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$30M Georgia Medical Malpractice Birth Injury Verdict

July 28, 2022

$30M Malpractice Birth Injury Verdict: On July 22, 2022, a Georgia medical malpractice birth injury jury returned its verdict in the amount of $30 million in favor of the plaintiff in a case against a hospital and an obstetrician regarding the severe birth injuries suffered by a newborn during labor[...]

Georgia Appellate Court Revives Negligent Credentialing, Punitive Damages, And Attorney Fees Claims In Medical Malpractice Case

July 13, 2022

Court Revives Negligent Credentialing, Punitive Damages, And Attorney Fees Claims In Case: The Court of Appeals of Georgia stated in its April 29, 2022 opinion, “the trial court erred when it found that Calvin had offered no evidence (a) that Hamm was unqualified to provide the medical care sh[...]

Georgia Appellate Court Vacates $3M Medical Malpractice Wrongful Death Verdict Because Plaintiffs Lacked Standing

June 6, 2022

Georgia’s Wrongful Death Act (“the Act”), OCGA § 51-4-1 et seq., provides in § 51-4-2 (a): “[t]he surviving spouse or, if there is no surviving spouse, a child or children, either minor or sui juris, may recover for the homicide of the spouse or parent the full value of the life of the dec[...]

Georgia Appellate Court Affirms $12M Medical Malpractice Verdict Against OB For Baby’s Birth Injuries

May 15, 2022

Background Facts Terri Franklin began taking Benicar to treat her high blood pressure in February 2009. She learned that she was pregnant with Kendyl in August of 2010, and a friend recommended Alvin Sermons, M.D. as an obstetrician. Franklin testified that at her first appointment with Sermons, on [...]

Anesthesia Providers And Outpatient Surgery Centers Pay $28M To Resolve Kickback And False Claims Act Allegations

December 21, 2021

The U.S. Attorney’s Office Northern District of Georgia announced on November 9, 2021 that three anesthesia providers and several Georgia outpatient surgery centers, as well as their physician-owners and an administrator, agreed to pay more than $28 million to resolve allegations that they enter[...]

Georgia Appellate Court Rules Adult Child Has No Standing To File Wrongful Death Claim For Father’s Medical Malpractice Death

November 19, 2021

The Court of Appeals of Georgia (“Georgia Appellate Court”) held in its opinion dated October 18, 2021: “no Georgia statute or case gives adult children a right to file a wrongful death action to recover damages for the death of a parent even if a surviving spouse declines to exerc[...]

Georgia Appellate Court Finds One Of Three Of Plaintiff’s Medical Malpractice Experts Was Qualified And Raised An Issue Of Material Fact

July 27, 2021

The Court of Appeals of Georgia held in its opinion dated July 1, 2021: “given Dr. Peng’s willingness to prescribe anticoagulant therapies, his appreciation of the decedent’s pre-existing risk factors for DVT, and his understanding of the “significant” DVT risk associated with immobili[...]

Georgia Appellate Court Reverses Directed Verdict For Emergency Room Doctor

July 24, 2021

In its decision dated July 2, 2021, the Court of Appeals of Georgia (“Georgia Appellate Court”) reversed the directed verdict entered in favor of the defendant emergency room doctor and his employer in a Georgia medical malpractice case where the plaintiff had to have her leg amputated a[...]

Georgia Appellate Court Reverses Summary Judgment For Hospital And Nurse In Heart Attack Medical Malpractice Case

July 20, 2021

The Court of Appeals of Georgia (“Georgia Appellate Court”) held in its Opinion filed on June 16, 2021: “there is evidence suggesting that the patient warranted care his treating physician did not provide to him. Experts testified that Moss should have been placed on the Level II t[...]

Georgia Appellate Court Finds Son Not Authorized To Sign Nursing Home Arbitration Agreement For Father

July 16, 2021

The Court of Appeals of Georgia (“Georgia Appellate Court”) held in its opinion dated June 25, 2021, “Because we conclude that Jobe lacked the authority to sign the Arbitration Agreement on Ronald’s behalf, we reverse the trial court’s order compelling arbitration.” The U[...]

Georgia Appellate Court Affirms Failed Medical Battery Claim

June 5, 2021

The Court of Appeals of Georgia (“Georgia Appellate Court”) held in its opinion dated May 21, 2021 that the trial court was correct in entering summary judgment for the defendant in a case where the plaintiff alleged medical battery. The plaintiff had alleged that in March 2016, he under[...]

Georgia Surgeon Still Operates Despite Recent $3M Medical Malpractice Verdict, Settlements, And Pending Cases

May 10, 2021

A Northeast Georgia Health System (NGHS) surgeon who was the subject of a recent $3 million medical malpractice verdict also settled a medical malpractice case in December 2019 and has two pending medical malpractice cases against him (one filed in March 2019 and another that was filed in May 2020) [...]

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