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Georgia Appellate Court Finds Medical Malpractice Expert Affidavit Sufficient, Revives Dismissed Case

October 23, 2026

In Georgia medical malpractice cases, OCGA § 9-11-9.1(a) requires that the plaintiff file with the complaint an affidavit of an expert competent to testify, which affidavit shall set forth specifically at least one negligent act or omission claimed to exist and the factual basis for each such claim[...]

$75M Georgia Medical Malpractice Jury Verdict Affirmed For 32-Year-Old With Locked-In Syndrome Due To Misdiagnosis Of Brainstem Stroke Following Chiropractic Treatment

May 2, 2025

At around 4:20 p.m. on October 26, 2015, 32-year-old Jonathan Buckelew arrived by ambulance to the emergency department of North Fulton Hospital after he experienced seizure-like activity and became unresponsive during a chiropractic neck adjustment. Although the hospital was a primary stroke center[...]

California Appellate Court Slashes $29.5M California Medical Malpractice Verdict Against Chiropractor To $250K

April 22, 2025

In 2018, then 14-year-old Jake Drost—who had a pre-existing heart condition—died from cardiac arrest after participating in a 100-yard dash for his school’s Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps program. Before Jake began participating, Shamus Sheridan, a licensed chiropractor, screened an[...]

Missouri Appellate Court Reinstates Malpractice Case Against Chiropractor

July 21, 2024

Phyllis Ragsdale experienced persistent back and neck pain. In February 2016, Ragsdale consulted with Chris D. Charlton, D.C., who developed a twelve-visit treatment plan to alleviate her pain by using a diversified technique to adjust her spine. Prior to beginning her treatment, Charlton presented [...]

Georgia Appellate Court Holds Five-Year Statute Of Repose Applies To Chiropractor Malpractice Claim

February 9, 2024

The Court of Appeals of Georgia stated in its December 4, 2023 opinion: “The central question in this appeal is whether a professional negligence action alleging breach of the standard of care by a chiropractor is subject to the five-year statute of repose applicable to actions for medical mal[...]

Indiana Appellate Court Rules Physical Therapist Cannot Opine As To The Alleged Medical Negligence Of A Chiropractor

February 20, 2023

Physical Therapist Cannot Opine As To The Negligence Of A Chiropractor: In an Indiana medical malpractice case against a chiropractor who allegedly injured a patient, the Court of Appeals of Indiana (“Indiana Appellate Court”) stated in its December 14, 2022 Memorandum Decision: “H[...]

Washington Chiropractor Charged With Inappropriate Sexual Contact Involving 21 Women

June 25, 2021

It has been reported that 61-year-old Washington chiropractor Dr. Kenneth Parker was charged in late May 2021 with eight counts of felony sexual misconduct by a health care provider. He was arrested that same month on six counts of indecent liberties. It is reported that three of 21 women who came f[...]

Maryland Appellate Court Affirms Medical Malpractice Loss Due To Discovery Violation

July 10, 2020

In its unreported opinion dated July 7, 2020, the Court of Special Appeals of Maryland (“Maryland Appellate Court”) held: “Under the circumstances of this case, the trial court’s decision to preclude the testimony of the expert witness was an appropriate and proportionate sanctio[...]

Colorado Supreme Court Allows Disclosure Of Recording Of Initial Meeting Between Plaintiff And Her Medical Malpractice Lawyer

December 19, 2018

The Supreme Court of the State of Colorado (“Colorado Supreme Court”) held in its deeply-divided opinion filed on December 3, 2018: “the presence of a third party during an attorney-client communication will ordinarily destroy the attorney-client privilege unless the third party’[...]

Alabama Supreme Court Says Medical Malpractice Plaintiff Did Not Need Expert To Prove Cold Pack Injury

February 26, 2017

In its opinion filed on February 17, 2017, the Supreme Court of Alabama (“Alabama Supreme Court”) held that a medical malpractice plaintiff who alleged that she suffered injury as a result of a cold pack applied to her leg at the defendant chiropractor’s office did not need to pro[...]

Two Convicted New Jersey Chiropractors Sued To Recoup Illegal Medical Payments

January 12, 2017

The State of New Jersey and an automobile insurance company have filed a lawsuit against two convicted, unlicensed New Jersey chiropractors seeking to recover medical payments that they received as a result of an alleged illegal scheme involving them, other chiropractors, a medical doctor, a persona[...]

Tennessee Appellate Court Reverses Dismissal Of Non-Medical Malpractice Claim, Affirms Dismissal Of Medical Malpractice Claim

December 14, 2016

In its opinion filed on November 30, 2016, the Court of Appeals of Tennessee at Nashville (“Appellate Court”) affirmed the trial court’s dismissal of the pro se plaintiff’s medical malpractice (health care liability) claim alleged in her complaint because she failed to comply[...]

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