Carroll County MD Personal Injury Lawyer (Westminster)

• 2023: $2,000,000 Verdict: A multi-vehicle collision caused by a driver from Modern Comfort Systems, a Westminster HVAC company, who failed to stop amidst halted traffic. This plaintiff,  who bore the responsibility of caring for her disabled child, found herself incapacitated due to her injuries from the accident. She subsequently filed a unique lawsuit, seeking not only compensation for her own pain and suffering but also for the future costs of caring for her child, a duty she could no longer fulfill. In Carroll County Circuit Court after an intense four-day trial, the jury recognized the significance of her claims, awarding her over $2 million. This amount included $2 million for future care costs and $300,000 for her personal suffering, marking one of the most substantial verdicts ever in Carroll County.
• 2018: $294,000 Verdict: Plaintiff brought an underinsured motorist claim against Erie Insurance after the at-fault driver tended his $100,000 policy. Plaintiff was a passenger who suffered neck and elbow injuries. He is most serious injury was a hip injury that required a total right hip replacement. Erie argued the hip injury was not related because the plaintiff had pre-existing arthritis
• 2017: $60,000 Verdict: Plaintiff is a 34-year cheerleading coach. She is rear-ended on Route 27 in Mount Airy and suffered cervical disc herniations with radiculopathy. The sole issue at trial was damages. The jury in Carroll County awarded $60,000. Because herniated disc cases are so fact-intensive, it is hard to assess this verdict. But it seems to be a pretty small verdict for a herniated disc injury case.
• 2016: $574,510 Verdict. A 75-year-old woman is admitted to Carroll Hospital with deep vein thrombosis and diabetes complications. After being discharged, she wakes up in the middle of the night and is transported to the hospital due to intense pain in her hip and groin. She is discharged to a nursing home with “musculoskeletal pain due to deep vein thrombosis.” The morning she is found in hemorrhagic shock and she dies six weeks later. Her Estate alleges that the defendants were negligent in failing to diagnose and treat her hematoma, resulting in her death. After trial, the jury awards the Estate $547,510.
• 2016: $90,000 Verdict. A 40-year-old man is driving his vehicle when he is broadsided by another vehicle. He suffers cervical disc herniations in the crash. The man settles with the at-fault driver for their policy limits of $100,000, and then he files this claim against his insurance company, State Farm, to recover underinsured motorist benefits. State Farm argued that his damages were limited after he had back surgery. A jury awarded the man $90,000 from State Farm.
• 2016: $17,808 Verdict. Plaintiff is driving his vehicle along the roadway when Defendant turns out of a parking lot and collides with the front of his car. The man suffers injuries to his head, neck, ribs, and back due to the collision, and files this claim against the defendant. He alleges that the defendant was negligent and failed to yield the right of way, resulting in his injuries. The defendant claimed contributory negligence, but a jury found for the plaintiff and awarded him $17,808.
• 2014: $153,075 Verdict. An elderly couple files a medical malpractice suit in the Circuit Court for Carroll County against the 94-year-old ma
  n’s dermatologist. He seeks economic and non-economic damages, she seeks loss of consortium. Plaintiff presents to his dermatologist repeatedly over a three years with concerns of a lesion on his nose. The doctor freezes the lesion during eight of the visits; however, it does not clear up. It is eventually necessary to remove a portion of his nose after he is diagnosed with squamous cell carcinoma. Plaintiff contends that had proper testing been done, the cancer diagnosis would have been made earlier. Defendants disagree claiming that nothing that the physician did or did not do caused any injury to Plaintiff. The Carroll County jury, four males and two females award a combined total of $153,075 to the man and his wife.
• 2014: $2,134,339 Plaintiff presented to Carroll Hospital Center for the repair of a paraesophageal hernia. Following the surgery, the hernia recurred, requiring a revision 12 days later. At that time, defendant surgeon used a synthetic mesh to close the hole. Plaintiff shortly returned again, and was diagnosed with an esophageal leak. More than nine corrective surgeries later, Plaintiff continued to have problems, including having to be fed through a feeding tube at one point. Plaintiff and her husband filed suit against defendant doctor and defendant doctor’s practice alleging the surgeon was negligent in the use of the mesh used to repair the hole in her diaphragm around her esophagus. She further alleged that she was not properly advised of the surgical measures being taken and the associated risks. Defendant claimed that the protocols and procedures followed were within the accepted standards of medical practice. (Note: we have placed this under Carroll County. That is a little misleading. This case was tried in Baltimore City. How does that happen? There was some connection between the plaintiff or the defendants that made venue in Baltimore appropriate. Again, Westminster is not an awful place for a personal injury case. But Baltimore is clearly a better jurisdiction for victims and the plaintiffs’ lawyer in this case smartly filed the case in Baltimore.)
• 2012 $170,000 Settlement: Plaintiff is traveling on Route 97. The stoplight was out due to inclement weather. Both the Plaintiff and an 18 wheel truck go through the intersection, and the truck broadsides Plaintiff’s car. Plaintiff suffers a fractured femur and fractured knee. Both healed well. Defendant claims both parties were equally responsible under Maryland law. The case settled out-of-court. Miller & Zois handled this case.

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