Practice Areas

• Medical and dental malpractice defense

• Professional licensing

• Education Law

• General civil litigation

Professional Profile

Jonathan Cusson has represented healthcare providers, hospitals, school boards and other clients throughout the State at both the trial and appellate levels. He also represents physicians and dentists in licensing matters. Mr. Cusson has handled cases involving, Wrongful Death, general surgical complications, gynecological surgical complications, orthopedic surgical complications, obstetrical malpractice including hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy, shoulder dystocia, HELLP syndrome, preeclampsia, placental abruption, and vasa previa, failure to diagnose cardiac conditions, failure to diagnose cerebrovascular conditions, failure to diagnose vascular and arterial insufficiencies, failure to diagnose peritonitis, emergency department care and other hospital care. He has also handled Federal Civil False Claims Act cases, serious personal injury arising from general negligence allegations, construction law and various issues pertaining to Boards of Education including failure to supervise, sports injuries, bus accidents and premises liability.

Mr. Cusson received his law degree from the University of Maryland, where he served as an Associate Editor of the Business Lawyer. Before joining Anderson, Coe & King, he clerked for the Honorable Arrie W. Davis of the Maryland Court of Special Appeals.
Mr. Cusson is a member of the Maryland State Bar Association and its Young Lawyers Division. He also belongs to the local chapter of the Inns of Court.

Education

University of Maryland School of Law (J.D., 2001)

University of Pennsylvania (B.A., 1997)

Academic All-America

Admissions

Maryland

District of Columbia

United States District Court for the District of Maryland

Representative Matters
• Represented a family practitioner who was alleged to have negligently failed to diagnose a coronary artery dissection in a 33 year-old woman when she died in the afternoon following an emergent morning office visit. The jury determined that the physician did not breach the standard of care.

• Represented an internist who was alleged to have negligently failed to monitor a patient's skin breakdown status in a long term care facility. Obtained dismissal in favor of the physician for the Plaintiff's failure to comply with the mandatory Health Claims Arbitration procedures.

• Represented a hospital whose staff was alleged to have been negligent in the birth of a brain damaged infant following utilization of a vacuum instrumented delivery. Obtained dismissal in favor of the hospital.

• Represented a dentist alleged to have negligently performed a root canal such that extraction was required. Obtained a judgment stating that the dentist did not breach the standard of care following a bench trial.

• Represented the Baltimore County Board of Education in a case where one of its bus drivers was alleged to have negligently caused injury to several students when the vehicle collided with a parked car as he attempted to avoid several children running alongside the bus. The jury determined that the driver was not negligent.

• Represented the Baltimore County Board of Education in a case where one of its teachers was alleged to have negligently supervised a playground such that a student was permitted to jump from a piece of playground equipment and break his foot. The jury determined that the Board was not negligent.

 

• Represented a 21 year-old girl who was alleged to have negligently driven her car, striking and killing a 15 year-old boy. Obtained summary judgment on behalf of the driver.