The patient was having surgery for early-stage rectal cancer at which time the plaintiff alleged the colorectal surgeon breached the applicable standard of care by failing to have prepared for and respond to bleeding during the surgery…medicalmalpracticelawyers, $1.2M Maryland Medical Malpractice Verdict For Death Of Patient On Operating Room Table
The plaintiff further argued that the hospital where the surgery was performed failed to have adequate equipment available for the foreseeable complication of bleeding during the surgery.
The Maryland medical malpractice jury’s verdict was against the hospital and will be reduced to $875,000, which was the cap on noneconomic damages in medical malpractice cases in Maryland that was applicable at the time of the surgery.