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Georgia Supreme Court Refuses To Apply Damages Cap To Overall Wrongful Death Medical Malpractice Verdict

June 19, 2026

In May 2019, April S. Clark had surgery to remove an ovarian cyst, during which her bowel was perforated. Following the surgery, while under the care of Dr. Thomas Leigh, Dr. William Shirley, Dr. John Williams, and Dr. Thomas Woodyard, Clark experienced complications and ultimately died on June 27, [...]

Georgia Hospitalist Found Not Liable For Patient’s Death In Medical Malpractice Case

November 18, 2025

In September 2025, a Georgia medical malpractice jury found in favor of the defendant hospitalist in claims for medical malpractice wrongful death arising from the death of a 61-year-old patient who died in January 2020 from sepsis 15 days after having had surgery to remove a mass in his intestine. [...]

Georgia Appellate Court Reverses Summary Judgment For Medical Malpractice Defendants

November 10, 2025

Georgia Moton sued registered nurses Melanie Kinder, Rose White, and Betty Stokes, along with their employer Emory Healthcare, Inc.(“Emory”), alleging that the defendants inappropriately administered Dilantin through an intravenous (“IV”) line in Moton’s left hand instead of through a larg[...]

Georgia Supreme Court Upholds Constitutionality Of Treating Mentally Incompetent Medical Malpractice Plaintiffs Differently Than Mentally Incompetent Plaintiffs In Other Kinds Of Actions

October 20, 2025

Andreana Williams, as conservator for her mother Michelle Hewett, filed a medical malpractice action against Regency Hospital Company, LLC, Regency Hospital Company of Macon, LLC (“Regency”), and Regency’s employee Jacquita Baldwin, APRN. The defendants moved to dismiss based on the expira[...]

Georgia Appellate Court Applies Safe Harbor Provision In Allowing Renewed Medical Malpractice Complaint

July 23, 2025

In Georgia, a complaint seeking damages for professional malpractice under OCGA§ 9-11-9.1(a) requires the plaintiff “to file with the complaint an affidavit of an expert competent to testify, which affidavit shall set forth specifically at least one negligent actor omission claimed to exist and t[...]

Georgia Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Filed Against Hospital For 2-Year-Old’s Death Due To Delayed Treatment Of Allergic Reaction To Fire Ant Bites

May 27, 2025

On April 4, 2025, a Georgia medical malpractice wrongful death lawsuit was filed by the estate of a two-year-old, and her grieving parents, alleging that medical malpractice that occurred in an emergency department of a local hospital led to the unnecessary death of the young child. The lawsuit alle[...]

Georgia Supreme Court Revives Doctor’s Defamation Lawsuit Against Lawyer

April 6, 2025

Background Facts Dr. Armin Oskouei, the owner of two medical facilities, filed a lawsuit alleging that Zachary Matthews, a defense attorney who represented clients in cases that tangentially involved the medical facilities, made defamatory statements suggesting that Oskouei performed “illegal” s[...]

Georgia Appellate Court Affirms Award Of Attorney Fees In Medical Malpractice Offer Of Settlement Case

March 22, 2025

The Court of Appeals of Georgia, in its January 31, 2025 opinion, affirmed the award of $1,990,567.69 in attorney fees and expenses under OCGA § 9-11-68, Georgia’s offer of settlement statute, in a stillborn medical malpractice case. Plaintiff Jullyene Santos Keitt, individually and as the natura[...]

Georgia Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Alleges Post-Surgery Patient Suffered Stroke Due To Medication Error

February 17, 2025

On December 18, 2024, a Georgia medical malpractice lawsuit was filed against a hospital and a nurse employed by the hospital arising out of the post-operative care that a patient received following his heart surgery on August 9, 2023. The lawsuit alleges that the nurse mishandled the vasopressor No[...]

Georgia Appellate Court Vacates Dismissal Of Legal Malpractice Case Alleging Botched Medical Malpractice Case

November 24, 2024

In 2018, Francis McQueen hired Clarence Long to represent her in a medical malpractice action against a nursing home. Specifically, McQueen alleged that professional negligence by employees of the facility resulted in her husband’s death. Long filed the nursing home malpractice action in March 201[...]

$9.2M Georgia Medical Malpractice Wrongful Death Verdict Upheld

October 23, 2024

Allen Turner died due to complications from a surgery to remove a polyp from his intestines. Following his death, his daughter, Norkesia Turner, sued Dr. William Thompson; Dr. Heather Nolan; and their employer, the Medical Center of Central Georgia, for medical malpractice and wrongful death. Follo[...]

Georgia Supreme Court Rules COVID-19 Emergency Order Tolls Five-Year Statute Of Repose In Medical Malpractice Cases

September 3, 2024

The Supreme Court of Georgia stated in its July 2, 2024 decision “we conclude that Golden’s claims were not time-barred because the March 14 Order tolled OCGA § 9-3-71 (b), and that under these circumstances there is no impediment in the federal or Georgia Constitutions for the statute of r[...]

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