Maryland Hospital Malpractice Lawyer
Our lawyers handle negligence and malpractice claims against Maryland hospitals. Hospitals in Maryland are entrusted with our care when we go to the emergency room, are undergoing surgery, or recovering from an illness. Too often a mistake is made that causes serious injury or someone's life.
Patient care cannot be expected to be perfect and there is no question that there can be a bumpy ride at even the best of hospitals. But there are minimial standards of care that every hospital must meet. Hospitals are required to meet these standards of care and adhere to certain policies and procedures to ensure the health and well-being of their patients. Hospitals have to make sure that the doctors who practice under their umbrella are licensed and otherwise qualified to do so.
From a practical standpoint, it is worth noting that a medical malpractice fight is easier against a hospital or a non-doctor health care provider (such as nurses, technicians, etc.) than against a doctor. Why? Because juries in Maryland are more willing to believe that a non-doctor health care provider could make an error causing a serious injury than they are that a doctor could make such an error.
At Miller & Zois, our hospital malpractice lawyers understand how to find out what happened. Our lawyers challenge hospitals to explain why the hospital did what they did. Our hospital negligence lawyers identify violations of the hospital's policy and regulations (or what should have been the hospital's policy or procedure). Our lawyers inquire about the hospital's duty to review the qualifications of their doctors to ensure that only qualified physicians practice within the hospital's walls (negligent credentialing).
While you are reading this text, somewhere a good doctor is saving someone's life in a hospital. We should all be grateful to that hospital and to those health care providers. Here in Maryland, we are blessed to have two hospitals that are among the best in the entire world right in Baltimore: Johns Hopkins and the University Hospital (University of Maryland). But even at these incredible hospitals and other Maryland hospitals such as Suburban Hospital, Holy Cross Hospital, Prince George's Hospital Center, Franklin Square Hospital, and Mercy Hospital, mistakes are made. If we make mistakes we should be held accountable for those mistakes if they hurt someone else; in that respect, hospitals are just like all of us.
If you have been injured as the result of medical or hospital malpractice or negligence, call our Maryland hospital malpractice lawyers at 800-553-8082 or click here for a free consultation.
Other Maryland Medical Malpractice Resources for Malpractice Lawyers and Victims
Medical Malpractice in Maryland (general information on medical malpractice cases in Maryland)
Hospital Infections (malpractice issues relating to hospital infections)
Sample Medical Malpractice Complaint (sample complaint filed by our lawyers in a medical malpractice case)
Sample Attorney Deposition of Medical Malpractice Doctor (sample deposition of defendant doctor accused of medical malpractice)
Requirements for Certificate of Merit in Maryland Malpractice Cases
(sets forth what is required to bring a medical malpractice claim in Maryland)
Medical Malpractice Claims in Maryland for Missed Diagnosis of Heart Attacks (information on misdiagnosis of heart conditions and jury verdicts and settlements in missed diagnosis cases)
Sample Attorney Deposition of Defendant Doctor's Medical Expert (sample deposition of defendant's expert's deposition in a Maryland medical malpractice case)
Maryland Medical Malpractice Lawyer Blog (discusses medical malpractice issues in Maryland and around the country)
Informed Consent in Maryland (what is required for an informed consent case under Maryland law)
Medical Malpractice Recovery Rates for Surgical Negligence and Improper Medication (discusses average and median jury verdicts and settlements around the country and in Maryland in
medical malpractice claims involving surgical negligence and improper medication) Maryland Medical Malpractice Statute of Limitations (discusses how much time a Maryland medical malpractice lawyer has in which to bring a claim)
Bringing Medical Malpractice Claims in Maryland (discusses what is needed to file a medical malpractice lawsuit in Maryland)