SEPTEMBER 2022 MEDICAL MALPRACTICE LAWSUITS FILED
There were 23 medical malpractice suits filed in the month of September that we covered. 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 in the Maryland Case Search database, excluding PG County and Montgomery County which do not break out their statistics.
The following 7 lawsuits were filed against hospitals:
Carroll Hospital Center
- Andrew Davis vs. Carroll Hospital Center, Inc., et al.
- Lawyer: Alexandra Rizzo, Esq. / Joseph Edward Dever, Esq.
- Law Firm: Dever & Feldstein, LLC
- Co-defendants: Carroll County Anesthesia Associates, PA / John Brock, MD / Tina Lasbury
Frederick Health Hospital
- Kimberly Kroon, et al. vs. Frederick Health Hospital Inc, et al.
- Lawyer: David Michael Grzechowiak, Esq. / Keith David Forman, Esq.
- Law Firm: Wais,Vogelstein, Forman, Koch & Norman, LLC
- Co-defendants: Heather Kill / Simmonds Martin & Helmbrecht LLC
Greater Baltimore Medical Center
- Douglass Williams vs. Greater Baltimore Medical Center, Inc., et al.
- Lawyer: Paul D. Bekman, Esq.
- Law Firm: Bekman, Marder, Hopper, Malarkey and Perlin, LLC
- Co-defendants: GBMC Healthcare, Inc. / The Johns Hopkins Health System Corporation / Robert S. Sterling, MD / James E. Baronas, MD / Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, Inc. / Harpal S. Khanuja, MD / The Johns Hopkins Hospital
- Morgan Conrad vs. Greater Baltimore Medical Center, et al.
- Lawyer: Thomas William Keilty III, Esq.
- Law Firm: Keilty Bonadio, LLC
- Co-defendants: W. Scott Supplee, MD / Capital Women’s Care LLC / Francis C. Grumbine, MD
Mercy Medical Center
- Frederick Williams, Indiv & As Pers Rep Of The Est Of Porsha L Williams, et al vs Theresa Hoffman MD, et al
- Lawyer: Julia R. Arfaa, Esq.
- Law Firm: Arfaa Law Group
- Co-defendants: Mercy Medical Center, Inc.
Sinai Hospital
- James Thomas Individually & As Pers Rep Of The Est. Oa Anna Thomas, et al vs Sinai Hospital Of Baltimore, Inc, et al
- Lawyer: Julia R. Arfaa, Esq.
- Law Firm: Arfaa Law Group
- Co-defendants: Melissa Foy, DO
University of Maryland Medical Center
- Linda Ahmed-Okail vs University Of Maryland Medical Center
- Lawyer: Daniell S. Dinsmore, Esq.
- Law Firm: Cochran Firm
The remaining 16 lawsuits were filed against individual practitioners, separate entities, or nursing homes:
- Naomi Naomi Lesnett, et al vs Frederick Birth Center, L.L.C., et al
- Lawyer: Dov Apfel, Esq.
- Law Firm: Janet, Jenner & Suggs
- Co-defendants: Caitlin Benisek, RN / Jody Leibold, RN / Toyin Opesanmi, MD / Gennesaret Medical Center, LLC / Frederick Midwifery Services, LLC / Perfect Birth Limited Liability Company / Mychal Pilia, CNM
- Anthony J Raymond Jr vs Associated Catholic Charities Inc., et al
- Lawyer: Brian S. Brown, Esq.
- Law Firm: Brown & Barron LLC
- Co-defendants: Jenkins Memorial Nursing Home, Inc.
- John Bynum vs The New Frankford Family Pharmacy
- Lawyer: Thomas O’Toole, Esq.
- Law Firm: Baroody & O’Toole
- Irving Walker, et al. vs. Victor Ferrans MD, LLC, et al.
- Lawyer: Paul D. Bekman, Esq.
- Law Firm: Bekman, Marder, Hopper, Malarkey and Perlin, LLC
- Ghazi Zaharna, et al. vs. Luis Rivera, M.D., et al.
- Lawyer: Christopher Philip Brown, Esq.
- Law Firm: Brown & Getka, PA
- Co-defendants: Yvonne Taylor / Wellpath, LLC
- Nancy Ratchford vs. CHESAPEAKE EYE CARE AND LASER CENTER, LLC, et al.
- Lawyer: Madelaine Katz, Esq. / Bruce M. Celeste, Esq.
- Law Firm: Rifkin Weiner Livingston LLC
- Co-defendants: Tamara K. Fackler, MD / Maria C. Scott, MD / Prisca A. Diala, MD
- Jonathan Bond, et al. vs. Lauren Woodley
- Lawyer: Jonathan Adrian Cusson, Esq.
- Law Firm: Law Offices of Peter T. Nicholl
- Kelly Miller vs. Suong Lee, MD
- Lawyer: Thomas Wilson Farrington, Esq.
- Law Firm: Law Office of Thomas W. Farrington LLC
- Larrice Harris vs. 1801 Wentworth Road Operations LLC
- Lawyer: Sloane Lisa Fish, Esq.
- Law Firm: Law Offices Of Sloane L. Fish, LLC
- Victoria Binder vs. Integrace, Inc. d/b/a Bayleigh Chase
- Lawyer: Sloane Lisa Fish, Esq.
- Law Firm: Law Offices Of Sloane L. Fish, LLC
- Robert Pfeffer vs. Robert Kodeck, Doctor of Dental Sur, et al.
- Lawyer: Patrick D. Gardiner, Esq. / Wes P. Henderson, Esq.
- Law Firm: Henderson Law, LLC
- Co-defendants: JenX Family Dentistry, LLC
- Elise Watson vs. Arul Selvaraj, BDS, DDS, et al.
- Lawyer: Fred B. Goldberg, Esq.
- Law Firm: Law Offices of Fred B. Goldberg, Esq.
- Co-defendants: The Maryland Center for Oral Surgery and Dental Implants, PA
- Jessica Pearsall, et al. vs. Domenick Coletti, Doctor of Dental Sur, et al.
- Lawyer: Jonathan Eric Goldberg, Esq. / Jonathan Schochor, Esq.
- Law Firm: Schochor and Staton, PA
- Co-defendants: Central Maryland Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, PA
- Cody Reed vs. Naheed Saif, M.D., et al.
- Lawyer: Andrew J. Hall, Esq. / Robert R. Michael, Esq.
- Law Firm: Shadoan, Michael & Wells, LLP
- Co-defendants: Clinic for Children, PA / Privia Medical Group, LLC
- Dawn Strickland, et al. vs. Charles Moore II, M.D., et al.
- Lawyer: Alison D. Kohler, Esq.
- Law Firm: Dugan Babij ,Tolley& Kohler, LLC
- Co-defendants: Clinical Outcome Improvement Medicine LLC
- Amber Main, et al. vs. SagePoint Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, et al.
- Lawyer: Paul Joseph Weber, Esq.
- Law Firm: Hyatt & Weber, PA
- Co-defendants: SagePoint Senior Services Foundation / Charles County Nursing and Rehabilitation Center / Charles County Nursing and Rehabilitation Foundation, Inc. / Family of Care Alliance, Inc.