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Georgia Appellate Court Revives Failure To Diagnose Lupus Medical Malpractice Wrongful Death Case

August 9, 2022

The Court of Appeals of Georgia (“Georgia Appellate Court”), in its May 19, 2022 opinion, revived a medical malpractice case alleging that the failure to diagnose lupus in a young patient led to her death, stating: “Having reviewed the allegations of the complaint, Dr. Putterman’[...]

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 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 Refuses To Enforce Hospital Arbitration Agreement

June 17, 2021

The Court of Appeals of Georgia (“Georgia Appellate Court”) stated in its opinion dated June 2, 2021: “what if—as in this case—a patient signs an indefinite arbitration agreement during one visit, later seeks admission for additional or other healthcare services, is represented[...]

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) [...]

Georgia Appellate Court Discusses Need For Expert Affidavit In Negligent Credentialing Cases

August 11, 2020

The Court of Appeals of Georgia (“Georgia Appellate Court”) stated in its opinion dated June 29, 2020, “This Court has not addressed whether an expert affidavit regarding negligent credentialing on the part of a hospital is necessary in addition to the expert affidavit filed agains[...]

Georgia Appellate Court Remands Medical Malpractice Case To Determine If Verdict Was Void As Inconsistent

May 12, 2020

The Court of Appeals of Georgia (“Georgia Appellate Court”) held in its opinion filed on March 30, 2020, “we vacate our original opinion, and applying the abuse-of-discretion standard of review set forth in Evans II, we affirm the trial court’s order to the extent that it denied [...]

Georgia Appellate Court Affirms Directed Verdict For Oral Surgeon In Dental Malpractice Case

March 8, 2020

The Court of Appeals of Georgia (“Georgia Appellate Court”), in its opinion dated February 14, 2020, affirmed a directed verdict in favor of the defendant oral surgeon at the conclusion of the plaintiff’s case in a Georgia dental malpractice case, stating, “In the absence of [...]

$875K Lasik Malpractice Verdict

May 28, 2016

On April 22, 2016, a Georgia medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in the amount of $875,000 in favor of the plaintiff who alleged that her Lasik surgery was improperly performed, resulting in significant and permanent injury to her eyesight that causes visual problems. The plaintiff, who [...]

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