Recently passed laws in several states, including Maryland, Virginia, and Washington, D.C., require hospitals to detail serious injuries; this reveals the frequency and variety of so-called “never events” which should never happen. The laws are different in each state. Virginia’s public records identify the hospitals by name, but Maryland and…
Jury Verdict Research reports on recovery probabilities in the following types of medical malpractice case: Foreign Objects Left in Body 66% Postsurgical Infection 43% Catheterization 39% Failed Sterilization 35% Lack of Informed Consent 25% Certainly, our Maryland malpractice lawyers have seen a rise in the number of complaints of post-surgery…
Hospital infections are becoming more of an issue both within hospitals and in the media in recent years. The Center for Disease Control in Atlanta makes clear the reason: infections at hospitals cause 90,000 deaths in the U.S. every year. Infections result in an estimated 205,000 additional hospital days for…