The Injury Litigation Blog

St. Joe’s Lawsuits

By Byron Warnken

The Baltimore Business Journal recently reported some details of the UMMS St. Joe’s purchase.  Largely because of lawsuits against St. Joseph Medical Center, the deal was done as an assets only transaction.  The facilities were sold, among other things.  However, University of Maryland will not be responsible for the host of lawsuits against St. Joe’s, Catholic Health Initiatives, Dr. Mark Midei, and Mid-Atlantic Cardiovascular Associates.  The common defendants in these cases are listed as some of the most commonly sued among Maryland hospitals.

Plaintiff’s attorneys handling these suits include Jay Miller and Steve Markey, among others.

The Midei suits really show the potential for damage to an institution from a series of (alleged) bad acts on only one person’s part.  The Nikita Levy cases against Johns Hopkins may prove to produce a similar volume of lawsuits, if not substantially higher.  InjuryLawyerDatabase.com will try to follow those suits as they unfold.

Cardea Settles Howard County Case

By Byron Warnken

James Cardea has settled a Howard County lawsuit, originally filed in late 2011.  The plaintiff was the estate of Jennifer Olenick and the heirs thereto.  The was for medical malpractice.  Because the defendant was an oral surgeon, some might consider the case a dental malpractice matter. Jennifer Olenick went in for routine surgery.  She was […]

Hip Replacement Lawsuits in Maryland

By Byron Warnken

There was an article on Bloomberg this week about hip replacement lawsuits in Maryland state courts.  The first case appears to be going to trial in circuit court in Prince George’s County.  The case is against Depuy, a subsidiary of J&J, or Johnson and Johnson for all you literally literal lawyers.  This caused me to […]

Progressive Insurance v. Fisher

By Byron Warnken

Progressive Insurance represented a motorist who killed a woman in a car accident.  Progressive Insurance’s client – the one who paid Progressive money to be insured, was the woman who died.  Why did Progressive represent their client’s killer?  It is slightly more complex, but the one sentence answer is: When a motorist is uninsured, the […]