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April J. Hitzelbergeri Attorney with Waranch and BranchApril Hitzelberger

April Hitzelberger is a partner at Waranch & Brown. Her practice focuses on the defense of health care providers in medical malpractice, research study and professional licensure matters. She has successfully litigated and tried cases in the District and Circuit Courts of Maryland and represented health care providers in licensing and credentialing matters. She also maintains a special interest in appellate advocacy and has argued before the Maryland Court of Special Appeals.

Criminal Liability for a Medical Mistake

by April Hitzelberger
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Medical mistakes happen. But medical professionals don’t go to jail for medical mistakes, right? Well… Recently, a registered nurse in Tennessee inadvertently administered the wrong medication to a patient, which unfortunately caused the patient’s untimely death. The nurse was subsequently … Read more

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Make Plaintiffs Prove the Element of Causation in their Informed Consent Claims

by April Hitzelberger
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Recently, in our first Covid-19 trial, we successfully defended a surgeon against the claim that he failed to obtain the plaintiff’s informed consent for an endoscopic carpal tunnel surgery. The doctrine of informed consent requires physicians to explain a procedure … Read more

Categories Medical Malpractice Defense, Trial Strategies

Has COVID-19 Destroyed Our Jury Trials?

by April Hitzelberger
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The pandemic has brought jury trials in Maryland courts to a halt. At some point, restrictions on public access to the courtrooms will be lifted. The question is, how will jury trials be conducted? Certainly, there will be a large backlog of cases … Read more

Categories COVID-19, Medical Malpractice Defense, Trial Strategies

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