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Maryland Medical Malpractice – October 2016

By Byron Warnken

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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