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minutes later, and thus did not receive medical care for a total of 10 to 15 min- utes. Baby Doe was diagnosed with acute anemia, shock, perinatal asphyxia, renal failure, liver failure, diffuse intra vascular coagulation, hypoglycemia, right adrenal hemorrhage and clincal seizures.
Injuries/Damages: Cerebral Palsy Plaintiff ’s Expert: Dr. Louis Keith Defense Expert(s): N/A Verdict/Settlement: $4,500,000.00
Plaintiff ’s Counsel: Roger J. Bennett (MTLA member) Horn & Bennett, P.A., Baltimore, MD
Defense Counsel: N/A ________
Doe Adm. v. Local Hospital District of Columbia
Facts of Case: Mrs. Doe was admitted to Local Hospital the surgical removal of a
brain tumor which had been causing her to lose her eyesight. At the time she was 70 years old. According to the family, a few days after the successful procedure, a nurse suddenly began to pour apple juice into her as she coughed and gagged. She developed aspiration pneumonia and adult respiratory distress syndrome. She was beginning to recover when one day a doctor walked past her room and found the door closed. Upon entering her room, he found that the ventilator had become disconnected and the alarm apparently was not being heard by the nursing staff. Mrs. Doe survived for a period of time thereafter and ultimately died. Plaintiff alleged that there was nursing negligence in the feeding and also failure to properly monitor her condition through a central monitor or through proper observation.
Verdict/Settlement: The case was settled at pretrial for an undisclosed sum.
Plaintiff ’s Experts: Thomas B. Flynn, M.D., Michelle Stewart, R.N., Richard Lurito, Ph.D.
Defense Experts: Kevin McGrail, M.D., Elliott R. Goldstein, M.D., Dennis F. Frank, M.D., Richard A. Matthay, M.D.,
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Warren B. Gefter, M.D., Jonathan M. Zenilman, M.D., Rafael J. Tamargo, M.D., David Woodruff, R.N., Robert Bloom, M.D.
Plaintiff ’s Counsel: Barry J. Nace (MTLA member) Paulson & Nace, Washington, DC
Defense Counsel: Catherine Bertram and Vicki L. Layman McCandlish & Lillard
________ Jane Doe v. Anonymous Defendant Hospital
Facts: While being assisted from bed to chair, Plaintiff was allowed to fall, injur- ing low back and sustaining damage to nerve resulting in neurogenic bladder and bowel.
Plaintiff ’s Experts: None. Adverse en- tries in medical records were utilized.
Verdict/Settlement: The case was settled prior to the filing of suit for $325,000.00.
Plaintiff ’s Counsel: Roger J. Bennett (MTLA member) Horn & Bennett, P.A., Baltimore, MD
________ Jane Doe vs. Roe Hospital
Facts: Despite being classified a high-risk obstetrical patient due to several under- lying medical conditions, Roe Hospital did not provide Jane Doe with the proper obstetric standards of care. The Hospital failed to recognize signs and symptoms of intrauterine growth retardation. If ap- propriately aggressive antenatal testing had been performed, intrauterine growth retardation would have been discovered and treated. Instead, the fetus died in utero at 37 weeks.
Verdict/Settlement: This matter was settled for $400,000.00 before a lawsuit was filed.
Plaintiff ’s Counsel: Henry E. Dugan, Jr. (MTLA member) Ruth A. Jakubowski (MTLA member) and Frank W. Spector (MTLA member) Dugan, Jakubowski, Babij & Spector, LLC; Timonium, MD
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Case #1 of 2␣ Jane Doe v. Unidentified Health Care Providers Circuit Court in Maryland
Summer 2001
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