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Announcements
- Christina N. Billiet, Esq., Named Fellow of Litigation Counsel of America - 4 September 2024
- Waranch & Brown Welcomes Back Partner Kaitlan M. Skrainar - 16 July 2024
- Waranch & Brown Welcomes Jamison G. White - 24 April 2024
- Thank You for 25 Years! - 9 February 2024
- A Holiday Greeting from Waranch & Brown - 20 December 2023
- Navigating the Future: Waranch & Brown’s Artificial Intelligence Policy - 5 December 2023
- Waranch & Brown Welcomes Maya T. Habash - 28 November 2023
- R. Alexander Carlson, Esq. — Criminal Law Experience - 21 June 2023
- Waranch & Brown Partners Christina Billiet and Michelle Dian Obtain Defense Verdict in $24M Wrongful Birth Case - 22 May 2023
- Waranch & Brown Congratulates New Partners - 19 January 2023
- Christina N. Billiet New Managing Partner at Waranch & Brown - 3 August 2021
Best Practices
- Balancing the Scales: How to Address Socioeconomic Inequities in Medical Malpractice Litigation - 25 July 2024
- Audible in the Courtroom - 22 February 2024
- Navigating the Future: Waranch & Brown’s Artificial Intelligence Policy - 5 December 2023
- A 2021 Holiday Greeting from Waranch & Brown - 22 December 2021
- Is it ever safe to say “I’m sorry”? - 10 November 2021
- Are You Compliant with Medical Record Copying Fees? - 9 June 2021
- Holiday Greetings from Waranch & Brown - 21 December 2020
- Think Twice Before Giving Advice! - 8 April 2020
- Deposition Summaries: Tell Them to Keep It Short! - 11 March 2020
- A Holiday Greeting from Waranch & Brown - 24 December 2019
- Why Be Socially Responsible? - 13 November 2019
- The Dreaded Data Breach – We Are All At Risk - 16 September 2019
Birth Injury Defense
- W&B War Story: Victory in a Wrongful Birth Trial - 14 March 2024
- Video Think Piece: Birth Injury Cases-the BIG Dollar Exposure! - 9 May 2019
COVID-19
- Healthcare Havens: Immunity from the COVID Storm - 4 April 2024
- Return of the Jury Trial — COVID-style - 11 November 2020
- COVID-19 Update: The Defense Must Go On - 4 June 2020
- W&B COVID-19 Update: Beware the Potential Pitfalls of Asynchronous Telehealth - 28 May 2020
- W&B COVID-19 Update: How Do You Obtain Informed Consent for an Office Visit? - 19 May 2020
- W&B COVID-19 Update: How Do You Obtain Informed Consent for a Telehealth Visit? - 14 May 2020
- Has COVID-19 Destroyed Our Jury Trials? - 7 May 2020
- The COVID-19 Pandemic — Why Keep Contemporaneous Records? - 23 March 2020
Maryland Medical Issues
- Shortcuts in Medical Decision-Making: Good or Bad? - 27 January 2022
- Unwelcome, Unwanted, Unemployed! Physician Sexual Misconduct Will Not Be Tolerated - 11 August 2021
- Are You Compliant with Medical Record Copying Fees? - 9 June 2021
- Holiday Greetings from Waranch & Brown - 21 December 2020
- The Opioid Epidemic — How Does It Affect Our Doctors? - 12 February 2020
- Not a Medical Injury? Think Again! - 5 August 2019
- Are You at Risk Now That Maryland’s Non-Economic Damage Cap Exceeds $1M? - 10 April 2019
Medical Malpractice Defense
- Simplifying the Complex in a Brain Surgery Case - 1 February 2024
- Your nurse witness can be your best witness — here’s how. - 24 February 2022
- W&B War Stories: The Daubert Challenge - 9 September 2021
- Return of the Reptile: Jury Attitudes are Changing (and it isn’t pretty) - 16 March 2021
- Make Plaintiffs Prove the Element of Causation in their Informed Consent Claims - 6 January 2021
- Do You Really Need a Jury? - 7 October 2020
- Know How to Combat Plaintiffs’ Speculative Loss of Household Services Claims - 12 August 2020
- W&B Case Review: The Sympathy Factor - 22 July 2020
- COVID-19 Update: The Defense Must Go On - 4 June 2020
- W&B COVID-19 Update: Beware the Potential Pitfalls of Asynchronous Telehealth - 28 May 2020
- W&B COVID-19 Update: How Do You Obtain Informed Consent for an Office Visit? - 19 May 2020
- W&B COVID-19 Update: How Do You Obtain Informed Consent for a Telehealth Visit? - 14 May 2020
- Has COVID-19 Destroyed Our Jury Trials? - 7 May 2020
- Think Twice Before Giving Advice! - 8 April 2020
- The COVID-19 Pandemic — Why Keep Contemporaneous Records? - 23 March 2020
- Deposition Summaries: Tell Them to Keep It Short! - 11 March 2020
- A Holiday Greeting from Waranch & Brown - 24 December 2019
- Chain of Command Allegations: Suits Against Nurses on the Rise - 16 October 2019
- Not a Medical Injury? Think Again! - 5 August 2019
- Maryland’s New 25% Rule - 5 July 2019
- Alarming Trend: Urgent Care Malpractice Claims Rise Sharply - 5 June 2019
- Are You at Risk Now That Maryland’s Non-Economic Damage Cap Exceeds $1M? - 10 April 2019
Trends
- Combatting Jury Presumptions: Do Only “Winners” Go to Trial? - 8 August 2024
- Social Inflation and Why It Matters - 27 June 2024
- How Advertising Creates Juror Bias, and What to Do About It - 5 June 2024
- The New Frontier: Exploring Third-Party Litigation Funding - 2 May 2024
- Telehealth in Maryland: The “New Norm” - 12 May 2021
- Loss of Chance? Sort of… - 24 February 2021
- Return of the Jury Trial — COVID-style - 11 November 2020
- The Opioid Epidemic — How Does It Affect Our Doctors? - 12 February 2020
- Future Care Costs: The Make-Believe World of Plaintiffs’ Life Care Plans - 16 January 2020
- Why Be Socially Responsible? - 13 November 2019
- Chain of Command Allegations: Suits Against Nurses on the Rise - 16 October 2019
- The Dreaded Data Breach – We Are All At Risk - 16 September 2019
- Maryland’s New 25% Rule - 5 July 2019
- Alarming Trend: Urgent Care Malpractice Claims Rise Sharply - 5 June 2019
- Are You at Risk Now That Maryland’s Non-Economic Damage Cap Exceeds $1M? - 10 April 2019
Trial Strategies
- Do Experts Still Matter? - 29 August 2024
- W&B War Story: Defense Verdict in a Surgery Trial - 16 May 2024
- Can Your Expert Opinion Get You Sued? - 20 April 2022
- W&B War Story: How to Win on Reasonableness - 23 March 2022
- Your nurse witness can be your best witness — here’s how. - 24 February 2022
- Live-Stream Expert Testimony — The “New Normal” - 13 October 2021
- Can You Avoid a Nuclear Verdict? - 15 July 2021
- Return of the Reptile: Jury Attitudes are Changing (and it isn’t pretty) - 16 March 2021
- Loss of Chance? Sort of… - 24 February 2021
- Make Plaintiffs Prove the Element of Causation in their Informed Consent Claims - 6 January 2021
- Do You Really Need a Jury? - 7 October 2020
- Know How to Combat Plaintiffs’ Speculative Loss of Household Services Claims - 12 August 2020
- W&B Case Review: The Sympathy Factor - 22 July 2020
- Has COVID-19 Destroyed Our Jury Trials? - 7 May 2020
- Think Twice Before Giving Advice! - 8 April 2020
- Deposition Summaries: Tell Them to Keep It Short! - 11 March 2020
- Future Care Costs: The Make-Believe World of Plaintiffs’ Life Care Plans - 16 January 2020
- A Holiday Greeting from Waranch & Brown - 24 December 2019
- Maryland’s New 25% Rule - 5 July 2019
- Alarming Trend: Urgent Care Malpractice Claims Rise Sharply - 5 June 2019
Uncategorized
- Simplifying the Complex in a Brain Surgery Case - 1 February 2024
- A Holiday Greeting from Waranch & Brown - 20 December 2023
- War Story: Vindication for a Physical Therapist - 24 October 2023
- Setting the Stage for a Successful Appeal - 16 October 2023
- Big Verdicts: Are juries being swayed by exaggerated life care plans from the other side? - 28 March 2023
- A Holiday Greeting from Waranch & Brown - 23 December 2022
- Remember, the Jury Sees Everything - 22 November 2022
- The Unapparent Apparent Agent - 21 September 2022
- The Emotional Impact of Litigation - 24 August 2022
- Criminal Liability for a Medical Mistake - 6 July 2022
- Disregarding a DNR Order: Could You Be Liable? - 25 May 2022
- Should You Offer Your Physician as an Expert or Fact Witness? - 20 March 2019
- Don’t Be Exposed to Paying Double Damages? Beware of Pitfalls in Medicare Cases! - 6 February 2019
- A Holiday Greeting from Waranch & Brown - 18 December 2018
- Watch Out: Plaintiffs are Claiming a Two-Cap Case! - 11 December 2018
- Physicians Should Avoid Treating Their Own Family! - 20 November 2018
- Alternative Causes Can Win Your Case! - 14 August 2018
- Waranch & Brown Announcement - 18 July 2018
- Why Can’t Trial Counsel Tell Me About the Jurors? - 20 June 2018
- When Steve Hits John With His Car, Does It Matter WHY? - 24 May 2018
- Informed Refusal is the Patient’s Right – And Insisting on Documentation is Yours! - 19 April 2018
- Not on Call? What is Your Duty? - 21 March 2018
- Who Lost the Right to Attend the Deposition? - 16 February 2018
- A Holiday Greeting from Waranch & Brown - 20 December 2017
- Not Interested in Joining An Appeal? Think Twice! - 29 November 2017
- Never Let Plaintiffs Call the Doctor a “Reasonable Person” - 18 October 2017
- Correlation Does Not Equal Causation - 20 September 2017
- The Police Are Here Requesting Medical Records: Now What? - 9 August 2017
- Are You Mediating the Wrong Conflict First? - 16 July 2017
- What?! Now They Want to Sue the Doctor for Breach of Contract? - 21 June 2017
- The Physicians’ Desk Reference – Can They Use it Against You? - 31 May 2017
- Electronic Medical Records – Now They Want to Review Your Medical Records in “Native” Format? - 27 April 2017
- Breaking News! 5th Edition Maryland Medical Malpractice Jury Instructions Much Improved! - 22 March 2017
- Wait, What?! Incident Reports can be Discoverable? - 25 January 2017
- Happy Holidays! - 1 December 2016
- PAs and NPs — Which Cap Applies? - 3 November 2016
- Yes, Plaintiff’s Counsel can Speak to your Former Employee! - 12 October 2016
- Medical Literature — It’s the Standard of Care! - 13 September 2016
- Does it matter who performs what cosmetic medical procedure? - 14 June 2016
- It’s Never Too Late to Make the Plaintiff Prove Her Case - 26 April 2016
- To Fight or Not Fight the BOP…. - 5 April 2016
- Which Doctors Get Sued Most Often…and Why? - 22 February 2016
- Happy Holidays! - 22 December 2015
- Are you mediating the wrong conflict first? - 6 October 2015
- If a picture is worth a thousand words, then what is a video worth in a courtroom? - 13 July 2015
- Don’t Kick Your Habits - 5 June 2015
- Trial Strategy: Is it Ever a Good Idea to Admit Liability? - 6 May 2015
- Jurors Want to Find in Favor of Compassionate Doctors – Help Them! - 30 March 2015
- Isn’t Cyber Security Just an IT Problem? - 28 January 2015
- Happy Holidays! - 19 December 2014
- If Implemented Properly, EMRs Can Help Defend a Medical Malpractice Claim - 20 November 2014
- Sometimes “Blind” is Better! - 19 August 2014
- Nurse Practitioners and Malpractice Liability - 13 June 2014
- “Should doctors be using social media?” - 2 May 2014
- “It’s like the size of a grape.” - 27 March 2014
- When is the story more important than the medicine? - 26 February 2014
- Make the reptile work for you! - 29 January 2014
- Happy Holidays! - 19 December 2013
- Make the Plaintiffs Pay…Your Expert’s Expenses - 26 November 2013
- When the kids don’t agree about Dad… - 30 October 2013
- “My baby is not perfect…so whom should I sue?” - 18 September 2013
- How to Avoid 10 Common Mistakes When Responding to Maryland Medical Licensing Boards - 1 August 2013
- A Prescription for Disaster? - 17 July 2013
- An Increased “Cap?” No way! - 19 June 2013
- Avoid the “related medical specialty” trap… - 15 May 2013
- Nurse Deposed? Here’s Our Rx for Your RN. - 17 April 2013
- Is Your High Profile Doctor at Risk? - 20 March 2013
- How do you reduce Plaintiff’s damage claim to zero? - 2 February 2013
- Trial outside the courtroom… - 31 January 2013