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Prominent Dermatologist Practice in Montgomery County, Maryland Found Liable for Patient's Death

Published in Surgery Litigation and Law Weekly, December 5th, 2008

A jury has found a prominent dermatology practice in Montgomery County, Maryland liable for a patient's death from malignant melanoma and awarded damages to the patient's family of $5.8 million.

The verdict was against a dermatologist employed in the practice of Norman A. Lockshin, M.D., P.A., in Silver Spring, Md. Dr. Lockshin is a past president of the Washington, D.C. Dermatological Society. Dr. Lockshin was not found personally liable, but his professional corporation will have to pay the damages on behalf of its former employee who was found responsible for the patient's death. That employee is Michael Albert, M.D., who now lives in Woodbridge, Connecticut.

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