The Injury Litigation Blog

Details of Settlement Published – $35 Million for Stent Patients

By Byron Warnken

One week ago, the Baltimore Business Journal, reported the details of a settlement previously announced by Jay Miller of Miller, Murtha, & Psoras.  The settlement totaled $35.25 million.  The article states the injured “could receive a total of $35.25 million.”  Nothing in the article indicates anything about what the conditions for that sum to be paid out.

If, in fact, that is the amount, the attorneys fees in the case will amount to just over $14,000,000.

The case involved a heart surgeon giving unnecessary stent implants.  Essentially unnecessary surgeries.

One Baltimore medical malpractice lawyer said to me, upon the launch of InjuryLawyerDatabase, “the stent cases skew the numbers.”  My response was simply, “That’s one way to look at it.  Another way to look at it is the stent cases are the numbers.”  Whatever the specifics, the stent issues involving defendants Mark Midei, St. Joes, Catholic Health Initiatives, and Mid-Atlantic Cardiovascular, were an enormous deal in the Baltimore area.  The news first broke in 2010 and hundreds of people were impacted.

Jay Miller is one of the most active medical malpractice lawyers in Maryland.  He was also quoted in the Daily Record article about InjuryLawyerDatabase.  He said, “They are all the best malpractice lawyers so I can’t criticize it … They also happen to be the top lawyers.  I guess that’s a good thing.  If a consumer would use that site, they couldn’t go wrong.”

Source:

http://www.bizjournals.com/baltimore/news/2013/07/30/court-to-divy-up-lump-settlement-sum.html

Maryland Appellate Courts Hand Down Slew of Defense Oriented Opinions

By Byron Warnken

The Maryland Court of Appeals and the Maryland Court of Special Appeals have published a number of defense oriented opinions in Maryland civil injury cases, just in the last two weeks.  For lay people, this means the injury lawyers on InjuryLawyerDatabase.com are losing cases.  In fact, they are losing cases previously won at the trial […]

Towson Injury Lawyers

By Byron Warnken

The county seat for Baltimore County is Towson.  There are more lawyers in Towson than any other particular area of Baltimore County.  Many big defense firms have a presence in Towson, as do criminal lawyers, real estate lawyers, and numerous others.  This, of course, includes numerous injury lawyers.  InjuryLawyerDatabase.com alone lists 87 Towson injury lawyers. […]

Press in June

By Byron Warnken

June has seen the media call attention to InjuryLawyerDatabase.com in a major way.  We received a call early in the month from Kristi Tousignant at the Daily Record.  Maryland’s only daily business and legal paper was very intrigued with what we were doing, and wanted to share with their listed reach of over 1 million […]

Lawsuits for the week of June 17, 2013

By Byron Warnken

There are three Maryland lawsuits we wanted to call your attention to this past week.   Two stem from high profile incidents, the other is a large medical malpractice decision from one of the best Baltimore medical malpractice law firms around. CSX Sues There was a significant Baltimore train accident nearly a month ago – […]

Medical Malpractice Fees Case Decision

By Byron Warnken

The fees a plaintiff’s attorney will receive are generally 33% if the case settles and 40% if the case goes to trial.  The fee is received if there is a recovery, not received if there is not.  The fee is contingent upon recovery, hence the term contingency fee.  Contingency fees are the norm in most […]

One of the Largest Medical Malpractice Verdicts in Maryland Goes on Appeal

By Byron Warnken

Appellate arguments were heard today in one of the largest medical malpractice verdicts, if not the largest verdict, in Maryland’s history.  The case is Enzo Martinez, et al. vs. Johns Hopkins Hospital, et. al.  The case was originally heard in Circuit Court for Baltimore City.  It is listed as case #24C11001081. Enzo Martinez and his […]

Woodholme Gastroenterology Lawsuits

By Byron Warnken

There are no fewer than 12 lawsuits against Woodholme Gastroenterology Associates, PA.  According to their website, the group of doctors practices from locations in Pikesville, Severn, Glen Burnie, Catonsville, Eldersburg, and multiple locations in Baltimore.  Other or affiliated names include Endocentre of Baltimore and Endocentre at Quarterfield Station.  The lawsuits against the organization have come […]

Medical Malpractice Statistics – 2013

By Byron Warnken

Diederich Healthcare has just released their annual report on Malpractice payout statistics.  The stats are compelling.  The stats come from the National Practitioner Data Bank. Nationwide, 2012 saw $3.6 billion in payouts for medical malpractice.  Medical malpractice in Maryland fell in the $100-300 million range.  Maryland was not listed in the top five states for […]

How Much Will the Baltimore Stent Plaintiffs Get?

By Byron Warnken

That’s the question on a lot of people’s minds.  The answer, however, may very well remain unanswered.  The Baltimore Sun is reporting the stent related lawsuits against Mark Midei, St. Joe’s Hospital, and Catholic Health Initiatives have been settled.  It’s unclear if all suits have been settled, or simply a portion.  Plaintiff attorney Jay Miller […]