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  • Atlanta Women's Specialists, LLC et al. v. Trabue et al.

    Publication Date: 2020-10-19
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Medical Malpractice | Personal Injury
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Boggs
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David H. Flint, Michael David Flint, Jamie Lee Kastler, (Schreeder, Wheeler & Flint, LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: William Sims Stone, (Law Offices of William S. Stone), Blakely, Michael George Regas, (Stone Law Group LLC), Atlanta, Ryals Drayton Stone, (Boone & Stone), Atlanta, James William Stone, (The Stone Law Group – Trial Lawyers, LLC), Blakely, Michael Brian Terry, Naveen Ramachandrappa, (Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore, LLP), Atlanta, for appellee. Keri Fielder Conley, (Georgia Hospital Association), Marietta, Donald J. Palmisano, Jr., (Medical Association of Georgia), Atlanta, Tracy Morgan Baker, (Wellstar Health System, Inc.), Marietta, Judson Herben Turner, (Gilbert Harrell Sumerford & Martin, P.C.), Brunswick, Amy W. Adelman, (Emory University), Atlanta, David Christopher Hanson, Jessica To Holland, Paul E. Weathington, (Weathington McGrew, P.C.), Atlanta, William Thomas Worthy, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, Elizabeth McFall Leddy , (Piedmont Healthcare, INC.), Atlanta, for Amicus Appellant. Laurie Webb Daniel, Matthew D. Friedlander, (Holland & Knight, LLP), Atlanta, Leah Ward Sears, Colin Dang Delaney, (Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP), Atlanta, Daniel James Huff, Taylor Marie Tribble, (Huff, Powell & Bailey, LLC), Atlanta, for Other Party.
    Case Number: S19G1138

    Personal Injury Defendants Seeking Appportionment For Nonparty's Conduct Should Have Filed Pretrial Notice of Nonparty Fault

  • Janet Lee Graham Stanley et al. v. Floyd P. Garrett et al.

    Publication Date: 2020-10-14
    Practice Area: Medical Malpractice | Personal Injury
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Hungeling, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, Adam Rubenfield, (Hungeling Law, P.C.), Atlanta, Pearson Cunningham, (Hall Booth Smith), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Heather Ware, John Hall, Annalese Herndon, Pearson Cunningham, (Hall Booth Smith, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A0894

    Court affirms dismissal of professional negligence claim and grant of summary judgment dismissing a negligence claim where no legal duty or relationship existed

  • Thomas v. Meziere et al.

    Publication Date: 2020-09-30
    Practice Area: Medical Malpractice
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joseph King, (Joseph H. King, Jr. P.C.), Atlanta, Roger Krause, (Krause, Golomb & Witcher, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: James Banks, (Weathington McGrew LLC), Atlanta, Paul Weathington, David Hanson, (Weathington Smith, P. C.), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A0968

    Court affirms verdict for medical defendants in a malpractice/wrongful death action over plaintiff's contentions of trial court error

  • Houston Hospitals, Inc. v. Reeves et al.

    Publication Date: 2020-08-13
    Practice Area: Medical Malpractice
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Francesca Townsend, Daniel Huff, Julye Johns, Randolph Powell, (Huff, Powell & Bailey, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Caleb Walker, (Katherine L. McArthur, LLC), Macon, Katherine McArthur, (McArthur Law Firm), Macon, for appellee. Emmitte Griggs, (Chambless, Higdon & Carson), Macon, Terrell Benton, (Hall Booth Smith, P.C.), Atlanta, for other party.
    Case Number: A20A0459

    Court affirms denial of a hospital's motion to dismiss a negative credentialing tort claim where a plaintiff did not file an expert affidavit to support that claim

  • Haskins et al. v. Georgia Neurosurgical Institute, P. C. et al.

    Publication Date: 2020-07-29
    Practice Area: Medical Malpractice
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ronald Hallman, (Attorney at Law), Claxton, Berrien Sutton, (Attorney at Law), Homerville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Michael Bailey, Randolph Powell, (Huff, Powell & Bailey, LLC), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A0113

    Court affirms medical malpractice verdict in favor of a physician over injured patient's multiple contentions of evidentiary error by the trial court

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  • Emory University et al. v. Willcox

    Publication Date: 2020-07-23
    Practice Area: Evidence | Medical Malpractice
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Benjamin Ladner, Robert Stannard, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, John Fitzpatrick, Lamar Jost, (Wheeler Trigg O'Donnell, LLP), Denver, Michael Bailey, Erica Jansen, (Huff, Powell & Bailey, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher Graddock, Keenan Nix, (Morgan & Morgan, PA), Atlanta, Anna Cross, Darren Summerville, Maxwell Thelen, (The Summerville Firm, LLC), Atlanta, Kurt Kastorf, (Kastorf Law), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A0665

    Trial Court in Wrongful Death Case Did Not Abuse Its Discretion in Allowing Opinion Evidence Based on Incomplete Medical Records

  • Brown v. The Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia

    Publication Date: 2020-07-16
    Practice Area: Medical Malpractice
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Reese
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Edwin Wilson, (Frails & Wilson), Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher Carr, Atlanta, Angela Cusimano, Peter Fisher, (Georgia Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellee. Garrett Murphy, (Brennan, Wasden & Painter LLC), Augusta, for other party.
    Case Number: A20A0344

    Court affirms dismissal of medical malpractice claim because defendant did not include all required information in his ante litem notice

  • Evans et al. v. Rockdale Hospital, LLC

    Publication Date: 2020-05-19
    Practice Area: Damages | Medical Malpractice
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Barnes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lloyd Bell, (Bell Law Firm), Atlanta, Sidney Moore, (The Moore Law Firm, P.C.), Atlanta, James Wilson, (Attorney at Law), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Sharonda Boyce, Daniel Huff, Randolph Powell, (Huff, Powell & Bailey, LLC), Atlanta, for appellee. Heather McGrotty, (Weathington Mgrew PC), Atlanta, Paul Weathin, (Weathington Smith), Atlanta, for other party.
    Case Number: A18A0233

    Court vacates and remands zero damages award in medical malpractice case for determination of whether the verdict was void as inconsistent

  • Dietzen v. Radiology Associates of Atlanta, P.C. et al.

    Publication Date: 2020-04-20
    Practice Area: Medical Malpractice
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: McNeill Stokes, (Attorney at Law), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul Weathington, (Weathington Smith), Atlanta, David Hanson, (Weathington Smith, P. C.), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A2430

    Court affirms summary judgment for a medical practice on a malpractice claim because plaintiff's expert affidavit did not establish violation of a standard of care

  • Ouanzin et al. v. Coast Dental Services, Inc., et al.

    Publication Date: 2020-04-20
    Practice Area: Medical Malpractice
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Miller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Steven Beard, (Steven L. Beard, PC), Atlanta, Keith Bodoh, (Robertson, Bodoh & Nasrallah, LLP), Marietta, Charles Cork, (Attorney at Law), Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: John Autry, Matthew Coles, (Coles Barton LLP), Lawrenceville, Heather Ware, Heather Ware, Annalese Herndon, (Hall Booth Smith, P.C.), Atlanta, Frederick Gleaton, Laura Strong, (Owen Gleaton Egan Jones & Sweeney LLP), Atlanta, Thomas Broadwater, (Attorney at Law), Aiken, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A1691

    In Dental Malpractice Case, Trial Court Erred by Granting Dentist Defendants' Motion for a Directed Verdict; A Jury Could Have Determined Whether Doctor Complied With Standard of Care