Med Mal Trial Over Knee Surgery Patient's Death to Begin Next Week
Nov 3, 2016
Trial is scheduled to begin Monday against an Atlanta-area anesthesiologist accused of negligence that led to the death of a woman after her knee replacement.
Nov 2, 2016
Jurors Wednesday cleared a South Florida psychiatrist of responsibility for the brain damage a cardiologist says he suffered as the result of electroshock treatments the psychiatrist delivered without proper consent.
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Oct 25, 2016
A cardiologist who claims he suffered career-ending brain injuries from botched electroshock treatments incurred up to about $29 million in economic damages, an economist told jurors Monday, as the cardiologist’s attorneys rested their case in chi...
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Oct 18, 2016
A Florida cardiologist suffered devastating brain damage from botched electroshock therapy, the cardiologist’s lawyer claimed as a $27 million trial began Thursday against the psychiatrist who oversaw the treatments.
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Watch Philip Henry's Closing at Med Mal Trial Over the "Most Overwhelming" Injuries in Hospital's History
Sep 30, 2016
Arguing pain and suffering damages presents a unique problem to a plaintiffs' attorney: how to measure that amount in a way that resonates with jurors. In Marion v. North Fulton Hospital, Henry Spiegel Milling's Philip Henry delivered a closing ar...
Sep 28, 2016
The mother of an urban planner who suffered catastrophic, ultimately fatal, brain damage less than an hour after walking into an emergency room with breathing problems settled a claim against two of the ER doctors who treated her, ending trial in ...
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Sep 22, 2016
Attorneys argued why an Atlanta urban planner suffered ultimately fatal brain damage less than an hour after walking into an emergency room in 2010, as trial opened Wednesday against two ER doctors who treated her.
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Jul 21, 2016
Jurors Thursday cleared two doctors of liability for the death of a hospital patient who went into cardiac arrest hours after being seen by the doctors for severe swelling in his neck.
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Expert Says Infection, Not Negligence, Killed Hospital Patient, as Med Mal Trial Continues
Jul 20, 2016
An infectious disease expert told jurors Monday that a hospital patient likely died from infection that overwhelmed his suppressed immune system, and not medical error, as trial entered its second week against two doctors who treated him.
Jul 14, 2016
Attorneys Tuesday debated whether doctor error or sepsis stemming from a terminal bone marrow disease killed a hospital patient, as trial began against two specialists who treated him.
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Jul 8, 2016
Jurors next week will consider whether medical negligence or a vicious infection caused the death of a man who first came to a Marietta emergency room with head and neck swelling, as trial is scheduled to open against the medical staff that treate...
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May 25, 2016
Sometimes a life care plan can provide unexpected ammunition for a case beyond the numbers involved. In Nelson v. Emory Healthcare, defense questions about a life care expert’s failure to bargain hunt led to a pointed plaintiff’s closing and an ei...
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