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$3.5M Georgia Medical Malpractice Verdict For Negligent IVC Filter Surgery

March 5, 2024

A Georgia medical malpractice jury returned its verdict on December 20, 2023 in favor of the plaintiff in the amount of $3.2 million and an additional $308,000 in favor of the plaintiff’s wife for the serious harm suffered by the husband as a result of alleged negligent inferior vena cava (IVC[...]

Georgia Appellate Court Denies Relief To Medical Malpractice Defendants From Requirement To Post Supersedeas Bond After Verdict Against Them

January 28, 2024

Following a Georgia medical malpractice jury trial, the trial court entered judgment on February 9, 2023 against Athens Heart in the amount of $4,363,000 plus court costs and post-judgment interest. Ten days later, Athens Heart filed a motion for new trial, and the plaintiff (Molina) filed an “Eme[...]

$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[...]

$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[...]

$9M Georgia Medical Malpractice Verdict For Child’s Hand Injury Due To Too Tight Splint

May 29, 2023

$9 Million Dollar Verdict For Child’s Hand Injury: A Georgia medical malpractice jury deliberated for two days after a six-day trial in early April 2023 before returning its verdict in the amount of $9 million for the serious and permanent injuries a 7-year-old suffered as a result of a splint[...]

$75 Million Georgia Medical Malpractice Verdict Against Radiologist And ER Physician For Locked-In Syndrome

October 26, 2022

$75 Million Verdict For Locked-In Syndrome: Earlier this month, a Georgia medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in favor of a medical malpractice plaintiff who suffered locked-in syndrome due to the medical negligence of the ER physician and a radiologist who failed to timely diagnose his br[...]

Georgia Appellate Court Vacates $3M Medical Malpractice Wrongful Death Verdict Because Plaintiffs Lacked Standing

June 6, 2022

Georgia’s Wrongful Death Act (“the Act”), OCGA § 51-4-1 et seq., provides in § 51-4-2 (a): “[t]he surviving spouse or, if there is no surviving spouse, a child or children, either minor or sui juris, may recover for the homicide of the spouse or parent the full value of the life of the dec[...]

Georgia Appellate Court Affirms $12M Medical Malpractice Verdict Against OB For Baby’s Birth Injuries

May 15, 2022

Background Facts Terri Franklin began taking Benicar to treat her high blood pressure in February 2009. She learned that she was pregnant with Kendyl in August of 2010, and a friend recommended Alvin Sermons, M.D. as an obstetrician. Franklin testified that at her first appointment with Sermons, on [...]

Georgia Surgeon Still Operates Despite Recent $3M Medical Malpractice Verdict, Settlements, And Pending Cases

May 10, 2021

A Northeast Georgia Health System (NGHS) surgeon who was the subject of a recent $3 million medical malpractice verdict also settled a medical malpractice case in December 2019 and has two pending medical malpractice cases against him (one filed in March 2019 and another that was filed in May 2020) [...]

$3M Georgia Medical Malpractice Wrongful Death Verdict For Bowel Perforation During Laparoscopic Surgery

April 18, 2021

On March 23, 2021, a Georgia medical malpractice wrongful death jury awarded $3 million for the death of a woman who died on May 7, 2016 from peritonitis resulting from a small intestine perforation caused during laparoscopic abdominal surgery. The Georgia medical malpractice wrongful death lawsuit [...]

$1M Georgia Medical Malpractice Verdict For Botched Cholesectomy Requiring Liver Transplant

January 17, 2020

In November 2019, a Georgia medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in the amount of one million dollars, which included over $320,000 in medical expenses and lost wages for the plaintiff. The defendants were the general surgeon who performed the laparoscopic cholesectomy on the plaintiff and [...]

Georgia Supreme Court Affirms Stroke Victim’s Zero Award For Noneconomic Damages In Medical Malpractice Case

November 21, 2019

On October 7, 2019, the Supreme Court of Georgia (“Georgia Supreme Court”) affirmed a medical malpractice verdict in favor of the plaintiff stroke victim where the jury found in her favor and awarded $1,196,288.97 for past medical expenses, but awarded her zero damages for future medical[...]

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