Georgia Medical Malpractice Archives - Page 10 of 16

$4.7M Georgia Medical Malpractice Verdict For Failure To Check Central Line Placement

February 19, 2019

On January 31, 2019, a Georgia medical malpractice jury returned a $4.7 million verdict in favor of a woman whose lower right leg was permanently damaged when medication was administered in the ICU through a central line that was misplaced in the emergency room. The emergency room doctor who placed [...]

Georgia Appellate Court Holds Conflicting Experts’ Testimony Precluded Summary Judgment For Defendant Urologist

December 15, 2018

The Court of Appeals of Georgia (“Georgia Appellate Court”) held in its decision filed on November 1, 2018 that the defendant urologist in a Georgia medical malpractice case was not entitled to summary judgment because of contradictory testimony by the plaintiff’s experts. The Geor[...]

Georgia Appellate Court Finds “New Injury” In Reviving Cancer Misdiagnosis Medical Malpractice Case

November 6, 2018

The Court of Appeals of Georgia applied the “new injury” exception to Georgia’s two-year statute of limitations in medical malpracice cases in allowing a cancer malpractce case to proceed. Georgia’s Two-Year Medical Malpractice Statute Of Limitations OCGA § 9-3-71 (a) requir[...]

Georgia Appellate Court Affirms $4.5M Gross Negligence Medical Malpractice Verdict Involving Paraplegia

October 16, 2018

On September 28, 2018, the Court of Appeals of Georgia Fourth Division (“Georgia Appellate Court”) affirmed a $4.5 million Georgia medical malpractice jury verdict, finding that the defendants failed to provide the plaintiff with proper medical treatment while he was in the emergency dep[...]

Georgia Appellate Court Orders New Medical Malpractice Trial For Man Injured By Falling Out Of Deer Stand

October 15, 2018

The Georgia Court of Appeals Third Division (“Georgia Appellate Court”) on September 26, 2018 reversed a defense verdict in favor of a doctor who instructed his patient after surgery to not engage in any strenuous or risky activity, or any lifting, bending, or stooping over, but five day[...]

Georgia Appellate Court Rules Medical Malpractice Claim Against Dermatologist Filed Too Late

August 26, 2018

The Georgia Court of Appeals (“Georgia Appellate Court”) held in its opinion filed on June 8, 2018 that the plaintiffs’ medical malpractice claim against the dermatologist who treated their 16-year-old daughter was filed after the expiration of Georgia’s two-year statute of l[...]

Georgia Medical Malpractice Defendants Suffer Loss Of Defenses In Botched Circumcision Case

July 26, 2018

A Georgia judge has struck the defenses of some of the defendants in a Georgia medical malpractice case in which the plaintiff alleges that the defendants negligently performed a circumcision on her 18-day-old son, because the defendants failed to preserve crutial evidence despite being on notice th[...]

Georgia Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Alleges Brain Damage During Cosmetic Surgery

June 10, 2018

The adult son of a 54-year-old woman filed a Georgia medical malpractice claim against a cosmetic surgeon for the brain damage his mother suffered during a cosmetic surgery procedure performed at a Georgia medical spa and cosmetic surgery center. The woman had wanted to look her best for her upcomin[...]

Georgia Nursing Home Neglect Lawsuit Alleges Resident Eaten Alive By Scabies

May 9, 2018

The family of a 93-year-old Georgia nursing home resident alleges in their nursing home neglect lawsuit that the resident was “eaten alive” by scabies over the course of months or years, causing her gruesome and painful death in 2015. The resident had moved into the Georgia nursing home [...]

Defense Verdict In Georgia Medical Malpractice Case Alleging Loss Of Eye

May 1, 2018

A Fulton County, Georgia medical malpractice jury returned a defense verdict on April 18, 2018 in a Georgia medical malpractice case in which the father of a minor alleged that the medical negligence of the defendant ophthalmologist resulted in his son losing his eyesight in his right eye. The Georg[...]

Georgia Appellate Court Reverses Jury’s Zero Award For Noneconomic Damages In Medical Malpractice Case

April 23, 2018

The Court of Appeals of Georgia (“Georgia Appellate Court”) held in its opinion filed on April 12, 2018 that the Georgia medical malpractice jury’s zero award for the plaintiff’s noneconomic damages in a case where the jury found the defendant hospital 51% at fault and the pl[...]

$18M Georgia Medical Malpractice Verdict For Woman Paralyzed Due To Medical Negligence

March 30, 2018

On March 6, 2018, a Georgia medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in the amount of $18 million in favor of the 58-year-old plaintiff who walked into a hospital but left in a wheelchair, having suffered paralysis that she alleged was due to the medical negligence of the medical providers resp[...]

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