Maryland Medical Law Report Legal news for the medical community

COLUMBIA, S.C. — An Aiken County jury has returned a $13.75 million verdict in favor of an Aiken woman who had to have three limbs amputated after nurses at Aiken Regional Medical Center improperly administered drugs that can reduce the ...

RICHMOND, Va. — A physician facing the Virginia Board of Medicine had the right to appear as an expert, the Virginia Court of Appeals said on March 14, but the board’s violation of that right did not spare the doctor ...

ST. LOUIS – The family of a man who suffered brain damage and death after complications emerged during the insertion of a tube into his trachea won $1.75 million from a Kansas jury. “They took the young man to the ...

MINNEAPOLIS – A breach-of-contract action may proceed against Blue Cross Blue Shield Minnesota for its initial refusal to pay for cancer treatment ultimately deemed medically necessary in a statutory external-review process. Although the company ultimately paid for the proton-beam radiation ...

ST. LOUIS – A long-running lawsuit between a Kansas City nonprofit and a national hospital chain has concluded with a $188 million settlement. HCA, a Nashville, Tennessee-based company, and its affiliate HM Acquisition LLC, reached the agreement Jan. 30 with ...