* This database searches medical malpractice cases that have been filed in Maryland.* Some of these cases were filed by attorneys at Silverman Thompson Slutkin & White, while others were filed by lawyers at other firms.

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Case Number: 2013-548
Plaintiff: Dorsey Brockington
Defendant: Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center
Counts: Medical Malpractice; and Wrongful Death
Summary of Allegations:
Alleged medical malpractice and wrongful death involving the alleged failure to take steps to prevent the decedent’s anoxic brain injury.
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Case Number: 2013-336
Plaintiff: Ty'niajah Devonshire
Defendants: Righttime Medical Care; and Mariba Magassouba
Counts: Medical Malpractice; Wrongful Death; and Informed Consent
Summary of Allegations:
Alleged medical malpractice and wrongful death involving the alleged failure to diagnose and treat the decedent’s sepsis in a timely manner.
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Case Number: 2013-549
Plaintiff: James Cook
Defendants: Dr. Luis Rivera; and Correctional Medical Services
Counts: Medical Malpractice; and Wrongful Death
Summary of Allegations:
Alleged medical malpractice and wrongful death involving the alleged failure to properly monitor the decedent inmate’s medication which led the decedent to suffer a fatal seizure.
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Case Number: 2013-547
Plaintiff: Esther Brandt
Defendant: Kensington Park Retirement Community
Counts: Medical Malpractice; and Wrongful Death
Summary of Allegations:
Alleged medical malpractice and wrongful death involving the alleged failure to diagnose and treat an infection in the decedent’s right foot in a timely manner.
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Case Number: 2013-545
Plaintiff: John Lucas
Defendants: United States of America; and Walter Reed National Medical Center
Counts: Medical Malpractice; and Wrongful Death
Summary of Allegations:
Alleged medical malpractice and wrongful death involving the alleged injury of the decedent’s esophagus during surgery to repair a paraesophageal hernia
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Case Number: 2013-546
Plaintiff: Diana Marie Stewart
Defendant: Holy Cross Hospital
Counts: Medical Malpractice; and Wrongful Death
Summary of Allegations:
Alleged medical malpractice and wrongful death involving the alleged failure to instruct the decedent on the proper use and maintenance of her new cuffed tracheostomy.
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Case Number: 2013-543
Plaintiff: Angela Addison
Defendants: Dr. Steven Tucker; and Total Health Care
Count: Medical Malpractice
Summary of Allegations:
Alleged medical malpractice involving the alleged injury of the claimant’s ureters during a laparoscopic hysterectomy and salpingo-oophorectomy procedure.
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Case Number: 2013-542
Plaintiff: Larry Deffenbaugh
Defendants: Correctional Medical Services; and Corizon
Count: Medical Malpractice
Summary of Allegations:
Alleged medical malpractice involving the alleged failure to ensure that the claimant inmate arrived at his doctor’s appointments in a timely manner in order to obtain treatment for right-eye blindness.
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Case Number: 2013-541
Plaintiff: Paul Ruppert
Defendants: Medstar Franklin Square Hospital; Dr. Stuart Willes; and Pulmonary and Critical Care Associates of Baltimore, P.A.
Counts: Medical Malpractice; Wrongful Death; and Informed Consent
Summary of Allegations:
Alleged medical malpractice and wrongful death involving the alleged failure to diagnose and treat the decedent’s pulmonary embolism in a timely manner.
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Case Number: 2013-540
Plaintiff: Vicki Ann Mills
Defendants: Frederick Memorial Hospital; and Frederick Memorial Healthcare System
Count: Medical Malpractice
Summary of Allegations:
Alleged medical malpractice involving the alleged failure to take reasonable steps to prevent the claimant from suffering a fall while she was being treated at the defendant health care facility.