Maryland Medical Malpractice Attorney Blog

The Maryland Daily Record has an article on the Jeff Peek's victory in federal court in a medical malpractice lawsuit against a Medical Mutual insured doctor. Med Mutual made no offer in the case.

The median medical malpractice jury award in Maryland, according to Jury Verdict Research, was $500,000 in 2003, the last year for which I could find data. Verdicts that year ranged from $54,521 to $7,708,064. One study indicates that the average award in Maryland malpractice claims (presumably claims that are reported to the national data bank) is $319,977, which is about what I would have predicted.

Studies in other jurisdictions give interesting data on median verdicts in other states: Florida - $1,257,386; Ohio - $850,000; New York - $1,100,000; Pennsylvania - $1,000,000; Texas - $880,000 (average, not median which makes a big difference) Indiana - $750,000; Missouri - $694,000; West Virginia - $1,100,000 (average) North Carolina - $500,000.

Keep in mind, these comparisons are out of context. The publication dates, in particular, vary wildly for the states I picked, and the methodology probably varies but I still think this provides an interesting means of comparison for medical malpractice lawyers.

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This Wisconsin opinion barring Plaintiff's claim on the statute of limitations underscores a pretty obvious point: it is virtually impossible to bring a medical malpractice lawsuit unless you are a medical malpractice lawyer. There are just too many hoops to jump through that you can't anticipate. This is obvious when it comes to pro se plaintiffs but so many lawyers who have never handled a malpractice claim get what appears to be a good malpractice case and they quickly learn that they cannot handle the case on their own.