Medical Malpractice
This page looks at medical malpractice cases against UM Capital Region Medical Center in Largo, Maryland. This hospital replaced the old Prince George’s Hospital Center in Cheverly in 2021.
A lot of people in Prince George’s County still call it PG Hospital or Prince George’s Hospital. Our Maryland hospital malpractice attorneys are very familiar with this hospital system, both the old Prince George’s Hospital Center and the current UM Capital Region Medical Center, and we have extensive experience bringing medical negligence cases involving care provided there.
If you may have a medical malpractice case against UM Capital Region Medical Center, contact our malpractice lawyers at 800-553-8082, or send us a free online inquiry about your case.
About UM Capital Region Medical Center
Prince George’s Hospital Center in Cheverly traced its history back to 1944 and for decades was one of the major hospitals serving Prince George’s County. In June 2021, the old hospital closed and its major services moved to the newly built UM Capital Region Medical Center in Largo.
The current hospital is located at 901 Harry S. Truman Drive North in Largo, Maryland. It is an acute-care teaching hospital and the flagship hospital of University of Maryland Capital Region Health, which is part of the larger University of Maryland Medical System.
UM Capital Region Medical Center provides emergency medicine and traumatic critical care, obstetrical care, cardiac care, stroke care, behavioral health services, diagnostic imaging, and a wide variety of surgical procedures.
The hospital also operates a Level II Trauma Center. When Largo Hospital opened, UM Capital Region Health described its trauma program as the second-busiest trauma center in Maryland.
Medical Malpractice at UM Capital Region Medical Center
The old Prince George’s Hospital Center had a poor reputation for patient care. PG County residents seeking higher-quality care routinely drove past PG Hospital and other hospitals in the county to seek care in Washington, D.C., Anne Arundel County, or Montgomery County.
The hope when the hospital moved from Cheverly to a brand-new facility in Largo was that a new building, newer equipment, and a major investment by the University of Maryland Medical System would change that reputation.
The current safety data does not give us a reason to declare victory. In the Spring 2026 Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grades, UM Capital Region Medical Center received a D. To put that in context, it was the only Maryland hospital in that grading period to receive a D.
Does that mean that every doctor or nurse at UM Capital Region Medical Center provides bad care? Of course not. There are many great doctors and nurses at this hospital providing world class care. But hospital safety data does tell you a lot. Put it this way: anyone would rather be at a place like Johns Hopkins than at Capital Region if they are being treated for a serious medical condition. The numbers do not lie.
$18.65 Million UM Capital Region Malpractice Verdict in 2026
In March 2026, a Prince George’s County jury awarded $18.65 million against UM Capital Region Health and other medical defendants in an amputation case.
The plaintiff was 23 years old when she slipped on ice while walking to work and suffered a severe knee dislocation. A dislocated knee can damage the popliteal artery and cut off blood flow to the lower leg. That makes vascular evaluation and timely restoration of circulation critical.
The lawsuit alleged hours of delay before surgery was performed to restore blood flow. Circulation was eventually restored but failed again. The plaintiff alleged there was another lengthy delay before she returned to the operating room. Those prolonged periods without adequate blood flow caused irreversible damage to the muscles and nerves in her lower leg. Doctors spent months trying to save the limb. She ultimately required an above-the-knee amputation. The jury awarded $578,094 for past medical expenses, approximately $3.07 million for future medical expenses, and $15 million in noneconomic damages (that $15 million will be reduced to the malpractice cap). Those found liable included University of Maryland Capital Region Health, Shock Trauma Associates, and Maryland Emergency Medicine Network Physicians.
This is an important Prince George’s County malpractice verdict for a few reasons. First, it shows what a PG County jury will do in a serious case when it believes delays in treatment caused a catastrophic injury. Second, it shows why figuring out exactly who employed each doctor and which medical groups were involved can be critical. And third, it gives you a painful demonstration of how Maryland’s malpractice damages cap works.
Maryland’s Medical Malpractice Cap and the $18.65 Million Verdict
The jury awarded $15 million in pain and suffering and other noneconomic damages. The plaintiff will not collect $15 million for that part of the verdict.
Maryland caps noneconomic damages in medical malpractice cases. Because the malpractice in this case occurred in 2020, the applicable cap is based on the cap in effect for that year. The $15 million noneconomic award will therefore be reduced dramatically.
The economic damages are different. Past and future medical expenses are not subject to the same noneconomic damages cap. That is why the verdict is still expected to produce a recovery of roughly $4.5 million after application of the cap.
People see a giant Maryland malpractice verdict in the newspaper and understandably assume that is what the plaintiff collects. Often it is not. You have to understand Maryland’s medical malpractice damages cap before a verdict number makes much sense.
Where to File Medical Malpractice Cases Against UM Capital Region Medical Center
UM Capital Region Medical Center is located in Prince George’s County, and malpractice lawsuits arising from treatment there are commonly filed in the Circuit Court for Prince George’s County.
The old version of this page said Prince George’s County was the only possible venue for a malpractice case against the hospital. That is too broad.
Maryland’s venue statute allows a civil lawsuit to be filed where a defendant resides, carries on regular business, is employed, or, for a corporation, where it maintains its principal Maryland offices. When there are multiple defendants, the available venue can also depend on where those defendants may be sued and where the cause of action arose.
But for the typical case based on negligent treatment at the Largo hospital, Prince George’s County is the natural venue. The hospital is there. The treatment happened there. Many of the witnesses are there.
Prince George’s County is also a very good jurisdiction for plaintiffs in serious injury cases.
That does not mean Prince George’s County juries just give away money. They do not. You still need a good case. But if you have a strong medical malpractice case with a catastrophic injury, Prince George’s County is not a venue that makes a plaintiff’s lawyer unhappy.
Defense lawyers and insurance adjusters know this, and it can help grease the path to settlement in the right medical malpractice case.
Who Are You Actually Suing in a UM Capital Region Medical Center Case?
A patient will often call us and say, “I want to sue PG Hospital.”
Sometimes the hospital is the defendant. But there are usually others. Large hospitals like Capital Region Medical rely on physician groups and independent contractors to provide all the care their patients need. The doctor treating you in the emergency room, for example, is unlikely to be employed by the hospital at all.
The 2026 amputation verdict we talked about above is a good illustration of this. The defendants included UM Capital Region Health, Shock Trauma Associates, Maryland Emergency Medicine Network Physicians, Surgical Associates, and individual doctors. The jury reached different conclusions about different defendants.
So one of the first things our lawyers have to figure out is who was actually responsible for the care. Who employed the emergency room doctor? Who covered vascular surgery that day? Were the nurses hospital employees? Was a physician acting through an outside practice? Who had responsibility for communicating the test results and getting the patient to the operating room?
You do not want to learn after the statute of limitations runs that the doctor you thought worked for the hospital actually worked for a separate medical group you never sued.
Prince George’s Hospital Defense Strategy in Malpractice Cases
Hospitals generally make for different defendants in malpractice cases than individual doctors. In our experience, hospitals can sometimes be more willing to discuss settlement because the case is viewed institutionally rather than as a direct attack on one doctor’s professional reputation.
In our experience, that generalization has often applied to Prince George’s Hospital and the University of Maryland Medical System. But every case is different. Serious liability disputes still get tried, as the 2026 amputation verdict certainly proves.
When PG Hospital gets sued for malpractice, we have historically seen it defended by firms including Brault Graham; Armstrong, Donohue, Ceppos, Vaughan & Rhodes; and Sasscer, Claggett & Bucher.
That list is not permanent. Hospitals change lawyers, insurers, and assignments. But Sasscer, Claggett & Bucher remains very much in the mix. A lawyer from that firm represented defendants tied to UM Capital Region Health in the 2026 amputation trial.
Why does any of this matter to a patient? It probably does not. But it matters to lawyers evaluating and litigating these cases. Knowing the hospital and knowing the defense lawyers on the other side helps you understand how a case is likely to be defended and what issues are going to become settlement battlegrounds.
UM Capital Region Medical Center Malpractice Lawsuits
Below are examples of malpractice cases involving UM Capital Region Health or the former Prince George’s Hospital Center. The older cases arose from treatment at the Cheverly hospital before the move to Largo.
- White v. University of Maryland Capital Region Health (2026) – $18.65 Million Verdict: A 23-year-old woman suffered a severe knee dislocation after falling on ice. The malpractice lawsuit alleged delays in recognizing and treating compromised blood flow to her lower leg. After repeated periods of ischemia and months of attempts to save the limb, she required an above-the-knee amputation. A Prince George’s County jury awarded $18.65 million, although Maryland’s cap will substantially reduce the $15 million noneconomic portion of the award.
- Parker v. Prince George’s Hospital Center: A medical malpractice case was filed after a 27-year-old man suffered permanent neurological impairment and immobility. The lawsuit alleged that a doctor failed to timely diagnose inflammatory myelopathy.
- Sims v. Prince George’s Hospital Center: A wrongful death case was filed against Prince George’s Hospital after a patient developed hypoxia following surgery. The lawsuit alleged failures in identifying and responding to the cause of the hypoxia, transferring the patient for higher-level care, and managing ECMO treatment. The patient’s condition deteriorated, and she died.
- Richardson v. Prince George’s Hospital Center: This malpractice lawsuit alleged that an individual was fraudulently practicing as an OB/GYN without the required medical credentials and improperly participated in a delivery that plaintiffs contended should have been performed by C-section. The child allegedly suffered developmental injuries and impairments.
These case summaries are not intended to suggest that every lawsuit resulted in a verdict or settlement for the plaintiff. A filed complaint contains allegations. The plaintiff still has to prove them.
Common Malpractice Claims Against UM Capital Region Medical Center
There is nothing uniquely exotic about the types of malpractice cases we see involving PG Hospital. They tend to involve the same recurring hospital failures our lawyers see throughout Maryland:
- Failure to diagnose a medical emergency
- Emergency room delays
- Failure to recognize vascular compromise or internal bleeding
- Delayed surgery
- Failure to timely transfer a patient to a higher level of care
- Medication errors
- Hospital-acquired infections
- Nursing negligence
- Patient falls
- Pressure injuries and bedsores
- Birth injuries and delayed C-sections
- Failure to respond to fetal distress
- Surgical errors
- Failure to communicate abnormal test results
The mistake itself is only half of a malpractice case. You also have to prove the mistake caused the injury. That causation fight is where many otherwise promising cases are won or lost.
Ordering Medical Records from UM Capital Region Medical Center
Lawyers and their physician experts need medical records in order to determine whether you have a medical malpractice lawsuit. If you hire a malpractice lawyer, that lawyer will likely undertake the collection of the relevant medical records.
You do not need to gather the entire chart yourself before calling us.
If you want the records yourself, UM Capital Region Health has a current medical-records request process for patients. The hospital’s current Medical Records department phone number is 240-677-1600.
The current hospital address is:
UM Capital Region Medical Center
901 Harry S. Truman Drive North
Largo, Maryland 20774
Do not send a records request to the old 3001 Hospital Drive address in Cheverly just because you received treatment at the former Prince George’s Hospital Center. UM Capital Region Health now manages the hospital system’s records process.
In a malpractice investigation, we usually want more than the discharge summary and the handful of records a patient can easily see in the portal. Depending on the case, we may want nursing flowsheets, physician notes, medication administration records, fetal monitoring strips, operative reports, imaging, lab data, transfer records, audit trails, and other material that helps reconstruct exactly what happened.
Old Prince George’s Hospital Cases and Resources
The hospital moved. The older cases did not become irrelevant.
We have written about a number of malpractice lawsuits involving the former Prince George’s Hospital Center, including:
- Another P.G. Hospital case involving an alleged failure to treat a popliteal artery injury
- A case involving alleged negligence during acid reflux surgery
- The inside story on Maryland medical malpractice claims
- Frequently asked questions about Maryland malpractice cases
- A look at hospitals throughout Maryland
Contact Us About UM Capital Region Medical Center Malpractice
If you believe that you have a medical malpractice case against UM Capital Region Medical Center, the former Prince George’s Hospital Center, or another UM Capital Region Health provider, contact our medical malpractice attorneys at 1-800-553-8082, or send us a free internet request for consultation.
Our medical malpractice lawyers try hard to give prospective clients a nearly instant response and we will work with you to see if we can bring a compensation claim on your behalf.