Attorney Keith David Forman's Legal Cases

Medical malpractice

Byrom v. Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, Inc.

Jul 01, 2019

OUTCOME: $229,000,000.00

This birth-injury medical malpractice trial resulted in what is believed to be the largest verdict in a medical malpractice case in U.S. History - $229,000,000.00. Keith was part of the lead trial team ... that convincingly proved to the jury that providers at Hopkins were negligent and failed to give informed consent, which resulted in Zubida suffering permanent and irreversible brain damage near the time of birth. Today, Zubida has cerebral palsy and other disabilities.

Birth injury

Ross v. Prince George's Hospital Center

May 15, 2013

OUTCOME: $15,600,000.00 Jury Verdict

Angel Ross suffered a brain bleed and cerebral palsy as a result of a precipitous vaginal delivery. A jury found that a nurse midwife was negligent in caring for Angel's mother, which proximately cause ... d Angel's brain bleed and resulting cerebral palsy.

Birth injury

Norfleet v. Harbor Hospital

Jul 30, 2012

OUTCOME: $21,000,000.00 Jury Verdict

This case involved the delayed deliver of Jaylan Norfleet. Jaylan was brain injured as a result of a tight nuchal cord wrapped around his umbilical cord. Unfortunately, his obstetrician failed to order ... a timely cesarean section when signs on the electronic fetal heart rate monitor evidenced variable decelerations. Those types of decelerations come from compression of the umbilical cord. As a result of the failure to timely deliver Jaylan, Jaylan suffered from periventricular leukomalacia and cerebral palsy.

Medical malpractice

Martinez v. Johns Hopkins Hospital

Jun 25, 2012

OUTCOME: $55,000,000.00 Jury Verdict

On March 26, 2010 Enzo Martinez was born at Johns Hopkins Hospital. At birth, Enzo was flaccid, pale and cyanotic as a result of having suffered acute intrapartum asphyxia in the 30 minutes before birt ... h. Almost 3 hours prior to his birth, health care providers at Johns Hopkins Hospital had ordered an urgent cesarean section for fetal distress. These health care providers were negligent in failing to timely deliver Enzo.

Wrongful death

Dash v. St. Agnes Health Care

May 18, 2011

OUTCOME: $3,800,000.00 Jury Verdict

This case involved the tragic death of David Dash. Mr. Dash died of complications of male breast cancer after his primary care physician failed to order a CT scan in response to continued complaints of ... chest pain. Had a CT scan been performed, Mr. Dash could have undergone surgery and treatment to cure his cancer. He missed this opportunity as a result of his doctors negligence.

Wrongful death

Buttion v. Johns Hopkins Health System

Apr 01, 2011

OUTCOME: $1,480,000.00 Jury Verdict

This was a wrongful death case concerning the untimely death of Kathleen Buttion. After a week long trial, a jury of six men and women concluded that Ms. Buttion's cardiothoracic surgeon, Duke Cameron, ... M.D., breached medical standards of care during a cardiac surgery proximately causing Mrs. Buttion's death.

Medical malpractice

Gholston v. University of Maryland

Nov 08, 2010

OUTCOME: $4,100,000.00 Jury Verdict

This was a birth injury case involving the negligent delivery of Daryl Gholston. Daryl suffered hypoxic ischemic brain injury when he was not timely delivered in the setting of a cord prolapse, which i ... s an obstetrical emergency.

Keith David Forman's Legal Cases (7)

Byrom v. Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, Inc.

Ross v. Prince George's Hospital Center

Norfleet v. Harbor Hospital

Martinez v. Johns Hopkins Hospital

Dash v. St. Agnes Health Care

Buttion v. Johns Hopkins Health System

Gholston v. University of Maryland