Georgia Medical Malpractice Archives - Page 14 of 16

Georgia Senate Bill Seeks To Replace Juries With Review Panels In Medical Malpractice Cases

February 10, 2015

Despite the Georgia Constitution that provides “The right to trial by jury shall remain inviolate …” and further provides “No person shall be deprived of the right to prosecute or defend, either in person or by an attorney, that person’s own cause in any of the courts[...]

Georgia Appellate Court Discusses Medical Malpractice Expert Qualification Issue

December 12, 2014

In its decision dated November 21, 2014, the Court of Appeals of Georgia (“Court of Appeals”) addressed the issue whether a certified nurse midwife (“CNM”) was qualified to offer expert testimony on the standard of care applicable to the defendant hospital’s RNs. In par[...]

Georgia Medical Malpractice Defense Verdict For Neurosurgeon

November 28, 2014

Earlier this month, after three days of trial and two-and-a-half hours of jury deliberations, a Fulton County, Georgia medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in favor of a neurosurgeon who had been sued for allegedly contributing to his patient’s death shortly after spine surgery. The p[...]

$8.45M Georgia Medical Malpractice Verdict For Birth Injury

November 8, 2014

On October 21, 2014, a Georgia medical malpractice jury awarded $8.45 million for the birth injuries suffered during a 2008 delivery when the hospital where the baby was delivered failed to provide the newborn with a breathing tube for eight, long minutes, allegedly due to the hospital’s p[...]

New Study Finds Medical Malpractice Caps Lead To Higher Rates Of Preventable Patient Safety Events In Hospitals

November 4, 2014

A recently published study found that medical malpractice caps on noneconomic damages, which have been enacted in many states in the United States, have reduced the risk of medical malpractice litigation in those states, which has led to higher rates of preventable adverse patient safety events in[...]

Georgia Nurse Midwife Malpractice Lawsuit Alleges Botched Circumcision

October 4, 2014

The mother of a now one-year-old child is suing a pediatric clinic and nurse midwife, accusing the nurse midwife of medical negligence while circumcising her son on October 3, 2013. The nurse midwife malpractice lawsuit was filed in Georgia on September 25, 2014 and alleges that the nurse midwi[...]

$1M Georgia Medical Malpractice Verdict For Botched Breast Augmentation Surgery

August 4, 2014

On May 21, 2010, a 31-year-old woman went to a “laser & surgery” clinic located in a Georgia shopping center that advertised with a discount coupon placed in a local newspaper for breast augmentation surgery at the low price of $3,500. The woman’s subsequent medical malpracti[...]

Georgia Court Of Appeals Reverses Medical Malpractice Defense Verdict

July 20, 2014

In an opinion filed on July 15, 2014, the Court of Appeals of Georgia (“Court of Appeals”) reversed a defense verdict in a Georgia medical malpractice case because the trial judge failed to advise the plaintiffs regarding a jury note he received after the lunch recess on the first day of[...]

$1.5M Georgia Medical Malpractice Verdict For Botched Lap Chole

June 28, 2014

On June 23, 2014, a Georgia medical malpractice jury awarded $1.5 million to a 30-year-old man who suffered permanent, life-changing injuries as a result of negligently performed lap chole surgery. The man alleged that he suffered a severe ischemic injury to his femoral and sciatic nerves and has pe[...]

More Than 2,500 Georgia Doctors Do Not Have Medical Malpractice Insurance

June 9, 2014

More than 2,500 doctors in Georgia do not have medical malpractice insurance, representing just under 8% of the total number of doctors licensed in Georgia. Some of the Georgia uninsured doctors have histories of illegal drug use, sexual misconduct, patient deaths, and other serious misconduct. A la[...]

Georgia Radiology Technician Guilty Of Falsifying More Than 1,200 Mammograms

April 20, 2014

A former Georgia radiology technician who worked in a local hospital pleaded guilty and received a 6-month jail sentence for allegedly entering the results from more than 1,200 mammograms as negative. Ten women whose mammogram results were entered by the technician as negative had breast cancer at [...]

Georgia Judge Increases $3M Medical Malpractice Verdict To Nearly $4.5M

February 11, 2014

On February 4, 2014, a Georgia judge determined that the plaintiffs’ medical malpractice verdict in the amount of $3 million for a baby’s permanent and severe brain damage suffered as a result of alleged medical malpractice shortly after his birth will be increased to almost $4.5 millio[...]

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