Georgia medical malpractice attorney Archives

$4M Georgia Medical Malpractice Verdict Affirmed For Death Of 15-Month-Old Child Who Ingested A Button Battery

November 8, 2025

On November 19, 2014, 15-month-old Alex Clinkscales died after a button battery eroded through his esophagus. His parents, individually and as the administrators of his estate, filed their Georgia medical malpractice action against the boy’s pediatrician, Dr. Susan McWhirter, and her pediatric pra[...]

Georgia Supreme Court Dodges Deciding Constitutionality Of Caps On Wrongful Death Damages

August 22, 2025

After Allen Turner died from surgical complications, his daughter, Norkesia Turner (“Turner”), sued Drs. William Thompson and Heather Nolan, as well as their employer, the Medical Center of Central Georgia, Inc.(collectively, “MCCG”), for medical malpractice and wrongful death. The action pr[...]

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 Rules No Expert Affidavit Required For Fall Claim Against Medical Assistant

July 28, 2024

On September 3, 2020, Joseph Griffin visited The Emory Clinic, Inc. (“Emory”) for a regular medical examination with Dr. David R. Propp, his long-term physician. Before being seen by Dr. Propp, Griffin was taken by Anna Smith, Dr. Propp’s medical assistant, to get weighed. Griffin [...]

$8.5M Georgia Mental Health Malpractice Verdict For Suicide

December 17, 2023

In October 2023, a Georgia mental health malpractice jury returned its verdict in the amount of $8.5 million for the suicide death of a patient being treated with anti-anxiety and antidepressant medications but was not properly monitored by his primary care physician while taking the prescribed medi[...]

Georgia Medical Malpractice Verdict For Kidney Failure

June 19, 2012

On May 18, 2012, a medical malpractice jury in Georgia awarded just over $1 million to a man who had filed a medical malpractice lawsuit that claimed that his doctor had failed to order necessary blood tests and urine tests that should have been ordered and would have prevented the patient fro[...]

Georgia Medical Malpractice Physician Complaints And Disciplinary Actions

October 20, 2011

As of December 30, 2010, there were 30,581 actively licensed physicians in the State of Georgia including 1,781 new licenses issued, which represented an increase of 11.3% from the prior year. As of September 15, 2011, the number of licensed Georgia physicians had risen to 31,193 (Source). The Geor[...]

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