Nurses are a crucial component of most medical facilities. This includes floor nurses monitoring patients in the hospital, nurse practitioners treating patients at clinics, mobile nurses providing in-home care, and nurse midwives who deliver babies, just to name a few. All of these types of nurses, and countless others, are expected to perform their duties within the standard of care....
Continue ReadingSome of Maryland’s largest medical malpractice verdicts have involved catastrophic injuries that juries concluded resulted from preventable failures in care. While the medical circumstances vary, many of these cases share a common pattern: warning signs that, according to the evidence presented at trial, were overlooked, delayed, or not acted upon until the patient’s condition had significantly worsened. Looking at...
Continue ReadingEmergency rooms are designed to recognize and respond to strokes quickly, since delay increases the risk of permanent brain injury. Even so, providers sometimes mistake stroke symptoms for a migraine, vertigo, intoxication, or another less serious condition. Patients may then go home instead of receiving the emergency treatment they need. A stroke misdiagnosis in the emergency room can become...
Continue ReadingYou’re trying to figure out what your case might be worth. Maybe you’re already talking with an insurance adjuster, or you’re just starting to research what happened to you. Either way, you want real answers instead of vague reassurances. Plastic surgery malpractice settlements vary widely because no two injuries or cases look the same. Understanding how these settlements work...
Continue ReadingWhen you place a loved one in a hospital, nursing home, or assisted living facility, you trust that they will be safe and properly cared for. Unfortunately, this is not always the case. One of the most distressing and preventable events that can occur in a healthcare setting is patient elopement, when a patient leaves a facility without authorization...
Continue ReadingImagine placing your unwavering trust in a healthcare professional—someone entrusted with the profound responsibility of safeguarding your health and well-being. Yet Medical Malpractice Statistics reveal that this trust is sometimes broken. Each year, countless individuals find themselves facing the harrowing aftermath of medical malpractice, a hidden epidemic that impacts more lives than most realize. The systems designed to protect...
Continue ReadingDoctors provide an invaluable service, but they sometimes make mistakes. These mistakes can lead to increased pain, unnecessary treatment, and even death. A common mistake is failing to diagnose a medical condition, such as ovarian cysts. A handful of medical conditions can cause someone to have ovarian cysts. Some of these cysts don’t require treatment. However, doctors sometimes misdiagnose...
Continue ReadingBy Fiona Puglese, Attorney at Brockstedt Mandalas Federico For many families, a cesarean section comes as a last-minute decision, especially if the parents had a different plan for their child’s birth. But in these moments, the situation can change in an instant and turn into a difficult labor where every second counts for the health of the baby. In...
Continue ReadingBy Timothy Fisher, Partner at Brockstedt Mandalas Federico When a baby is born with a brain injury, or when a child is later diagnosed with cerebral palsy or a condition linked to oxygen deprivation at birth, families are often left with more questions than answers. One of the most challenging aspects for families can be trying to figure out...
Continue ReadingWhen a medical error occurs, patients often assume that one provider is responsible. In reality, healthcare is delivered by teams of professionals who contribute at different stages of care. Diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up frequently involve several individuals working together. When something goes wrong, the resulting injury may stem from more than one mistake. This raises an important question: can...
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