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Georgia Appellate Court Finds Medical Malpractice Expert Affidavit Sufficient, Revives Dismissed Case

October 23, 2026

In Georgia medical malpractice cases, OCGA § 9-11-9.1(a) requires that the plaintiff file with the complaint an affidavit of an expert competent to testify, which affidavit shall set forth specifically at least one negligent act or omission claimed to exist and the factual basis for each such claim[...]

Georgia Appellate Court Affirms Defendant Medical Malpractice Doctors Were Not Employees Of Defendant Hospital

August 23, 2026

In September 2020, decedent James Lewis’s surviving children filed suit in Fulton County Superior Court against more than a dozen defendants, including Emory Healthcare, Inc. and various providers at an Emory Hospital, WHS, Windy Hill Hospital, Kennestone Hospital, Inc., Nazim Syed, M.D., and Nagi[...]

$22M Georgia Medical Malpractice Verdict For Man Whose CT Scan Was Cancelled Because He Was Unable To Lie Still Following Car Accident

July 10, 2026

A 71-year-old man and his wife were in a car accident in September 2018 when their vehicle was rear-ended. The man was transported to the hospital where he complained of neck, back, and chest pain. The emergency room doctor ordered a CT scan of the man’s neck but the man was unable to lie stil[...]

Georgia Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Alleges Robotic Hysterectomy Went Terribly Wrong

July 8, 2026

A Georgia medical malpractice lawsuit filed against a surgeon and a hospital in Georgia alleges that the plaintiff had gone into the hospital for what was supposed to be a same-day stay for a robotic hysterectomy but turned into a three-month hospital stay. She alleges that she was in a coma after t[...]

Georgia Supreme Court Denies Certiorari Regarding Medical Malpractice Jury Instruction Issue

March 22, 2026

The Supreme Court of Georgia denied a petition for certiorari in a medical malpractice case in which the Petitioner argued that the trial court was required to instruct the jury on how to evaluate testimony about a medical expert’s personal practices as part of the jury’s overall assessment of t[...]

Georgia Appellate Court Orders New Trial For OB/GYN’s Medical Malpractice Defense Verdict, For Failure To Strike Juror

March 18, 2026

In its January 22, 2026 Opinion, the Court of Appeals of Georgia ordered a new trial in a medical malpractice case that had resulted in a defense verdict, where the trial court erred in refusing to remove a juror for cause. The Georgia appellate court stated: “Under these particular facts and [...]

Georgia Appellate Court Affirms Medical Malpractice Defense Verdict

November 9, 2025

Robert J. Smith and Henry J. Smith, as surviving sons of Barbara Smith and personal representatives of her estate, filed a Georgia medical malpractice action against Phillipe Gadegbeku, M.D., Nabil Muhanna, M.D., and their respective employers. The Plaintiffs alleged the Defendants failed to provide[...]

$6.5M Georgia Medical Malpractice Verdict Affirmed

August 11, 2025

In 2018, Dr. Bradford Wall, a partner at Georgia Bone & Joint Surgeons, P. C. (“GBJ”), performed a successful total knee replacement on Margaret Keel. During her overnight stay at GBJ, she was prescribed narcotic pain medications for herrecovery. The narcotics can slow a patient’s breathin[...]

$70M Georgia Medical Malpractice Verdict For Woman Who Had Both Legs Amputated Due To Medical Negligence

July 10, 2025

A Georgia medical malpractice jury recently returned a verdict in the amount of $70 million against three physicians that the young female plaintiff alleged were negligent in their treatment of her sepsis and shock, leading to the amputation of both of her legs above the knees. The then 28-year-old [...]

$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 Appellate Court Partially Revives Pharmacy Malpractice Case

August 4, 2024

Stacy McGee filed a complaint against Publix Supermarkets and Dr. Olujimi Oluwole for professional malpractice to recover for injuries she sustained after being prescribed a medication that she was allergic to. The trial court granted Publix’s motion to dismiss the complaint for failure to file an[...]

Georgia Appellate Court Holds Five-Year Statute Of Repose Applies To Chiropractor Malpractice Claim

February 9, 2024

The Court of Appeals of Georgia stated in its December 4, 2023 opinion: “The central question in this appeal is whether a professional negligence action alleging breach of the standard of care by a chiropractor is subject to the five-year statute of repose applicable to actions for medical mal[...]

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