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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$15M Award Jabs Emory Healthcare in Trial over Patient's Paralyzing Fall
May 3, 2016
Jurors Monday found Emory Healthcare liable for $15 million in damages for its role in the fall that paralyzed a patient during a routine blood draw.
Apr 28, 2016
Jurors will determine the amount Emory Healthcare owes a man for a paralyzing fall he suffered during a routine blood draw, as trial opened Tuesday against the healthcare provider.
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Mar 31, 2016
An emergency room doctor acted recklessly in treating a child’s diabetic complications, ultimately worsening brain swelling that led to her death, a pediatric physician told jurors Wednesday as trial continued in the suit against the ER doctor and...
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Mar 24, 2016
Whether an ER doctor recklessly engaged in “cell phone medicine” that caused a girl’s death from diabetes complications ignited a fiery debate between attorneys Wednesday as trial opened in a suit by the girl’s parents.
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VERDICT UPDATE: $1.2M Award Hits Hospital, ER Doc Cleared of Fault in Georgia Med Mal Stroke Case
Feb 26, 2016
Jurors begin deliberations this morning over responsibility for the strokes that left an emergency room patient with permanent brain damage, a day after closing arguments in which attorneys debated whether the ER staff properly treated the woman.
Feb 19, 2016
Attorneys Wednesday sparred over responsibility for the strokes that caused lifelong brain damage to a Georgia woman as trial opened in her husband’s suit against the emergency room physicians that treated her.
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Feb 11, 2016
Trial is scheduled to begin next week in a suit by a man who claims a Conyers hospital’s medical staff failed to properly treat his wife’s brain aneurysm in time to prevent a series of strokes that caused her life-long brain damage.
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Jan 14, 2016
Top defense attorneys won key CVN-covered trials throughout Georgia in 2015. CVN Georgia's 2015 Defense Attorney of the Year earned the honor going undefeated in two major medical malpractice trials in front of CVN cameras.
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