Maryland has a cap on the amount of non-economic damages that can be awarded. Currently this amount is less than $900,000 in claims involving health care providers, where there is more than one wrongful death beneficiary as plaintiff. The amount is less if there is only a claim by the victim, their estate and/or one wrongful death beneficiary. Each case's value is dependent on the facts, law, defenses and other applicable factors. Below are just a few of the cases handled by our office:
- Nursing Home-- 80 year old. Injuries from malnutrition, dehydration, and decubitus ulcers (bedsores). Six Figure confidential settlement.
- Nursing Home—Death of 85 year old from malnutrition, dehydration, decubitus ulcers and sepsis. Six Figure confidential settlement.
- Nursing Home— 82 year old fracture of hip and leg due to drop from Hoyer lift, sepsis and death. Six Figure confidential settlement.
- Nursing Home—Man with Dementia wandered out of nursing home and had head injury. Confidential large Five Figure settlement.
- Assisted Living/ Nursing Home Wrongful Death— Woman age 87 broke her neck attempting to go to the bathroom at assisted living facility after staff failed to come to her aid. No surviving spouse or children. Six Figure confidential settlement to her estate.
- Developmentally Disabled 22 year old man sexually abused by caregiver in a group home. Six Figure confidential settlement.
- Developmentally Disabled 23 year old autistic man died from known self-injurious behavior causing brain injury and death. Failure of staff of his day program to intercede. Six Figure confidential settlement.
- Developmentally Disabled 22 year old autistic man swallowed latex glove while in a group home and died. Six Figure confidential settlement.
- Physically Disabled 20 year old man who while playing wheelchair football without helmet, was rammed by another wheelchair player, causing skull fracture and death. Six Figure confidential settlement.
- Medical Malpractice—Against a Doctor who negligently performed a gall bladder removal. Six Figure confidential settlement.
- Workers Compensation—Award of Permanent Total Disability by the Maryland Workers Compensation Commission for multiple injuries for a worker hit by a car.
- Financial Abuse of elderly woman in nursing home by her niece, who had a Power of Attorney. Recovery of about $600,000.
- Estate Litigation--- Recovery by wife of over $1,000,000, after husband excluded her from his Last Will and Testament.
- Estate Litigation—Woman, aged 95, with dementia, unable to read and write, blind and lacked financial experience was defrauded of about $500,000 by her grandson who had a Power of Attorney. We received a recovery of almost the full amount one month prior to trial.
