BMA Lawyers Aaron Moore and Jeff Quinn Obtain $2.5 Million Jury Verdict in Virginia
Firm News, Medical Malpractice | July 2, 2018
After a two-week jury trial, BMA Lawyers Aaron Moore and Jeff Quinn obtained a $2,596,589 verdict in Fairfax County, Virginia. The case involved a 33-year-old woman diagnosed with an enlarged lymph node and Lyme’s disease. In fact, both diagnoses were incorrect. A general surgeon in 2011 found that the patient did not have an enlarged lymph node In March 2011 and a subsequent CT scan confirmed that finding. The patient was referred to an ENT surgeon who, nevertheless, recommended a lymph node biopsy in August . . . Continue Reading
Bekman, Marder, Hopper, Malarkey & Perlin Files One of the Nation’s First Fentanyl Spray (Subsys) Cases
Firm News, Medical Malpractice, Pharmaceuticals | January 25, 2017
Bekman, Marder, & Adkins and pharmacist-attorney, Aaron L. Moore have filed one of the first lawsuits in the country against Insys Therapeutics, Inc. BMA is also investigating additional similar lawsuits. If you or someone you know has been prescribed the powerful narcotic Subsys, also known as oral Fentanyl spray, call us now at 410-539-6633. Subsys is a medication that is 100 times more potent than morphine. It is a fentanyl-based opioid mouth spray intended to treat cancer patients suffering intense episodes of breakthrough . . . Continue Reading
Emily Malarkey & Dale Adkins Obtain Jury Verdict in Cecil County
Firm News, Medical Malpractice | September 24, 2016
Please join Bekman, Marder, Hopper, Malarkey & Perlin in congratulating partners Emily Malarkey and Dale Adkins, who recently obtained a $1,017,000 verdict on behalf of our client, who underwent an unnecessary major thoracic operation, suffered a herniation of lung tissue through his ribcage as a result, required another major surgical repair five years later, and experienced a painful and difficult case of post-thoracotomy pain syndrome. Our client’s medical misadventure began when his radiologist improperly diagnosed him with a “wide mouthed” hernia . . . Continue Reading
Paul Bekman and Wendy Shiff Obtain Plaintiffs’ Verdict in Dutchess County, New York
Firm News, Medical Malpractice | September 1, 2015
Following a four-week jury trial, SCBMA Partners Paul D. Bekman and Wendy L. Shiff obtained a verdict on behalf of their clients in a medical malpractice case tried in the Supreme Court of Dutchess County in Poughkeepskie, New York. Bekman and Shiff represented a resident of Dutchess County who underwent a cardiac catheterization and stent placement at a Dutchess County Hospital. Following the procedure, nurses at the hospital failed to recognize that the patient was exhibiting signs and symptoms of a stent re-occlusion . . . Continue Reading
Appellate Court Upholds $1.3 Million Verdict in Case Tried by SCBMA Partners, Michael Smith and Ryan Perlin
Firm News, Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury | May 20, 2015
The Court of Special Appeals, Maryland’s intermediate appellate court, today upheld a $1.3 million verdict in a case tried by SCBMA partners, Michael Smith and Ryan Perlin , in an unreported opinion. The medical malpractice case was originally tried in the Circuit Court for Baltimore County for one week in April 2014. After two days of deliberations, the jury issued a verdict in favor of the plaintiffs for $2.13 million, which was automatically reduced because of Maryland’s statutory cap on noneconomic damages. Mr. Smith and Mr. . . . Continue Reading
SCBMA Files Lawsuit for Victims of Human Syphilis Experiments in Guatemala
Firm News, Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury | April 1, 2015
By: Ryan S. Perlin
Today, on behalf of over 750 victims and family members, SCBMA filed a lawsuit against The Rockefeller Foundation, the Johns Hopkins Hospital, the Johns Hopkins University, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, and the Johns Hopkins Health System Corporation, alleging that they were the primary driving force behind illegal and immoral human experiments in which vulnerable populations of Guatemalans were deceived, and intentionally exposed to syphilis, gonorrhea and other venereal diseases . . . Continue Reading
SCBMA Named to the Best Law Firms in Maryland – First Tier
Firm News, Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury, Products Liability | January 9, 2015
Bekman, Marder, Hopper, Malarkey & Perlin, L.L.C. is proud to announce that it has been named to the U.S. News and World Report “Best Law Firms” list. Nationally, SCBMA was named to the Third Tier of the Best Law Firms in the are of Admiralty and Maritime Law. In Maryland, SCBMA was named to the First Tier in the areas of Admiralty & Maritime Law , Arbitration, Mediation, Plaintiffs’ Medical Malpractice , Plaintiffs’ Personal Injury , and Plaintiffs’ Product Liability Litigation . For the 2015 “Best Law Firms” list, U.S. News and World Report uses a . . . Continue Reading
$3.27 Million Verdict in Transvaginal Mesh Case
Medical Malpractice, Products Liability | September 11, 2014
By: Jeffrey S. Quinn
Last week, a federal jury in West Virginia awarded an Illinois couple $3.27 million in a transvaginal mesh case. The plaintiff suffered from stress urinary incontinence, and, in 2011, underwent surgery to implant Johnson & Johnson’s transvaginal mesh sling. Within a year, the sling had to be removed because it was causing her pelvic pain and pain during sexual intercourse. The couple filed suit alleging that the mesh was defectively designed and that Johnson & Johnson had failed to warn . . . Continue Reading
CMS to resume reporting on adverse hospital events
Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury, Wrongful death | September 9, 2014
Following up on a previous post regarding the reporting of preventable adverse events and transparency for patients choosing medical and hospital care, USA Today has today reported that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) will resume reporting data on eight different “hospital acquired conditions,” including air embolism, blood incompatibility, catheter-associated infections, falls and trauma, retained foreign objects, pressure ulcers (bedsores), uncontrolled blood sugar levels, and urinary tract infections. CMS had stopped publicly reporting this data in early August of 2014, . . . Continue Reading
Senator’s Report on Veterans’ Administration Hospitals
Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury, Wrongful death | August 5, 2014
Here’s a link to Oklahoma Senator (and physician) Tom Coburn’s recent report on his investigation of Veterans’ Administration hospitals. According to Senator Coburn, “Over the past decade, more than 1,000 veterans may have died as a result of the VA’s misconduct and the VA has paid out nearly $1 billion to veterans and their families for its medical malpractice.” Here at SCBMA we are often asked to investigate, and do pursue cases against our local Baltimore VA Hospital, as well as at area military medical . . . Continue Reading