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Georgia Medical Malpractice Defense Verdict In Preeclampsia Case

June 4, 2013

On March 8, 2013, a Richmond County, Georgia Superior Court medical malpractice jury found in favor of the two medical malpractice defendant doctors in a case involving a patient who lost her vision due to preeclampsia. The husband and wife medical malpractice plaintiffs alleged in their medical m[...]

Georgia $5 Million Medical Malpractice Verdict For Amputation of Both Legs

October 1, 2012

On September 24, 2012, after more than one week of trial and over two-and-a-half hours of deliberations, a Georgia medical malpractice jury returned a verdict in the amount of $5 million for a woman who had both of her legs amputated below the knees as a result of what the jury found to be medica[...]

What Is Medical Malpractice? (Florida, Nevada, Arizona, Georgia, Connecticut)

September 9, 2012

What is medical malpractice? Here are the “official” definitions of medical malpractice from Florida, Nevada, Arizona, Georgia, and Connecticut: Florida 456.50 Repeated medical malpractice.— (1) (g) “Medical malpractice” means the failure to practice medicine in accordance with the[...]

Update Concerning Man Charged In New Hampshire Hepatitis C Outbreak

July 28, 2012

In an update to our blog posting on July 22, 2012 entitled, “New Hampshire Med Tech Charged In Hep C Outbreak,” it has been revealed that the man allegedly responsible for causing a hepatitis C outbreak at Exeter Hospital in New Hampshire that infected more than 30 patients was fire[...]

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 Verdict Due To Death During A Threesome

June 4, 2012

A Georgia medical malpractice jury on May 29, 2012 awarded $3 million to the survivors of a 31-year-old husband/father of two after a seven-day trial involving allegations that the man’s cardiologist committed medical malpractice that caused or contributed to his death that occurred during a t[...]

Georgia Medical Malpractice Claim For Death Of Undocumented Immigrant

April 4, 2012

The surviving wife of an “undocumented” Mexican immigrant has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the U.S. government for the death of her husband while he was in the custody of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). The federal lawsuit claims that the U.S. governmen[...]

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[...]

Georgia’s Supreme Court: A Bright Light For Medical Malpractice Rights

August 20, 2011

On March 22, 2010, the Supreme Court of Georgia courageously and correctly held as unconstitutional the Georgia Legislature’s attempt to cap (limit) the amount of noneconomic damages that juries in Georgia could award in medical malpractice cases because the cap encroached on the constituti[...]

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