to work!  Scott Kurlander was co-counsel on two of the suits, James Cardea on another two.  Those medical malpractice lawsuits were filed in Carroll County, Baltimore County, Baltimore City, and Anne Arundel County.

January’s Medical Malpractice Defendants

Hospitals sued among the fourteen suits included St. Joe’s (now part of University even though the lawsuits might not be), Johns Hopkins, Hopkins Bayview, and Baltimore Washington Medical Center.

Among other defendants included cardiologists Drs. Wang and Mastali, Kaiser, Dr. Amandeep Singh, Dr. Robert Hoofnagle, Advanced Radiology, and Concentra.

That’s the quick run down on January’s medical malpractice lawsuits.  Later this week we will review the workers’ compensation appeals around the Baltimore area.

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The Maryland Judiciary has requested $549 million dollars for their 2016 operating budget. According to the Daily Record, this is approximately a 10% increase over the current fiscal year. On first blush, this might seem like a large number. However, consider, for a moment, last month’s figures that we now report.

There were 5410 cases filed. This is just new filings. And just circuit court. Including district court, there are many times this number of cases. Just for one month.

Practicing lawyers in Maryland know that the administration of justice could always be smoother. Well spent, money could help solve the problem. I don’t know how the money is intending to be spent (read the Daily Record article), but I do know that more resources are necessary.

At InjuryLawyerDatabase.com, we report, specifically, on personal injury cases and personal injury statistics. To that end, of the 5410 cases, there were:

• 26 medical malpractice cases filed
• 260 car accident cases filed
• 216 workers’ compensation cases filed

Important to note: the three bullets above do not include the breakdowns for Prince George’s County and Montgomery County. Personal injury cases for those two counties are included in the 5410, but are not specifically broken out as those counties report in a more generic way.

No medical malpractice lawyer filed more than one of the 26 medical malpractice cases we report. However, multiple med mal firms filed more than one case. This includes Dugan Babij, Salsbury Clements, and Schochor, Federico & Staton. In short, the usual suspects.

Lawyers filing more than two of the 260 car accident cases we report include Stuart Arnovits, Paul Bekman, Harold Dwin, John N. Fox, Isaac Klein, Thomas Mcelroy, Frank Muher, Ernest Nichols, Deborah Potter, John Stolarz, Damon Trazzi, and Brennan Walter. Again, it’s important to remember the 260 cases do not include PG or Montgomery County and are circuit court only. There are also numerous car accident cases filed in Maryland’s district courts. District court has a lower damages threshold than circuit court.

In workers’ comp land, of the 216 cases, selected attorneys filing more than one case include Ken Berman, Ben Boscolo, Bill Butler, Gretchen Rogers, Aaron Schwartz, and Rebecca Smith.

Unfortunately for Maryland and our economy, foreclosure cases remain the most commonly filed matters in Maryland circuit courts.

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August is a slow month for a lot of things in the business, corporate, financial, and legal worlds.  Except vacations.  August is not a slow month for vacations.

Litigation is no exception.  The numbers of new lawsuits filed is notably low for August of 2015.  Here are the stats:

• 12 medical malpractice lawsuits filed
• 55 cases listed as “workers’ compensation appeals” filed in Circuit Courts in Maryland.  (There were an additional 92 administrative agency appeals filed, some of which are actually workers’ comp cases.)
• 225 car accident lawsuits filed

That’s a slow month.

The medical malpractice lawyers who were busy working were the usual suspects.  Schochor’s office, including Jon Schochor, Kerry Staton, Scott Kurlander, and Phil Federico were busy, filing three med mal suits.  Stuart Salsbury himself filed three medical malpractice lawsuits in as diverse a set of counties as you will see – Allegany, Frederick, and Wicomico.  From the same office, Paul Bekman also filed a suit in Baltimore.  A serious of other attorneys filed one med mal suit on behalf of clients.

Some of the defendants being sued in August medical malpractice cases:

• Johns Hopkins
• Franklin Square
• Advanced Radiology

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InjuryLawyerDatabase.com went from algorithmic updates to hand updates within the last few months.  A smattering of the updates come across my desk.  Actually, they do the modern day equivalent and pipe through my inbox.  I’m seldom surprised by what I see.  If I thought a lawyer was busy and handling a lot of car accident cases, she usually was.  If I thought an older workers’ comp lawyer was in the process of retiring and not filing so many appeals, he usually was.  I’m seldom surprised.

However, last night, I saw an update on famed attorney and Baltimore Orioles owner Peter Angelos.  The report said in the last three years, Angelos had handled 30 cases.  That, in and of itself, was not shocking.  Perhaps this was a shuffling of asbestos cases.  Maybe each case would have another attorney from Angelos’s office listed.  I dug deeper into the individual cases.

There were numerous medical malpractice cases listed.  Some were stents against St. Joes.  That’s pretty standard, but still shows you that Peter Angelos gets his hands dirty.  However, he’s also the only lawyer listed on a number of cases against Box Hill Surgery Center.  These lawsuits are related to meningitis causing steroids.

Perhaps most surprising, Angelos is listed as the attorney in two car accident cases.  One is in Baltimore City, the other in Baltimore County.  One has co-counsel from his firm, the other does not.  It’s a surprising thing to see, in my humble little opinion.  He’s in his mid-eighties.  Reportedly, he’s a billionaire.

Though he’s in his mid-eighties, he’s sharp last I knew.  I had a brief conversation with him about a year and a half ago.

I’ll also use this opportunity to say, as an attorney, as a personal injury lawyer, and as someone who generally thinks corporate America, as a whole, could give a fuck about any of us, Peter Aneglos is one of my heros.  Not because of the things he has done for Baltimore.  Not because of his ownership of the Orioles.  Not because he has political influence or a lot of money.  Not even because he’s given away a lot of money.

Mostly because he says fuck you.  And because he believes in the little guy’s right to be in court.

City Paper did a bio piece a long time ago on Angelos.  It’s very good.  It’s not available on the City Paper’s website anymore.  (It is 15 years old.)  Excerpts from the piece:

When talking about giving back in Baltimore…

Is this nostalgia? “There may be some of that, sure,” Angelos says. Is it about giving back? “I think so. But I don’t put it in those words. You observe, you study, and you say to yourself, This is something that should be done, that can be done. So why not get it done? Why not join others to achieve goals that benefit everyone in the community? It’s a very normal thing to want to do, I think.”

On being a lawyer and being curious…

As a lawyer, Angelos reasons, “You’ve got to be able to absorb information. You know how they talk about a quick study? You’ve got to be able to capture the essence of, say, scientific inquiry. That’s one of the reasons I may go from one thing . . . to the other. . . . If you have an inquiring mind and you’re curious about things, your comprehension comes quicker.”

And what they say about him…

“I don’t know if I’d consider Peter Angelos a friend, because it goes beyond friendship. He’s one of us,” says Ernest Grecco, president of the Metropolitan Baltimore Council AFL-CIO Unions.

Without his East Baltimore roots and the tragic legacy of the Sparrows Point shipyards, Peter Angelos would still be “just as aggressive and a good lawyer,” D’Alesandro reckons. He might even own a restaurant or two. But he wouldn’t be standing in front of a window atop one of Baltimore’s tallest office buildings, mapping out downtown’s future. And he wouldn’t generate the public intrigue that both propels and dogs him.

Credit: City Paper

The Baltimore Business Journal also published a piece on Angelos.  It’s available here.  By far my favorite part:

“Peter hates corporate America,” says a former associate who spent much of his adulthood working for your firm. “You hear him say it all the time. ‘Those no-good motherf—–s.’ This is a guy who wore short-sleeve shirts to work with a tie. He had his office in a blue-collar section of Baltimore. He was a peasant. A peasant who got rich. A peasant who got rich and bought a baseball team.”

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In all, there were 22,310 unique civil actions in Maryland’s circuit courts in the first quarter of 2016.  Torts, as always, were a far smaller percentage of the whole than the tort reformers would have you believe.  Case types classically defined as “torts” or personal injury – car accidents, workers’ compensation appeals, and medical malpractice – were 1,615 of these cases.

That does not mean that personal injury cases made up only 7.2% of the all circuit court civil actions.  In Prince George’s County and Montgomery County, cases are not listed by type on Judiciary Case Search (our data source), merely by civil or criminal.  Roughly speaking, Montgomery and PG make up about 30% of the whole.

This means that personal injury cases represent about 10.7% of the civil side of circuit courts in Maryland.  Medical malpractice made up roughly 1.3%.  Our court systems remained clogged with foreclosures, divorce and custody cases, and failure to pay child support.

Yet somehow, the wealthy and the insurance lobby have convinced society that the real problem is personal injury cases and trial lawyers.  It’s preposterous.  See our infographic from last year for a stunning visual of what the court system really looks like.

January – 6305

• Medical Malpractice – 136
• Motor Tort – 198
• Administrative Agency Appeal – 169
• Appeal – Workers’ Compensation – 41

February – 7580

• Medical Malpractice – 25
• Motor Tort – 256
• Administrative Agency Appeal – 160
• Appeal – Workers’ Compensation – 58

March – 8425

• Medical Malpractice – 35
• Motor Tort – 273
• Administrative Agency Appeal – 230
• Appeal – Workers’ Compensation – 34

Stay tuned for more information and statistics on Maryland’s busiest personal injury lawyers.

Please take all data as an estimate.  The methodology used in this blog post is consistent with that of someone writing a blog post that is useful for general information, but not useful for decision making from a statistical standpoint.

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Medical Malpractice Lawsuits in Maryland, September 2016 

There were 21 medical malpractice suits filed in the month of September. There were 10 suits against hospitals, and 11 against individual practitioners.  This post supplies the data for the hospitals sued, including plaintiffs, lawyers, and any existing co-defendants, along with the individual practitioners and other entities.  Medical malpractice is sometimes labeled “medmal,” or “other tort,” when cases are filed.  Hospitals are often linked together as co-defendants, especially if a doctor practices at more than one location.  With the number of patients being seen on a daily basis, the low number of suits being filed reflects the complexity of med-mal cases.

This post does not include medical malpractice lawsuits in Prince George’s County or med mal suits in Montgomery County.

Out of the 10, what hospitals were sued?

• Johns Hopkins Hospital
  • Pauline Williams-Gordon Et Al vs. The Johns Hopkins Hospital
    • Lawyer:  Henry E. Dugan Jr., Esq., Alison Kohler, Esq.
    • Law Firm: Dugan, Babij, Tolley, & Kohler, LLC.
    • Co-defendants:  Johns Hopkins University, The Johns Hopkins Health System Corporation, Christine Ann Beckwith, M.D.
  • Ana Gonzalez-Alfaro vs. Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center Inc., et al
    • Lawyer:  Bruce J. Babij, Esq.
    • Law Firm: Dugan, Babij, Tolley, & Kohler, LLC.
    • Co-defendants: The Johns Hopkins Health System Corporation, The Johns Hopkins University.
  • Aziz Sayyed, et al vs. University of Maryland Medical Center, LLC, et al
    • Lawyer: Keith D. Forman, Esq.
    • Law Firm: Wais, Vogelstein, Forman, & Offutt, LLC.
    • Co-defendants: Johns Hopkins Health System Corporation, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Vincent See Jr., M.D., Andrea Levine, M.D., Howard County General Hospital, Inc., Michelle Henggeler, M.D., David Thiemann, M.D., Jeannette Nazarian, M.D.,
  • Varona Stephenson, et al vs. The Johns Hopkins Hospital
    • Lawyer: H Briggs Bedigian, Esq., Jon S. Stefanuca, Esq.
    • Law Firm: Gilman & Bedigian, LLC

• Northwest Hospital
  • The Estate of Mary Johnson, et al vs. Northwest Hospital Center Inc.
    • Lawyer:  William H. Murphy, Esq., Nicholas A. Szokoly, Esq., Jessica H. Meeder, Esq., Rima A. Kikani, Esq.,
    • Law Firm: Murphy, Falcon & Murphy.
  • Meggan Lewis v. Sinai Hospital of Baltimore, Inc., et al.
    • Lawyer: Karen E. Evans, Esq.
    • Law Firm: The Cochran Firm
    • Co-defendants: Northwest Hospital Center, Inc., Greater Baltimore Medical Center, Inc. (GBMC)

• Sinai Hospital
  • Christina Frentz vs. Sinai Hospital of Baltimore, Inc. et al
    • Lawyer: Michael L. Sanders, Esq.
    • Law Firm: D’Amore Personal Injury Law, LLC.
    • Co-defendants: Lifebridge Health, Inc., Bradley Lamm, DPM, Jacob Wynes, DPM,
  • Meggan Lewis v. Sinai Hospital of Baltimore, Inc., et al.
    • Lawyer: Karen E. Evans, Esq.
    • Law Firm: The Cochran Firm
    • Co-defendants: Northwest Hospital Center, Inc., Greater Baltimore Medical Center, Inc. (GBMC)

• Agnes Hospital
  • Tabitha Jones, et al vs. Mofolusho O, M.D., et al
    • Lawyer: Jonathan Schochor, Esq., James D. Cardea, Esq.
    • Law Firm: Schochor, Federico & Staton, P.A.
    • Co-defendants: The Women’s OB/GYN Group, St. Agnes Healthcare, Inc.

• Howard County General Hospital
  • Phansaithong, et al vs. Howard County General Hospital Inc., et al
    • Lawyer: Jonathan Schochor, Esq., Scott P. Kurlander, Esq.
    • Law Firm: Schochor, Federico & Staton, P.A.
    • Co-defendants: American Radiology Associates, PA

• Greater Baltimore Medical Center (GBMC)
  • Meggan Lewis v. Sinai Hospital of Baltimore, Inc., et al.
    • Lawyer: Karen E. Evans, Esq.
    • Law Firm: The Cochran Firm
    • Co-defendants: Northwest Hospital Center, Inc., Greater Baltimore Medical Center, Inc. (GBMC)
  • Alston, et al vs. Manor Care Health Services, LLC, et al
    • Lawyer: Sloane L. Fish, Esq.
    • Law Firm: Law Offices of Sloane L. Fish.
    • Co-defendants: Greater Baltimore Medical Center, Manor Care Ruxton

• University of Maryland Medical Center
  • Aziz Sayyed, et al vs. University of Maryland Medical Center, LLC, et al
    • Lawyer: Keith D. Forman, Esq.
    • Law Firm: Wais, Vogelstein, Forman, & Offutt, LLC.
    • Co-defendants: Johns Hopkins Health System Corporation, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Vincent See Jr., M.D., Andrea Levine, M.D., Howard County General Hospital, Inc., Michelle Henggeler, M.D., David Thiemann, M.D., Jeannette Nazarian, M.D.

• Bon Secours Hospital
  • Luther Jones, et al vs. Kofi Etruw Shaw-Taylor, M.D., et al
    • Lawyer: Jonathan Schochor, Esq.
    • Law Firm: Schochor, Federico & Staton, P.A.
    • Co-defendant: Westside Medical Group, LLC, Bon Secours Health System, Inc., Bon Secours Hospital Baltimore, Inc.

The remaining 11 suits were filed against individual practitioners, smaller officers, or separate entities all together:

• Mary Johnson, Indiv, & as PR for Mary Manning, et al. vs. Karen Giles, M.D., et al
  • Lawyer: Jamie White, Esq., Ethan Nochumowitz, Esq., Andrew Slutkin, Esq.,
  • Law Firm: Silverman, Thompson, Slutkin, & White, Attorneys at Law.
  • Co-defendants: Karen Lefrak, M.D., Christopher Lorentz, M.D., MEP Helath, LLC, Delmar Emergency Specialists, P.A., David Gar-El, M.D.
• Whaley, et al vs. Nyugen, et al
  • Lawyer: Christopher D. Wright, Esq.
  • Law Firm: Law Offices of Peter Angelos, P.C.
  • Co-defendant: Family Foot & Ankle Care, PC
• Luther Jones, et al vs. Kofi Etruw Shaw-Taylor, M.D., et al
  • Lawyer: Jonathan Schochor, Esq.
  • Law Firm: Schochor, Federico & Staton, P.A.
  • Co-defendant: Westside Medical Group, LLC, Bon Secours Health System, Inc., Bon Secours Hospital Baltimore, Inc.
• Vasireedy, et al vs. Burger, et al
  • Lawyer: Jonathan Schochor, Esq.
  • Law Firm: Schochor, Federico & Staton, P.A.
  • Co-defendant: Choice One Urgent Care of Towson, Doctors Express, Starcare Group, LLC
• Anne Kelly Billing vs. James E. Mousdale, et al
  • Lawyer: Amy M. Orsi, Esq.
  • Law Firm: The Law Offices of Stephen A. Markey III, P.C.
  • Co-Defendant: Robert F. Hoofnagle Jr. MDPA
• Krampf, et al vs. Westen Maryland Health System Corporation, et al
  • Lawyer: Benjamin H. Meredith, Esq.
  • Law Firm: Iliff, Meredith, Wildberger & Brennan, P.C.
  • Co-defendant: Sunil K Gupta, M.D., MEP Health, Inc., Corrinne Lamm, CRNP, Jeremy Hunt, CRNP.
• Acosta vs. Block, et al
  • Lawyer: George A. Rose, Esq., John Leppler, Esq.
  • Law Firm: The Rose Law Firm, LLC.
  • Co-defendant: Ruxton Surgicenter, LLC.
• Muller vs. UNI Medical Care Inc., et al
  • Lawyer: Ruslan Kondratyuk, Esq.
  • Law Firm: D’Amore Personal Injury Law, LLC
• Chaka Jennings, et al vs. Renato Flores, M.D., et al
  • Lawyer: Brent Patrick Ceryes, Esq.
  • Law Firm: Schochor, Federico and Staton, P.A.
  • Co-defendant: Myrna Ortega, M.D. PA, Baltimore Washington Medical Center Inc.
• Timothy Buck vs. Plastic Surgery Specialists, P.C. et al
  • Lawyer: Steven Charles Homola, Esq., Mark Wayne Howes, Esq.
  • Law Firm: Law Offices of Mark. W. Howes, LLC.
  • Co-defendant: Carl Daniel Laughlin, M.D.
• Susan Eid, et al vs. SSC Forest Hill Operating Company, LLC
  • Lawyer: Wilson K. Barnes, Esq., Gary E. Dumer, Esq.
  • Law Firm: Dumer & Barnes, P.A.
• John Evans Jr., et al vs. SSC Forest Hill Operating Company, LLC
  • Lawyer: Sloane L. Fish, Esq.
  • Law Firm: Law Offices of Sloane L. Fish.

The following firms represented 2 or more clients in the month of September:

• Dugan, Babij, Tolley, & Kohler, LLC
• Law Offices of Sloane L. Fish
• D’Amore Personal Injury Law, LLC
• Schochor, Federico & Staton, P.A.

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Medical Malpractice Lawsuits in Maryland, October 2016

There were 5 different hospitals sued, some of which were a co-defendant in another suit.  These are for cases listed as medical malpractice, excluding PG County and Montgomery County which do not break out their statistics or list cases as medical malpractice, med mal (as AA County does) or even “other tort.”

• Joseph Medical Center
  • Franklin, et al v. University of Maryland St. Joseph Medical Center, et al
    • Lawyer: Briggs Bedigian, Esq., Jon S. Stefanuca, Esq.
    • Law Firm: Gilman & Bedigian, LLC.
    • Co-Defendant: Julie Schuetz, M.D.

• Johns Hopkins Hospital
  • Robinson, et al v. Johns Hopkins Community Physicians Inc., et al
    • Lawyer: Jonathan Schochor, Esq., Jonathan E. Goldberg, Esq.
    • Law Firm: Schochor, Federico & Staton, P.A.
    • Co-Defendant: Johns Hopkins Community Physicians at Columbia, Howard County General Hospital, Inc.

• Jan Miller, et al v. Grant Anhalt, M.D., et al
  • Lawyer: Emily C. Malarkey, Esq.
  • Law Firm: Salsbury, Clements, Bekman, Marder & Adkins, LLC.
  • Co-Defendant: The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Mercy Medical Center, Linda Wang, M.D.

• Ethan Heard, et al v. The Johns Hopkins Hospital, et al
  • Lawyer: Keith D. Forman, Esq.
  • Law Firm: Wais, Vogelstein, Forman & Offutt, LLC.
  • Co-Defendant: The Johns Hopkins Health System Corporation

• Ashley Reeves, et al v. The Johns Hopkins Hospital, et al
  • Lawyer: Christopher T. Casciano, Esq.
  • Law Firm: Wais, Vogelstein & Forman, LLC.
  • Co-Defendant: Michael Tsimis, M.D., Jena Miller, M.D., Elizabeth Oler, M.D., Lauren Owens, M.D.

• Mercy Medical Center
  • Jan Miller, et al v. Grant Anhalt, M.D., et al
    • Lawyer: Emily C. Malarkey, Esq.
    • Law Firm: Salsbury, Clements, Bekman, Marder & Adkins, LLC.
    • Co-Defendant: The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Mercy Medical Center, Linda Wang, M.D.

• University of Maryland Medical System
  • Valerie L. Miller, et al v. University of Maryland Medical Corporation
    • Lawyer: Jonathan Schochor, Esq.
    • Law Firm: Schochor, Federico & Staton, P.A.

• Union Memorial Hospital
  • Martha Moyer, et al v. The Union Memorial Hospital, et al
    • Lawyer: Michael L. Sanders
    • Law Firm: D’Amore Personal Injury Law, LLC
    • Co-Defendant: Sajith Foustin Joseph, M.D., Marita Mike, M.D., Marc A. Mugmon, M.D.

The 14 following suits were against individual practitioners, small offices, or separate entities all together:

• Milton Roseborough, et al v. Levindale Hebrew Geriatric Center
  • Lawyer: Henry E. Dugan Jr., Esq.
  • Law Firm: Dugan, Babij, Tolley & Kohler, LLC

• Barbara Taylor, et al v. Abdel K. Sawan, et al
  • Lawyer: David Ellin, Esq.
  • Law Firm: Law Office of David Ellin, P.C.
  • Co-Defendant: Douglas A. Weber, Emergency Medicine Associates, PA, PC., Carroll Hospital Center, Inc.

• Swayne, et al v. Ofori Awuah, et al
  • Lawyer: Keith D. Forman, Esq.
  • Law Firm: Wais, Vogelstein, Forman & Offutt, LLC.
  • Co-Defendant: Franklin Square Meridian Healthcare Nursing Home, Kathryn D. Weinrich, Esq.

• Hurka v. Ra, et al
  • Lawyer: Fred B. Goldberg, Esq.
  • Law Firm: Fred B. Goldberg, P.C.
  • Co-Defendant: Touch of Smiles Dental Care, LLC.

• Diggs, et al v. Brookdale Senior Living Communities, et al
  • Lawyer: Gregory Lockwood, Esq.
  • Law Firm: Law Offices of Gregory L. Lockwood, LLC.
  • Co-Defendant: H. Forty-Nine Propco, Pikesville LLC.

• Kinard, et al v. Chancellor Health Care of California IV, et al
  • Lawyer: Gregory Lockwood, Esq.
  • Law Firm: Law Offices of Gregory L. Lockwood, LLC.
  • Co-Defendant: NHIREIT of Maryland, LLC., Woodlands Assisted Living Community.

• Lawrence, et al v. Sheppard Pratt Health System Inc.
  • Lawyer: Gregory Lockwood, Esq.
  • Law Firm: Law Offices of Gregory L. Lockwood, LLC.

• Sonia Hawkins, et al v. Futurecare Health and Management
  • Lawyer: Carlos G. Stecco, Esq.
  • Law Firm: Stecco & Ward, P.C.
  • Co-Defendant: Charles Street Health Care, LLC., Futurecare-Homewood, Futurecare Homewood Properties, LLC.

• Parrow, et al v. Ahmed, et al
  • Lawyer: Jonathan Schochor, Esq., James D. Cardea, Esq.
  • Law Firm: Schochor, Federico & Staton, P.A.
  • Co-Defendant: Howard R. Friedman, Mohammed M. Ahmed, Clinical Associates P.A.

• Jan Miller, et al v. Grant Anhalt, M.D., et al
  • Lawyer: Emily C. Malarkey, Esq.
  • Law Firm: Salsbury, Clements, Bekman, Marder & Adkins, LLC.
  • Co-Defendant: The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Mercy Medical Center.

• Peggy Keuper v. Adam Summers, M.D., et al
  • Lawyer: Paul A. Turkheimer, Esq., Joseph B. Chazen, Esq.
  • Law Firm: Meyers, Rodbell & Rosenbaum, P.A.
  • Co-Defendant: Maryland Plastic Surgery, LLC.

• Larissa Santis, et al v. Louis Essandoh, M.D.
  • Lawyer: David J. Martin, Esq.
  • Law Firm: Meyers, Rodbell & Rosenbaum, P.A.

• Sharon Davis v. Maryland Primary Care Physicians, LLC
  • Lawyer: Thomas Cardaro, Esq.
  • Law Firm: Cardaro & Peek, LLC
  • Co-Defendant: Llyern L. Bartholomew, CRNP, Neil E. Padgett, M.D.

• Harvey Brown v. Corizon, Inc., et al
  • Lawyer: Bert W. Kapinus, Esq.
  • Law Firm: The Law Office of Bert W. Kapinus, Esq.

The following firms brought 2 or more med-mal suits in the month of October:

• Meyers, Rodbell & Rosenbaum, P.A.
• Schochor, Federico & Staton, P.A.
• Law Offices of Gregory L. Lockwood, LLC
• Wais, Vogelstein & Forman, LLC

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There were 23 new medical malpractice suits in the month of November.  Some hospitals are listed as co-defendants in suits against individual doctors, and vice versa.  These are for cases listed as medical malpractice, excluding PG County and Montgomery County which do not break out their statistics or list cases as medical malpractice, med mal (as AA County does) or even “other tort.”

Out of the 23, what hospitals were sued?

• University of Maryland
  • Michael Gallagher, et al vs. University of Maryland Medical System Corp., et al.
    • Lawyer: Christopher D. Wright, Esq.
    • Law Firm: The Law Office of Peter G. Angelos
    • Co-defendants: University of Maryland Medical Center, LLC. 

• Greater Baltimore Medical Center
  • Morris, et al vs. Kasner, et al
    • Lawyer: Michael H. Bereston, Esq.
    • Law Firm: Law Firm of Michael H. Bereston.
    • Co-defendants: Capital Women’s Care, LLC., Greater Baltimore Medical Associates.

• Johns Hopkins Hospital
  • Doris F. Berry, et al vs. Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center
    • Lawyer: Michael S. Warshaw, Esq.
    • Law Firm: Royston, Mueller, McLean & Reid, LLP
    • Co-defendants: Johns Hopkins Hospital

• Robert Branson, et al vs. Gary Schwartz, M.D., et al
  • Lawyer: Julia R. Arfaa, Esq., David Ellin, Esq.
  • Law Firm: Arfaa Law Group
  • Co-defendants: Gary S. Schwartz, M.D., Duke E. Cameron, M.D., Emily, Stewart, PA-C.

• Mercy Medical Center
  • Akarri Jones, et al vs. Mercy Medical Center, Inc., et al.
    • Lawyer: Christopher S. Norman, Esq.
    • Law Firm: Wais, Vogelstein, Forman & Offutt, LLC.
    • Co-defendant: Steven W. Tucker, M.D., Yves-Richard Dole, M.D.

• Northwest Hospital
  • Kleiman vs. Northwest Hospital Center Inc., et al
    • Lawyer: David A. Harak, Esq.
    • Law Firm: The Harak Law Firm, LLC.
    • Co-defendants:

• Franklin Square Hospital
  • Foley, et al vs. Franklin Square Hospital Center
    • Lawyer: Keith D. Forman, Esq., Christopher S. Norman, Esq.
    • Law Firm: Wais, Vogelstein & Forman, LLC.

• Tiburzi, et al vs. Franklin Square Hospital Center, Inc., et al
  • Lawyer: Jay D. Miller, Esq., Marissa B. Joelson, Esq.
  • Law Firm: Law Offices of Peter G. Angelos, P.C.
  • Co-defendants: Michael D. Suter, M.D., LLC., Medstar Franklin Square Physician, LLC., Helixcare Medical Group, LLC., Metropolitan Medical Associates, Pulmonary and Critical Care Associates of Baltimore, P.A.

• Allen, et al vs. McCarron, et al
  • Lawyer: Paul D. Bekman, Esq.
  • Law Firm: Beckman, Marder & Adkins LLC.
  • Co-defendants: Edward McCarron, M.D., Franklin Square Hospital Center, Inc.

• Agnes Hosptial
  • Bobby Blaylock III, et al vs. St. Agnes Healthcare, Inc., et al
    • Lawyer: Keith D. Forman, Esq.
    • Law Firm: Wais, Vogelstein & Forman.
    • Co-defendants: Seton Medical Group, Inc.

• Sinai Hospital
  • Corey Reynolds v. Emmanuel A. Oke, M.D., et al
    • Lawyer: Mark S. Cohen, Esq.
    • Law Firm: Law Offices of Mark S. Cohen
    • Co-defendants: Maryland Provo-I Medical Services, P.C., Emcare of Maryland, Inc., EMCARE, Inc., EMCARE of Maryland, LLC., Margaret T. Owoeye, RN, Sinai Hospital of Baltimore, Inc.  

• Upper Chesapeake Hospital
  • Donna Atwell, et al vs. Hugo Ermel Benalcazar, et al
    • Lawyer: Jonathan Schochor, Esq., James D. Cardea, Esq.
    • Law Firm: Schochor, Federico & Staton, P.A.
    • Co-defendants: University of Maryland Upper Chesapeake Health System, Inc., Upper Chesapeake Medical Center, Inc., Brain and Spine Specialists, P.A.

The remaining suits were against individual practitioners, small officers, or separate entities all together:

• Corey Reynolds v. Emmanuel A. Oke, M.D., et al
  • Lawyer: Mark S. Cohen, Esq.
  • Law Firm: Law Offices of Mark S. Cohen
  • Co-defendants: Maryland Provo-I Medical Services, P.C., Emcare of Maryland, Inc., EMCARE, Inc., EMCARE of Maryland, LLC., Margaret T. Owoeye, RN, Sinai Hospital of Baltimore, Inc.

• Rebecca Tabbvs. David Querido, DDS. et al.
  • Lawyer: Michael S. Warshaw, Esq.
  • Law Firm: Royston, Mueller, McLean & Reid, LLP
  • Co-defendants: Donna Querido, DDS., Inner Harbor Dental Associates

• Willard, et al vs. Carr, et al.
  • Lawyer: Roxanne L. Ward
  • Law Firm: Law Office of Roxanne Ward, P.C.
  • Co-defendants: Benjamin N. Carr III, M.D., Orthopedic Specialty Center of Baltimore, P.A.

• Hanlon vs. Nguyen, et al
  • Lawyer: Henry E. Dugan Jr., Esq., George Somerville Tolley III, Esq.
  • Law Firm: Dugan, Babij, Tolley & Kohler, LLC.
  • Co-defendants: Thuy V. Nyugen, M.D., Thuy Nyugen, M.D. and Associates LLC.

• Charles v. 8720 Emge Road Operations LLC.
  • Lawyer: Jason A.L. Timoll, Esq.
  • Law Firm: Law Offices of Jason A.L. Timoll, LLC.
  • Co-defendants: Loch Raven Genesis, LLC.

• Abbiebatu Taylor, et al vs. Brian Mark Monroe, et al
  • Lawyer: Jonathan Schochor, Esq., Scott P. Kurlander, Esq.
  • Law Firm: Schochor, Federico & Staton, P.A.
  • Co-defendants: Advanced Radiology, PA., Upper Chesapeake Medical Center, Inc.

• Normajean Madonna White, et al vs. Evan J. Seslky, et al
  • Lawyer: Johnathan Schochor, Esq.
  • Law Firm: Schochor, Federico & Staton, P.A.
  • Co-defendants: OM Cardiovascular, LLC., Cardiovascular Consultants of Carroll County

• Queen, et al vs. Hernandez
  • Lawyer: Mark C. Miller, Esq.
  • Law Firm: Blondell & Miller, Esq.
  • Co-defendants: Jose A. Hernandez, M.D.

• Holly Robinson vs. Paul Elder, M.D., et al
  • Lawyer: Richard R. Martell, Esq.
  • Law Firm: Wais, Vogelstein, Forman & Offutt, LLC.
  • Co-defendant: Jeffery Posner, M.D., Anita Pasumarthy, M.D., Mid-Atlantic Nephrology Associates, P.A.,

• Marcia Rankin, et al vs. Brinton Woods of Frankford, LLC., et al.
  • Lawyer: Gregory Lockwood, Esq.
  • Law Firm: Law Offices of Gregory L. Lockwood, LLC.
  • Co-defendants: Brinton Woods Health Care Center, LLC., Brinton Woods Post-Acute Care Center, Brinton Woods Management Company, LLC.

• Clyde Broadwater vs. Hien Nyugen, M.D.
  • Lawyer: Thomas L. Kemp, Esq.
  • Law Firm: Kemp & Kemp Law.

• Garry Watson, et al vs. Bolaji Onabajo, M.D., et al.
  • Lawyer: Christopher Phillip Brown, Esq.
  • Law Firm: The Law Office of Brown & Getka, P.A.
  • Co-defendants: Baltimore Washington Medical Center, Inc., Tarak Reddy, M.C., Joel J. Shugarman, MDICS at BWMC, LLC.

The following firms represented 2 or more clients in the month of September:

• Wais, Vogelstein, Forman & Offutt, LLC.
• Law Offices of Peter G. Angelos, P.C.
• Schochor, Federico & Staton, P.A.

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There were 35 medical malpractice suits filed in the month of December.  Some hospitals are listed as co-defendants in suits against individual practitioners or entities, and vice versa.  These are for cases listed as medical malpractice or med mal, excluding PG County and Montgomery County which do not break out their statistics or list cases as medical malpractice, med mal (as AA County does) or even “other tort.”

Out of the 35 lawsuits, 18 were filed against a hospital or listed a hospital as a co-defendant:

• Mercy Medical Center
  • Heather Lambert, et al vs. Mercy Medical Center, Inc.
    • Lawyer: William D. Kurtz, Esq.
    • Law Firm: Goodman, Meagher & Enoch, LLP

• Franklin Square Hospital
  • Tiburzi, et al vs. Franklin Square Hospital Center Inc., et al
    • Lawyer: Jay D. Miller, Esq., Marissa B. Joelson, Esq.
    • Law Firm: Law Office of Peter G. Angelos, P.C.
    • Co-defendant: Pulmonary and Critical Care Associates of Baltimore, P.A., George J. Pyrgos, Medstar Franklin Square Physician, LLC., Helixcare Medical Group, LLC., Jennifer K. Wormouth, Micheal D. Suter, M.D., LLC

• Johns Hopkins Hospital
  • Linda Carroll, et al vs. The Johns Hopkins Hospital
    • Lawyer: Jonathan Schochor, Esq., James D. Cardea, Esq.
    • Law Firm: Schochor, Federico & Staton, P.A.

• Lori Nedd vs. Johns Hopkins Community Physicians, Inc.
  • Lawyer: Paul M. D’Amore, Esq.
  • Law Firm: D’Amore Law, LLC

• Steven Twilley, Sr. vs. Bioscrip Infusion Services, LLC, et al.
  • Lawyer: David Ellin, Esq.
  • Law Firm: Law Office of Davis Ellin, P.C.
  • Co-defendant: Johns Hopkins Hospital, Inc.

• Joseph Medical Center
  • Samantha Washington, et al vs. University of Maryland St. Joseph Medical Center, LLC, et al.
    • Lawyer: Jessica H. Meeder, Esq.
    • Law Firm: Murphy, Falcon & Murphy. P.A.
    • Co-defendant: University of Maryland St. Joseph Medical Center Physicians, LLC., Christopher C. Costa, M.D.

• Greater Baltimore Medical Center (G.B.M.C.)
  • Gipson, et al vs. G.B.M.C. Healthcare Inc., et al
    • Lawyer: Tiffany Sims, Esq.
    • Law Firm: Jackson & Associates Law Firm, PLLC
    • Co-defendant: Ronald M. Kline 

• University of Maryland Hospital
  • Cierra Hughes vs. University of Maryland Medical System Corporation
    • Lawyer: Jonathan Schochor, Esq., Phillip C. Federico, Esq.
    • Law Firm: Schochor, Federico & Staton, P.A. 

• Northwest Hospital
  • Chelsea C. Bowman vs. Northwest Hospital Center, et al.
    • Lawyer: Tiffani R. Collins, Esq., Regine Francois, Esq.
    • Law Firm: Collins Legal Group, LLC.
    • Co-defendant: Life Bridge Health, Inc., Paulesh K. Shah, M.D.

• Good Samaritan Hospital
  • Derrick Ryce vs. The Good Samaritan Hospital Inc., et al.
    • Lawyer: Roland Brown, Esq.
    • Law Firm: The Law Office of Roland Brown, LLC
    • Co-defendant: Nicole Rabenau, R.N.,

• Baltimore Washington Medical Center
  • Estate of Sharon Elaine Lamar vs. Baltimore Washington Medical Center, et al.
    • Lawyer: Paul Joseph Weber, Esq.
    • Law Firm: Hyatt & Weber, P.A.
    • Co-defendant: Stephen S. Avery, M.D., Denaye Brown, M.D., Stephanie Tolbert, M.D.

• Amy Kling vs. University of Maryland Baltimore Washington Medical Center, Inc., et al
  • Lawyer: Briggs Bedigian, Esq.
  • Law Firm: Gilman & Bedigian, LLC
  • Co-defendant: Guillermo Giangreco, Steven J Schwartz, Anju Lata Singhal, Subnodhkumar Subdaram, William R. Finn.

• Upper Chesapeake
  • Donnat Atwell, et al vs. Hugo Ermel Benalcazar, et al
    • Lawyer: Jonathan Schochor, Esq., James D. Cardea, Esq.
    • Law Firm: Schochor, Federico & Staton, P.A.
    • Co-defendant: University of Maryland Upper Chesapeake Health System, Inc., Brain & Spine Specialists, P.A.

• Joseph E. Sciuto, et al vs. Advanced Radiology, P.A., et al
  • Lawyer: Jonathan Schochor, Esq., James D. Cardea, Esq.
  • Law Firm: Schochor, Federico & Staton, P.A
  • Co-defendant: Upper Chesapeake Medical Center, Asheesh Sood, M.D., Harford Gastroenterology Associates, P.A., Scott Alan Steinmetz, M.D., Harford Surgical Associates.

The remainder of the 17 lawsuits were filed against individual practitioners, or other medical entities:

• Sheila Murphy vs. Hein Nguyen, et al.
  • Lawyer: Thomas L. Kemp, Esq.
  • Law Firm: Kemp & Kemp, LLC
  • Co-defendant: Union Hospital of Cecil County

• Jeanette Newcomb vs. Neil Woods, Doctor of Dental Sur, et al.
  • Lawyer: Christopher L. Beard, Esq.
  • Law Firm: Law Office of Christopher L. Beard, LLC

• Christopher Cartagirone, et al vs. Joy’El Ballard, M.D., et al.
  • Lawyer: Phillip C. Federico, Esq., Jonathan Schochor, Esq.
  • Law Firm: Schochor, Federico & Staton, P.A.
  • Co-defendant: Ifeyinwa Arah Stitt, M.D., Annapolis OB-GYN Associates, P.A., Anne Arundel Medical Center, Inc.

• Andrew Blumenfeld vs. Steven D. Rock, M.D., et al
  • Lawyer: Andrew B. Blumenfeld
  • Law Firm: Law Office of Andrew B. Blumenfeld
  • Co-defendant: Anne Arundel Urology, P.A.

• Rodolfo Calderon vs. Vishnupriya Krishna, M.D., et al
  • Lawyer: Jonathan Eric Goldberg, Esq., Jonathan Schochor, Esq.
  • Law Firm: Schochor, Federico & Staton, P.A.
  • Co-defendant: Amanda Nicole Lee, Majid Eslami Cina, M.D., Kelly Hofmeyer, Melissa Dobson, PA-C., Helen F. Brown, CRNP, Laurie Beth Gezelle, David G. Medland, M.D., Madhavi Davuluri, M.D., Muhammad Abdullah, M.D., Ella C. Murtha, Samuel Edward Long Jr., M.D., Digestive Disorders Associates, P.C., Anne Arundel Physician Group.

• Donnat Atwell, et al vs. Hugo Ermel Benalcazar, et al
  • Lawyer: Jonathan Schochor, Esq., James D. Cardea, Esq.
  • Law Firm: Schochor, Federico & Staton, P.A.
  • Co-defendant: University of Maryland Upper Chesapeake Health System, Inc., Brain & Spine Specialists, P.A.

• Jaensch, et al vs. McDermott, et al
  • Lawyer: Jon Wil Brassel, Esq., Kelly S. Kylis, Esq.
  • Law Firm: Brassel, Alexander & Rice, LLC
  • Co-defendant: McDermott Chiropractic Care, P.C., Department of Mental Health and Hygiene.

• Awkward, et al vs. Lorien Mays Chapel
  • Lawyer: Christian A. Lodowski, Esq.
  • Law Firm: Law Offices of Christian A. Lodowski, P.A.

• Holly Robinson vs. Paul Eder, M.D., et al
  • Lawyer: Richard R. Martell, Esq.
  • Law Firm: Wais, Vogelstein, Forman & Offutt, LLC
  • Co-defendant: Jeffrey Posner. M.D., Anita Pasumarthy, M.D., Mid-Atlantic Nephrology Associates, P.A.

• Queen, et al vs. Hernandez
  • Lawyer: Mark C. Miller, Esq.
  • Law Firm: Blondell & Miller, LLC     

• Estate of Thomas Peace Sr., et al vs. Future Care Health and Management
  • Lawyer: William Murphy, Jr., Esq., Jessica H. Meeder, Esq., Edward L. Cardona, Esq.
  • Law Firm: Murphy, Murphy & Falcon, P.A.
  • Co-defendant: Future Care Rehabilitation Services, Inc., Future Care Old Court, Inc.

• Estate of Dorothea Parker, vs. Riverview Rehabilitation and Health Center
  • Lawyer: Thomas McNicholas, Esq.
  • Law Firm: Verderaime & Dubois, P.A.
  • Co-defendant: Riverview SNF, LLC. 

• Olinger, et al vs. Howard County Center for Lunch and Sleep Medicine, LLC., et al
  • Lawyer: Aaron L. Moore. Esq.
  • Law Firm: Bekman, Marder & Adkins, LLC
  • Co-defendant: David O. Nyanjom, M.D., Howard County General Hospital, Inc.

• Medovich, et al vs. Bell, et al
  • Lawyer: Aaron L. Moore. Esq.
  • Law Firm: Bekman, Marder & Adkins, LLC
  • Co-defendant: Foot & Ankle Specialists of Mid Atl. LLC

• Karen Ashbrook, et al vs. Erica Leventhal, M.D., et al
  • Lawyer: Benjamin S. Salsbury, Esq.
  • Law Firm: Salsbury Sullivan, LLC
  • Co-defendant: Saint Agnes Medical Group, Seton Medical Group, Inc.

• Joseph E. Sciuto, et al vs. Advanced Radiology, P.A., et al
  • Lawyer: Jonathan Schochor, Esq., James D. Cardea, Esq.
  • Law Firm: Schochor, Federico & Staton, P.A
  • Co-defendant: Upper Chesapeake Medical Center, Asheesh Sood, M.D., Harford Gastroenterology Associates, P.A., Scott Alan Steinmetz, M.D., Harford Surgical Associates.

• Sylvan Lee Cornblatt vs. Benjamin Victor Dubois, M.D. et al
  • Lawyer: Jonathan Schochor, Esq.
  • Law Firm: Schochor, Federico & Staton, P.A
  • Co-defendant: Woodholme Cardiology, LLC., Sinai Hospital of Baltimore, Inc.,

• Iris R. Johnson, et al vs. Joseph Donovan Dirocco, M.D., et al
  • Lawyer: Jonathan Schochor, Esq.
  • Law Firm: Schochor, Federico & Staton, P.A.
  • Co-defendant: Greater Baltimore Colorectal Specialists, LLC., Jeremy Weiner, M.D., The Good Samaritan Hospital of Maryland, Inc.

• Candace Jeffries & Jason Ellison, et al vs. Deborah Y. Clark, M.D., et al
  • Lawyer: Jonathan Schochor, Esq., Phillip C. Federico, Esq.
  • Law Firm: Schochor, Federico & Staton, P.A.
  • Co-defendant: Agnes Healthcare, Inc., Cynthia Clunie Cesaire, M.D., Seton Medical Group, Inc.

• Ne-Chae Murphy, et al vs. Gina Joshua, DDS, et al
  • Lawyer: Henry E. Dugan Jr., Esq., George Somerville Tolley, Esq.
  • Law Firm: Dugan, Babij, Tolley & Kohler, LLC
  • Co-defendant: David M. Veith, P.C.

• Alicia Carter, et al vs. Harbor Hospital, Inc., et al
  • Lawyer: Nicholas A. Szokoly, Esq.
  • Law Firm: Falcon, Falcon & Murphy, P.A.
  • Co-defendant: Medstar Ambulatory Services. Inc.

• Duetsch vs. Lorien Life Center Howard II Inc.
  • Lawyer: Jonathan S. Smith, Esq.
  • Law Firm: Jonathan Scott Smith, LLC

• Steven Twilley, Sr. vs. Bioscrip Infusion Services, LLC, et al.
  • Lawyer: David Ellin, Esq.
  • Law Firm: Law Office of Davis Ellin, P.C.
  • Co-defendant: Johns Hopkins Hospital, Inc.

• Corey Reynolds vs. Emmanual A. Oke., M.D., et al
• Lawyer: Mark S. Cohen
  • Law Firm: The Law Offices of Mark S. Cohen
  • Co-defendant: Maryland Provo-I Medical Services, P.C., Emcare of Maryland, Inc., EMCARE, Inc.,

The following law firms represented 2 or more clients during the month of December:

• Falcon, Falcon & Murphy, P.A.
• Schochor, Federico & Staton, P.A.
• Bekman, Marder & Adkins, LLC

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There were 32 medical malpractice suits filed in the month of January.  Some hospitals are listed as co-defendants in suits against individual practitioners or entities, and vice versa.  These are for cases listed as medical malpractice or med mal, excluding PG County and Montgomery County which do not break out their statistics or list cases as medical malpractice, med mal (as AA County does) or even “other tort.”

Out of the 32 lawsuits, 18 were filed against a hospital or listed a hospital as a co-defendant: 

• Johns Hopkins Hospital
  • Kim v. Ridgeway, et al.
    • Lawyer: John P. Valente III., Esq.
    • Law Firm: Valente Law Group
    • Co-defendant: Johns Hopkins University, Howard County General Hospital, Johns Hopkins Health System Corporation

• David Pridgen, et al v. Johns Hopkins Hospital
  • Lawyer: Jonathan S. Schochor, Esq., Jonathan E. Goldberg, Esq.
  • Law Firm: Schochor, Federico & Staton. P.A.

• Willie Johnese III, et al v. Johns Hopkins Health System Corporation, et al
  • Lawyer: Jason B. Penn, Esq.,
  • Law Firm: Janet, Jenner & Suggs, LLC
  • Co-defendant: Johns Hopkins Hospital, Johns Hopkins Community Physicians, Johns Hopkins University, Johns Hopkins Bayview

• John Khouri, et al v. Johns Hopkins Hospital, et al
  • Lawyer: Peter J. Basile, Esq.
  • Law Firm: Ferguson, Schetelich & Ballew, P.A.
  • Co-defendant: Robery Avery Montgomery, M.D., Benjamin Philosophe, M.D., Niraj Manubhai Desai, M.D., Nabil Nuhad Dagher, M.D.

• Mercy Medical Center
  • Brieyonna Kennedy v. Robert Atlas M.D., et al
    • Lawyer: Shannon A. Slater, Esq.
    • Law Firm: Gershon, Willoughby, Getz & Smith, LLC
    • Co-defendant: Michelle L. Kush M.D., Kristin L. Atkins, M.D., Jermone Kopelman, M.D., Mercy Medical Center

• Keisha Smoot, et al v. Mercy Medical Center, Inc., et al
  • Lawyer: Keith D. Forman, Esq.
  • Law Firm: Wais, Vogelstein, Forman & Offutt LLC

• Sinai Hospital
  • Teri Chavis v. Sinai Hospital of Baltimore
    • Lawyer: Craig M. Silverman, Esq.
    • Law Firm: Law Offices of Peter Angelos, P.C.
    • Co-defendant: David B. Silverman, M.D.

• Bertha Walters v. Gloria Johnson Williams, M.D., et al
  • Lawyer: Jonathan Schochor, Esq.
  • Law Firm: Schochor, Federico & Staton. P.A.
  • Co-defendant: Sinai Hospital of Baltimore, Mahajanbin Saira Ali, M.D., Emcare, Inc.

• Howard County General Hospital
  • Brisbane, et al v. Deyampert, et al
    • Lawyer: Jonathan Schochor, Esq., James D. Cardea, Esq.
    • Law Firm: Schochor, Federico & Staton. P.A.
    • Co-defendant: Howard County General Hospital, Womankind OBGYN Associates, P.A.

• Agnes Hospital
  • Mary Jane Milligan, et al v. Charles L. Schnee, M.D., et al
    • Lawyer: Jonathan Schochor, Esq., Scott P. Kurlander, Esq.
    • Law Firm: Schochor, Federico & Staton. P.A.
    • Co-defendant: Agnes Hospital, Hennesey, Shuey, and Schnee, Chartered.

• Franklin Square Hospital
  • Whitlow, et al v. Franklin Square Hospital Center, Inc., et al
    • Lawyer: Thomas Cardaro, Esq., Jeffrey Peek, Esq., Drew C. Frietch, Esq., Cody E. Samet-Shaw, Esq.
    • Law Firm: Cardaro & Peek, LLC
    • Co-defendant: Medstar Franklin Square Physicians, LLC, Harvinder S. Arora, Pulmonary and Critical Care Associates of Baltimore, P.A., Preetam Jolepalem, Peter I. Smith.

• University of Maryland
  • Madeline Miester v. Walgreen Co., et al
    • Lawyer: John Amato IV, Esq., William D. Kurtz, Esq.
    • Law Firm: Goodman, Meagher & Enoch, LLP
    • Co-defendant: University of Maryland St. Joseph Medical Group, LLC.

• Heather J. Donoway, et al v. University of Maryland Medical System
  • Lawyer: Thomas Cardaro, Esq.
  • Law Firm: Cardaro & Peek, LLC
  • Co-defendant: University of Maryland Medical Center, University of Maryland Anesthesiology Associates, P.A., Charles A. Sansur, M.D., Adam Polifka, M.D., David L. Schreibmen, M.D., Vikram Bansal, M.D., Danielle R. Doyle, M.D., Melissa Weygane, R.N.

• Northwest Hospital
  • Gaymon v. Northwest Hospital Center, el at
    • Lawyer: Charles Edwards, Esq.
    • Law Firm: Law Office of Barry Glazer, P.C.
    • Co-defendant: Cornelius V. Stamp. Paula M. Appiah

• Bon Secours Hospital
  • Kory D. Wilkes v. Bon Secours Hospital Baltimore, Inc. et al
    • Lawyer: Paul M. D’Amore, Esq.
    • Law Firm: D’Amore Law, LLC
    • Co-defendant: University of Maryland Emergency Medicine Associates, P.A.

• Upper Chesapeake
  • Richard L. Briney, et al v. Venkata K. Parsa, et al
    • Lawyer: Michael J. Collins, Esq.
    • Law Firm: The Law Offices of Michael J. Collins, P.C.
    • Co-Defendant: Upper Chesapeake Hematology & Oncology, LLC, Upper Chesapeake Medical Center, Inc.

• Good Samaritan Hospital
  • William R. Benjamin, et al v. Medstar Good Samaritan Hospital of Maryland
    • Lawyer: Paul D. Bekman, Esq.
    • Law Firm: Bekman, Marder & Adkins LLC
    • Co-defendant: Good Samaritan Nursing Center, Inc.

• Baltimore Washington Medical Center
  • George Rooker v. John Barry, M.D., et al
    • Lawyer: Michael S. Warshaw, Esq.
    • Law Firm: Royston, Mueller, McLean & Reid, LLP

The 15 remaining suits were filed against individual practitioners or separate entities: 

• Michael Dicus, Sr., et al v. SSC Glen Burnie Operating Company, LLC
  • Lawyer: Mark Rosaco, Esq.
  • Law Firm: Hyatt & Weber, P.A.

• Kerry Lewis, et al. v. Nicholas Dudas, M.D., et al.
  • Lawyer: Stuart M. Salsbury

• James Jordan, Sr. et al v. R. Rose, M.D.
  • Lawyer: Scott Phillip Kurlander, Esq, Jonathan Schochor, Esq.
  • Law Firm: Schochor, Federico and Staton, P.A.

• Caroline Rajasingh v. Eva Duckett, et al.
  • Lawyer: Scott Philip Kurlander, Esq.
  • Law Firm: Schochor, Federico and Staton, P.A.
  • Co-defendant: Chesapeake Open MRI, LLC. 

• Patricia Mae Yost v. Alan Yost, et al
  • Lawyer: Alan J. Belsky, Esq.
  • Law Firm: Belsky, Weinberg & Horowitz, LLC
  • Co-Defendant: Capital Women’s Care, LLC, Mitesh Kothari

• Hubbard v. Winikoff, et al
  • Lawyer: Charles Edwards, Esq.
  • Law Firm: Law Office of Barry Glazer, P.C.
  • Co-defendant: Amanda Tubbs, Mid Atlantic Permanente Medical Group, Juliette Wheeler, John Doe, American Anesthesiology of Maryland, PC

• Long, et al v. Sharma, et al
  • Lawyer: Paul D. Bekman, Esq., Wendy L. Shiff, Esq.
  • Law Firm: Bekman, Marder & Adkins, LLC
  • Co-defendant: Erica Brown, CRNA, Howard County Anesthesia Associates

• Samuels v. Tully, et al
  • Lawyer: Grant A. Posner, Esq., John J. Cord, Esq.
  • Law Firm: Posner & Cord, LLC.
  • Co-defendant: Powerback Rehabilitation Brightwood Campus, Genesis Healthcare Corp.

• Glenda D. Laws v. Kuldeep Singh, M.D.
  • Lawyer: Jason A. Ostendorf, Esq.
  • Law Firm: Law Office of Jason A. Ostendorf, LLC

• Keyes, et al v. Lorien Life Center, Howard II, Inc.
  • Lawyer: Gregory L. Lockwood Esq.
  • Law Firm: Law Offices of Gregory Lockwood, LLC

• Vianna L. Tooley, et al v. Suyi Park, M.D., et al
  • Lawyer: Thomas Cardaro, Esq.
  • Law Firm: Cardaro & Peek, LLC.

• Anderson v. Glasper, et al
  • Lawyer: Fred B. Goldberg, Esq.
  • Law Firm: Fred B. Goldberg, P.C.
  • Co-defendant: Waverly Woods Aesthetic Dental Center, LLC

• Hock v. Eichelman
  • Lawyer: Fred B. Goldberg, Esq.
  • Law Firm: Fred B. Goldberg, P.C.

• Deborah Brassard v. Usman Waheed.
  • Lawyer: Rodney M. Gaston, Esq.
  • Law Firm: Miller & Zois, LLC

• Jacklyn K. Bennett v. Westminster Cancer Center, et al.
  • Lawyer: David Ellin, Esq.
  • Law Firm: Law Office of David Ellin, P.C.
  • Co-defendant: Satish A. Shah, Kevin John Ziegler

The following firms filed 2 or more lawsuits in the month of January:

• Cardaro & Peek, LLC.
• Schochor, Federico & Staton. P.A.
• Bekman, Marder & Adkins, LLC.
• Law Office of Barry Glazer, P.C.
• Fred B. Goldberg, P.C.

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