OCTOBER 2021 MEDICAL MALPRACTICE CASES IN AND AROUND BALTIMORE
There were about 22 medical malpractice suits filed in the month of October. Some hospitals are listed as co-defendants in suits against individual practitioners, and vice versa. These are for cases listed as medical malpractice or med mal, excluding PG County and Montgomery County which do not break out their statistics or list cases as medical malpractice, med mal, or even “other tort.”
The following 7 lawsuits were filed against hospitals:
Baltimore Washington Medical Center
- David Dean, et al. vs. Baltimore Washington Medical Center Inc, et al.
- Lawyer: Brian Stuart Brown, Esq./ Kristin Roya Hosseinzadeh, Esq. / Christopher T. Casciano, Esq.
- Law Firm: Brown & Barron, LLC
- Co-defendants: Bassim Badro, M.D. / Vasundhara Muthu, M.D. / Patuxent Cardiology Associates LLC / Arundel Heart Associates PA / Paul J. Young Hymen, M.D. / Denny Mathew, M.D. / Ann Hester, M.D. / University of Maryland Baltimore Washington Heart Associates LLC / University of Maryland Baltimore Washington Medical System Inc.
Greater Baltimore Medical Center
- Jordan Guy vs. Greater Baltimore Medical Center Inc., et al.
- Lawyer: Christopher Stephen Norman, Esq. / John Kieran Murphy, Esq.
- Law Firm: Wais, Vogelstein, Forman and Offutt, LLC
- Co-defendants: Ehab Aly Mohamed, M.D. / Gary Anthony Lawson-Boucher, M.D. / Ann Bridget Bird, M.D.
- Kate Bardroff, et al. vs. Jennifer Leone, M.D., et al.
- Lawyer: Zev T. Gerson, Esq.
- Law Firm: Gershon, Willoughby & Getz, LLC
- Co-defendants: GBMC HealthCare, Inc.
- Robert Stonesifer, et al. vs. The Johns Hopkins University, et al.
- Lawyer: Jonathan Schochor, Esq.
- Law Firm: Schochor, Federico & Staton, PA
- Co-defendants: Rebecca Mooney, CRNP / Greater Baltimore Medical Center, Inc.
Meritus Medical Center
- Patrick Kemmerer vs. Meritus Medical Center, et al.
- Lawyer: Peter Thomas McDowell, Esq.
- Law Firm: The Law Office of Peter T. McDowell, PA
- Co-defendants: Juris Eyler, P.A. / Angela Ropka, P.A. / Sherry Baldassari, CRNP / Victor Anyangwe, M.D.
Sinai Hospital of Baltimore
- Suellen Berman, et al vs Mark R Katlic Md, et al
- Lawyer: Mark S. Cohen, Esq.
- Law Firm: Mark S. Cohen Law Office
- Co-defendants: Kevin Schlidt, M.D. / Tarek Hosam Hassab, M.D. / Latoya Silverton, M.D. / Susan D. Stremming, CRNP / Brittan Arens, PA-C / Sinai Hospital Of Baltimore, Inc.
- Renee Bowen vs Nina Hinting MD, et al
- Lawyer: Andrew T. Stephenson, Esq.
- Law Firm: Franklin & Prokopik, P.C.
- Co-defendants: Carla Weisman, M.D. / Sinai Hospital Of Baltimore, Inc. / Lifebridge Health, Inc.
The remaining 15 lawsuits were filed against individual practitioners, separate entities, or nursing homes:
- LuAnn Dodson vs. Joseph Vargas, Doctor of Dental Sur, et al.
- Lawyer: Bruce M. Bender, Esq.
- Law Firm: Axelson, Wiliamawsky, Bender & Fishman, P.C.
- Atlula Nowrangi, et al. vs. Sarabjit Anand, et al.
- Lawyer: Julie Renee Arfaa, Esq.
- Law Firm: The Arfaa Law Group
- Co-defendants: Sam Parsia, M.D. / Sarabjit Anand, M.D./ Massoud Kazzi, M.D. / Adventist Healthcare Inc.
- Joseph Lewis, et al. vs. Centers for Advanced Orthopaedics, LLC, et al.
- Lawyer: Thomas William Keilty, Esq. / Karl Josef Protil, Jr., Esq.
- Law Firm: Law Office of Peter G. Angelos; A Professional Corporation / Shulman, Rogers, Gandal, Pordy & Ecker, PA
- Co-defendants: St. Agnes Healthcare, Inc. / Oren G. Blam, M.D.
- William Cloud vs. Joann Urquhart
- Lawyer: Tori D. Bramble, Esq.
- Law Firm: The Bramble Law Firm
- Anna Laber, et al. vs. UPMC Western Maryland Corp f/k/a Western Maryland Health System Corporation, et al.
- Lawyer: Patrice Meredith Clarke, Esq.
- Law Firm: Iliff, Merdeith, Wildberger & Brennan, P.C.
- Co-defendants: Hospitalist Medicine Physicians of Maryland DBA Sound Physicians of Maryland II / Echo Locum Tenens, Inc. / Abdul Jahed, M.D. / Dennis Emuron, M.D.
- MADHUKAR SHETH vs. COLLINGSWOOD OPERATORS LLC, et al.
- Lawyer: John Jacob Condliffe, Esq.
- Law Firm: Levin Gann, PA
- Co-defendants: MARQUIS HEALTH SERVICES INC.
- Nancy Gendimenico, et al. vs. Maryland Masonic Homes, LTD.
- Lawyer: Molly Nicholl Inglis, Esq. / Jonathan Adrian Cusson, Esq.
- Law Firm: The Law Offices of Peter T. Nicholl
- Elizabeth Bieler, et al. vs. Onyebuchi Ogbuagu, M.D., et al.
- Lawyer: Zev T. Gershon, Esq. / Wayne M. Willoughby, Esq.
- Law Firm: Gershon, Willoughby Getz & Smith LLC
- Co-defendants: Vohra Post Acute Care Physicians of the East, PA
- Valerie Hopkins vs. TidalHealth, Inc.
- Lawyer: Andrew Neal Sindler, Esq.
- Law Firm: Law Offices of Andrew Sindler, LLC
- Meryl Bobbitt, et al. vs. Manor Care-Roland Park MD, LLC
- Lawyer: W. Charles Meltmar, Esq.
- Law Firm: Cochran Firm
- CHANDRAWATI BHEER, et al. vs. GIAN-PAUL VIDAL, et al.
- Lawyer: John R. Roche, Esq.
- Law Firm: Ballenger & Roche, LLC
- Co-defendants: George Conrad, M.D. / Capitol Surgeons, LLC
- Dolores A. Klein vs Charles Street Health Care, LLC
- Lawyer: Brian S. Brown, Esq. / Elisha N. Hawk, Esq. / Christopher M. Somverville, Esq.
- Law Firm: Brown & Barron, LLC
- Ksenija Grgac vs Dr. Paul David Dash, et al
- Lawyer: Daniel A. Gross, Esq.
- Law Firm: Law Office Of Leonard B. Ference
- Co-defendants: Johns Hopkins Health System Corporation / Johns Hopkins Community Physicians
- Michela Caudill vs 115 East Melrose Avenue Operations LLC
- Lawyer: Michele R. Kendus, Esq.
- Law Firm: Kendus Law, LLC
- Sharlene Walker, et al vs St. Agnes Healthcare, Inc., et al
- Lawyer: Justin P. Zuber, Esq.
- Law Firm: Miller & Zois, LLC
- Co-defendants: Karen Broderick, M.D. / Lydia Harris, NP