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$8.5M Georgia Medical Malpractice Verdict Affirmed On Appeal

July 23, 2023

$8.5M Malpractice Verdict Affirmed On Appeal: In its decision dated May 31, 2023, the Court of Appeals of Georgia affirmed a Georgia medical malpractice wrongful death jury verdict in the amount of $8,520,182.60 for the death of a woman who had an abdominal mass that she was not advised about that l[...]

Georgia Appellate Court Affirms Dismissal Of Claim Against Sperm Bank As Impermissble Wrong Birth Claim

July 9, 2019

The Court of Appeals of Georgia (“Georgia Appellate Court”) affirmed the dismissal of a claim against a sperm bank for the birth of a child with mental health issues, in its decision dated June 21, 2019. The Georgia Appellate Court held that the parents’ claims were for wrongful bi[...]

$26M Georgia Medical Malpractice Verdict Against Hospital For Patient’s Severe Brain Injury

January 6, 2018

A Georgia medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in the amount of $26 million against the defendant hospital on December 11, 2017 for the severe and permanent brain injury suffered by the plaintiff as a result of respiratory collapse that was allegedly due to the medical negligence of a physi[...]

Due To The Lack Of A Stitch, A Premature Baby Died

June 10, 2017

On May 10, 2017, the Court of Appeals of Georgia (“Georgia Appellate Court”) affirmed a Georgia medical malpractice verdict in excess of $4 million for the death of a premature baby that the Georgia medical malpractice jury determined was due to the medical negligence of the defendant ob[...]

Georgia Gynecologist Indicted For Running Pill Mill, Money Laundering

March 25, 2017

The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Georgia announced on March 7, 2017 that a 58-year-old Georgia gynecologist has been changed in a 176-count indictment with running a pill mill and with money laundering. If convicted of the criminal charges filed against him, the Georgia [...]

$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 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 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[...]

$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[...]

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[...]

$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[...]

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