Case Number:
2009-652
Plaintiff:
Michael O'Kelly
Defendants:
University of Maryland Medical System; Shock Trauma Associates; and University of Maryland Neurosurgery Associates
Count:
Medical Malpractice
Summary of Allegations:
Alleged medical malpractice involving the alleged failure to prevent the claimant, a patient who had recently been in a car accident where he injured his spine, from falling out of his hospital bed. As a result of the fall, the claimant allegedly injured his spinal cord and is now a quadriplegic.