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Georgia Supreme Court Holds Supervising Surgeon Can Be Held Liable For Medical Student’s Negligence Under General Agency Principles

May 15, 2025

Plaintiff alleged that the negligence of a medical student, who assisted in Plaintiff’s surgery by manipulating a sponge stick under the supervision of the defendant physicians, resulted in the defendant physicians improperly cutting her rectal wall. According to Plaintiff, that injury later devel[...]

Georgia Appellate Court Rules Hospital Entitled To COVID-19 Immunity In Medication Malpractice Case

May 6, 2025

Gregory Turner was admitted to Kennestone Hospital (“Hospital”) where he was diagnosed with COVID-19 on November 7, 2021. As part of his treatment, he was prescribed anticoagulants, including the medication Heparin, on November 15, 2021. The medication was ordered at 7:53 a.m., and an in[...]

$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[...]

Georgia Supreme Court Revives Doctor’s Defamation Lawsuit Against Lawyer

April 6, 2025

Background Facts Dr. Armin Oskouei, the owner of two medical facilities, filed a lawsuit alleging that Zachary Matthews, a defense attorney who represented clients in cases that tangentially involved the medical facilities, made defamatory statements suggesting that Oskouei performed “illegal” s[...]

Georgia Appellate Court Rules Nonemergency Medical Transportation Broker May Be Liable For Driver’s Negligence

March 24, 2025

LogistiCare Solutions, LLC received a trip request from Debra Jones for transportation to a medical appointment on July 20, 2018. Bethlehem Transportation, Inc., which had a contract with LogistiCare to provide such transportation, provided the requested transportation. Bethlehem’s driver, Cal[...]

Georgia Appellate Court Affirms Award Of Attorney Fees In Medical Malpractice Offer Of Settlement Case

March 22, 2025

The Court of Appeals of Georgia, in its January 31, 2025 opinion, affirmed the award of $1,990,567.69 in attorney fees and expenses under OCGA § 9-11-68, Georgia’s offer of settlement statute, in a stillborn medical malpractice case. Plaintiff Jullyene Santos Keitt, individually and as the natura[...]

Georgia Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Alleges Post-Surgery Patient Suffered Stroke Due To Medication Error

February 17, 2025

On December 18, 2024, a Georgia medical malpractice lawsuit was filed against a hospital and a nurse employed by the hospital arising out of the post-operative care that a patient received following his heart surgery on August 9, 2023. The lawsuit alleges that the nurse mishandled the vasopressor No[...]

Georgia Appellate Court Affirms $15M Medical Malpractice Wrongful Death Verdict For 80-Year-Old Man

February 1, 2025

On the morning of November 16, 2016, James Tapley underwent prostate surgery performed by Brian T. Geary, M.D. During the surgery, Tapley’s bladder was perforated, causing fluid to leak and his abdomen to swell. Because of Tapley’s comorbidities, Geary chose to try to drain the fluid instead of [...]

Georgia Appellate Court Affirms Steroids Medical Malpractice Case Filed Too Late

January 2, 2025

John Mohar filed a Georgia medical malpractice lawsuit against Dr. Jorge P. Leguizamo and his employer, Georgia Cancer Specialists I, P.C., alleging that the Defendants were negligent in failing to discontinue Mohar’s steroid prescription, resulting in symptoms related to long-term steroid use. Dr[...]

Georgia Appellate Court Revives EMTALA Screening Claim But Not EMTALA Stabilization Claim

December 18, 2024

The Estate of Minnie Lee Tomlinson, by and through its executrix, Cynthia Gouge Morrison, (the“Estate”) sued Houston Healthcare (the “Hospital”), alleging that when Tomlinson arrived at the Hospital’s emergency department in an unstable emergency medical condition resulting from her chroni[...]

Georgia Appellate Court Vacates Dismissal Of Legal Malpractice Case Alleging Botched Medical Malpractice Case

November 24, 2024

In 2018, Francis McQueen hired Clarence Long to represent her in a medical malpractice action against a nursing home. Specifically, McQueen alleged that professional negligence by employees of the facility resulted in her husband’s death. Long filed the nursing home malpractice action in March 201[...]

$9.2M Georgia Medical Malpractice Wrongful Death Verdict Upheld

October 23, 2024

Allen Turner died due to complications from a surgery to remove a polyp from his intestines. Following his death, his daughter, Norkesia Turner, sued Dr. William Thompson; Dr. Heather Nolan; and their employer, the Medical Center of Central Georgia, for medical malpractice and wrongful death. Follo[...]

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