Overview
(September 22, 2026, Washington, DC) – Steptoe secured a $90,000 settlement on behalf of its client, Mr. Campbell, against the Maryland Department of Health (MDH).
Mr. Campbell filed a federal civil rights claim in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland against four individual employees of Clifton T. Perkins Hospital, Maryland's maximum-security psychiatric hospital, after he was physically assaulted by staff members and subsequent medical care was withheld. The Court appointed Steptoe as counsel for Mr. Campbell in 2023 after his claims survived MDH's motion to dismiss. After Steptoe completed 13 depositions and successfully defeated a motion to quash disclosure of a third-party audit report of Perkins that was never made public, MDH agreed to settle for $90,000 and implement specific policies to protect patients from future staff abuse.
The Campbell team included Dwight Draughon, Dan Blynn, Andrew Magloughlin, Laura Niday, Kim Hooks, Michael O'Rourke, and Melissa Seawright.
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