Georgia Medical Malpractice Archives - Page 13 of 16

Georgia Medical Malpractice Jury Returns Compromised Verdict For The Plaintiff

April 12, 2016

The members of a Georgia medical malpractice jury apparently could not all agree whether to find for the plaintiff or the defendant hospital in a medical malpractice case, and therefore returned its verdict on February 29, 2016, after a nine-day trial and two days of deliberations, in favor of the[...]

Georgia Psychiatrist Accused Of Running Pill Mill; 36 Patients Died

February 28, 2016

A Georgia psychiatrist who had no record of disciplinary actions or medical malpractice claims against him has been arrested and accused of running a pill mill. It has been reported that 36 of the psychiatrist’s patients have died while they were prescribed drugs by the psychiatrist and that a[...]

Georgia Jail Sued For Inmate’s Death Due To Failure To Provide Proper Medical Care

February 18, 2016

The mother of a 22-year-old inmate who was incarcerated in a Georgia jail for a non-violent parole violation (he tested positive for marijuana in his system) has filed a Georgia wrongful death case naming the Georgia county that ran the jail, the sheriff, and numerous deputies as defendants, allegin[...]

$36M Georgia Medical Malpractice Verdict For Surgical Mistake Leading To Paralysis And Death

December 3, 2015

On November 12, 2015, a Georgia medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in the amount of $36 million in favor of a woman who suffered paralysis followed by death as a result of her surgeon tying off her aorta instead of her renal artery during kidney surgery, and then failed to discover the s[...]

Georgia Supreme Court Discusses Application Of Higher Proof Required In Emergency Medical Care Malpractice Claims

November 15, 2015

In its decision filed on November 2, 2015, the Supreme Court of Georgia ((“the Court”) discussed the application of Georgia’s “ER statute” (OCGA § 51-1-29.5) that requires that plaintiffs who bring medical malpractice claims based on “emergency medical care”[...]

Georgia Medical Malpractice Defense Verdict For Surgeon Who Waited To Operate

October 18, 2015

A Georgia medical malpractice jury recently returned its verdict in favor of the defendant surgeon in a medical malpractice case that alleged that the surgeon waited too long to operate on a man who had undergone gallbladder removal surgery the day before and had internal bleeding as a result. The [...]

$3.5M Georgia Negligence Verdict For Patient’s Death After Calls To Doctor Were Not Returned

September 17, 2015

On July 31, 2015, a Georgia jury returned a verdict in the amount of $3.5 million in favor of the widow of a 39-year-old man who died from pneumonia following neck surgery, as a result of the negligent failure of the receptionist at the neurosurgeon’s office to forward to the doctor the[...]

$3.5M Georgia Medical Malpractice Verdict For Misdiagnosed Heart Attack

August 23, 2015

On August 14, 2015, after a three-week trial and two hours of jury deliberations, a Georgia medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in favor of the plaintiff in the amount of $3.5 million, for which two of the defendant physicians are responsible for $1.75 million (the jury also awarded $1.7[...]

Georgia Supreme Court Discusses Medical Expert Qualifications In Medical Malpractice Cases

July 27, 2015

The Supreme Court of Georgia issued an opinion on July 13, 2015 discussing Georgia’s requirements concerning medical experts who testify in Georgia medical malpractice cases: in particular, what sort of experience is required of a practicing surgeon who is offered as an expert witness in a [...]

Georgia Supreme Court Discusses Ex Parte Communication With The Jury And Spoliation In Medical Malpractice Cases

July 11, 2015

In its June 29, 2015 decision, the Supreme Court of Georgia discussed the effect of a judge’s communication with a medical malpractice jury without the parties or their attorneys being present, and whether a spoliation instruction was appropriate where the defendant hospital had destroyed pote[...]

$1.57M Georgia Medical Malpractice Verdict For Undiagnosed Perforated Bowel During Laparoscopic Surgery

June 17, 2015

On June 11, 2015, a Georgia medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in the amount of $1.57 million in favor of the plaintiff and against a gynecological surgeon and his medical practice. The verdict included $474,477.00 for the plaintiff’s past medical expenses and $1.1 million for her p[...]

$4.4M Georgia Medical Malpractice Verdict Challenged Because Jurors Allowed to Touch Plaintiff’s Hands

March 15, 2015

Last week, a panel of the Court of Appeals of Georgia was asked by the losing medical malpractice defendant to overturn a medical malpractice jury’s verdict in favor of the plaintiff in the amount of $4.4 million that was handed down in May 2014. One of the issues raised by the defendant hos[...]

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