Medical Malpractice Lawyer Rockville Giving Every Patient a Voice

Maryland requires you to begin your case with the Health Care Alternative Dispute Resolution Office (HCADRO) and file a Certificate of a Qualified Expert within 90 days of your claim, confirming a breach of the medical standard of care and that it caused your injury.

We work with a trusted team of medical professionals who help us build strong malpractice cases. When you trust your case to Greenblatt & Veliev, you can expect us to gather the expert testimony necessary to make your losses clear to the courts.

Economic damages are quantifiable, objective monetary losses. We can rely on past medical bills and future estimates of medical costs to determine your total economic losses. These economic losses may include:

• Medical bills
• Past wages lost
• Future wages lost if now suffering from a disability
• Future medical care costs
• Future financial opportunities missed

Economic damages are not capped. In other words, there is no limit to what a jury can award a plaintiff for these losses.

Maryland permits plaintiffs to collect compensation for non-economic losses from medical malpractice cases. While there is a cap on these damages, the compensation can help you get back on your feet if you've experienced any of these effects:

• Physical and mental pain and suffering
• Loss of enjoyment of life
• Loss of consortium
• Inability to pursue hobbies or participate in activities
• Effects of long-term or permanent disability

In Maryland, there is a cap on how much compensation you can receive for non-economic damages. As of 2025, the cap on non-economic damages is $905,000, with the limit rising by $15,000 each year.

Some patients are under the misconception that since they were wronged by a negligent medical professional, receiving compensation through a lawsuit with any attorney should be easy. Maryland, Virginia, and D.C. follow pure contributory negligence, which can bar recovery if the defense proves you were even 1% at fault. This legal framework makes it more difficult to win lawsuits than in many other states.

Contributory negligence mandates that a plaintiff in a lawsuit cannot receive a single cent of compensation if they were in any way responsible for the harm that they suffered. For example, if the defendant’s attorneys successfully persuade the jury that you ignored a critical instruction from your doctor and your failure to follow this guideline contributed to your harm, you won’t win your case.

Our attorneys have spent decades winning medical malpractice and personal injury cases. We know how to effectively demonstrate that our clients played absolutely no role in the egregious harm they suffered at the hands of medical professionals they trusted.