$5.8M Medical Malpractice Verdict Against Baltimore Hospital

$5.8M Medical Malpractice Verdict Against Baltimore Hospital

Introduction

On January 14, 2020, a jury of Baltimore city reversed the verdict of $5,870,000 against the University of Maryland Medical System("UMMS") that included $62,177 in economic damages, $9,972 in funeral expenses, and $5.8 million in noneconomic damages. As per the reports, the woman was undergoing heart valve replacement surgery at UMMS on June 10, 2016. On June 13, she suffered cardiac arrest while recovering from the surgery in the hospital, which led to her death six days later. The lawsuit states that the hospital negligently failed to take necessary precautions after performing the cardiac tamponade surgery on her. A spokesperson for UMMS stated that the hospital is investigating the post-trial scenario and even said that the authorities are extremely afflicted because of the death of their patient. A former Virginia inmate won more than $1 million against a prison medical staff for improper treatment of his broken finger. The plaintiff was released in 2017 from Lunenburg Correctional Center when he sued the Armor Correctional Health Services Inc. The court papers stated that the plaintiff's X-ray reports of the fractured finger suggested surgery, but the medical staff of the prison ignored it and only gave an ice pack to him for pain relief. The plaintiff was awarded a total settlement of $1,058,761 with $700,000 as compensatory damages and over $300,000 in punitive damages.