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Georgia Appellate Court Holds Gross Negligence Standard Applies To Shoulder Dystocia Injury During Delivery

November 15, 2020

The Court of Appeals of Georgia (“Georgia Appellate Court”) held in its opinion dated October 23, 2020 in a Georgia medical malpractice birth injury case where the baby suffered injuries due to shoulder dystocia that occurred during labor and delivery: “Because the injury took plac[...]

Georgia Supreme Court Revives Some Claims Against Sperm Bank

October 31, 2020

The Supreme Court of Georgia (“Georgia Supreme Court”), in its decision filed on September 28, 2020, revived some claims against a sperm bank, stating: “Wendy and Janet Norman allege that Xytex Corporation, a sperm bank, sold them human sperm under false pretenses about the charact[...]

Atlanta Medical Malpractice Defense Verdict For Failure To Perform Cerclage On Pregnant Woman

January 10, 2020

On December 13, 2019, an Atlanta medical malpractice jury deliberated for about an hour before returning a defense verdict in favor of an OB/GYN, a maternal fetal medicine specialist, and a nurse-midwife. The plaintiff had alleged that the defendants failed to perform a cerclage procedure for her in[...]

Georgia Couple’s Lawsuit Alleges Hospital Flushed Their Stillborn Fetus Down The Toilet

March 26, 2019

A Georgia couple is suing a Georgia hospital for $2 million, alleging that in May 2018, while the woman was 16 weeks pregnant, she went to the defendant hospital where she delivered her stillborn fetus while sitting on the toilet in the hospital ER, and that a nurse and doctor then flushed the fetus[...]

Georgia Appellate Court Reverses Medical Malpractice Defense Verdict Due To Inadmissible Hearsay

March 25, 2019

The Court of Appeals of Georgia (“Georgia Appellate Court”), in its opinion filed on March 12, 2019, reversed a Georgia medical malpractice defense verdict because the trial court had allowed inadmissible evidence “used to unfairly impeach [the plaintiff’s] expert witness as [...]

$4.7M Georgia Medical Malpractice Verdict For Failure To Check Central Line Placement

February 19, 2019

On January 31, 2019, a Georgia medical malpractice jury returned a $4.7 million verdict in favor of a woman whose lower right leg was permanently damaged when medication was administered in the ICU through a central line that was misplaced in the emergency room. The emergency room doctor who placed [...]

Georgia Appellate Court Finds “New Injury” In Reviving Cancer Misdiagnosis Medical Malpractice Case

November 6, 2018

The Court of Appeals of Georgia applied the “new injury” exception to Georgia’s two-year statute of limitations in medical malpracice cases in allowing a cancer malpractce case to proceed. Georgia’s Two-Year Medical Malpractice Statute Of Limitations OCGA § 9-3-71 (a) requir[...]

Georgia Medical Malpractice Defendants Suffer Loss Of Defenses In Botched Circumcision Case

July 26, 2018

A Georgia judge has struck the defenses of some of the defendants in a Georgia medical malpractice case in which the plaintiff alleges that the defendants negligently performed a circumcision on her 18-day-old son, because the defendants failed to preserve crutial evidence despite being on notice th[...]

Defense Verdict In Georgia Medical Malpractice Case Alleging Loss Of Eye

May 1, 2018

A Fulton County, Georgia medical malpractice jury returned a defense verdict on April 18, 2018 in a Georgia medical malpractice case in which the father of a minor alleged that the medical negligence of the defendant ophthalmologist resulted in his son losing his eyesight in his right eye. The Georg[...]

Georgia Appellate Court Reverses Jury’s Zero Award For Noneconomic Damages In Medical Malpractice Case

April 23, 2018

The Court of Appeals of Georgia (“Georgia Appellate Court”) held in its opinion filed on April 12, 2018 that the Georgia medical malpractice jury’s zero award for the plaintiff’s noneconomic damages in a case where the jury found the defendant hospital 51% at fault and the pl[...]

Georgia Supreme Court Holds Ordinary Negligence Jury Instruction Improper In Medical Malpractice Case

March 22, 2018

The Supreme Court of Georgia (“Georgia Supreme Court”) held in its opinion filed on March 5, 2018 that a very strong case of medical malpractice does not become a case of ordinary negligence simply due to the egregiousness of the medical malpractice, and the Georgia Court of Appeals erre[...]

Georgia Supreme Court Discusses Medical Expert Qualifications In Medical Malpractice Cases

July 27, 2015

The Supreme Court of Georgia issued an opinion on July 13, 2015 discussing Georgia’s requirements concerning medical experts who testify in Georgia medical malpractice cases: in particular, what sort of experience is required of a practicing surgeon who is offered as an expert witness in a [...]

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