Below are a series of example forms, pleadings, depositions, trial transcripts, and other documents useful for attorneys filing and handling medical malpractice lawsuits. If you are new to medical malpractice cases, you should consider recruiting co-counsel (hint, hint). But if you are a moot court student or determined to make a go of it, these materials should be a big help to you. Many experienced malpractice lawyers use this resource center, too. It is always good to see how another lawyer is doing what you are doing.
Malpractice Trials
- Sample opening statement ($10 million verdict in Baltimore)
- Opening statement PowerPoint
- Sample closing statement
- Cross-examination of defendant doctor
- Cross-examination of defense expert
New Client Case Evaluation
- Intake form: questions we ask potential new malpractice clients when they call our office
- Sample malpractice contingency retainer
Medical Malpractice Lawsuits
- Malpractice Complaint (sample lawsuit against OB/GYN)
- Medical Malpractice Complaint #2 (lawsuit against New England Patriots)
- Hospital Malpractice Complaint (lawsuit against Johns Hopkins)
- Nursing Home Negligence Complaint (lawsuit against Manor Care)
- Certificate of Merit: necessary component in malpractice lawsuit in Maryland
Medical Malpractice Discovery
- Interrogatories to Doctor (propounded to doctor)
- Requests for Production of Documents (plaintiff to doctor)
- Requests for Production of Documents (from doctor to plaintiff)
- Requests for Admission to Doctor (admissions to doctor)
Depositions
- Defendant Doctor ($2.5 million verdict case: doctor failed to notice signs of patient’s internal bleeding that lead to his death)
- Another Defendant Doctor ($5.5 million verdict: surgical error during cardiac surgery)
Motions in Limine
- Fighting the argument that signing a consent form means you assumed the risk
- Stop defendant doctors not named experts from offering opinion testimony
- Exclude non-disclosed demonstrative evidence
- Response to Motion to Strike Defendant’s Dying Declaration: Plaintiff’s opposition to doctor’s motion to strike statement of dying woman in her hospital bed that she knew she was about to die [Select here]
- Defendant’s Motion [Select here]
Related Links
- Learn more about medical negligence claims in Maryland
- Summary of Maryland law as it relates to malpractice
- Value of malpractice cases
- Sample Discovery: interrogatories
- Sample Pleadings: complaints, expert designations, etc.
- Maryland Attorney Help Center more samples of malpractice and other tort claims)