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  • The Medical Center of Central Georgia, Inc. et al. v. Turner et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-09-19
    Practice Area: Medical Malpractice | Wrongful Death
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John Hall, Jacquelyn Clarke, Austin Atkinson, Pearson Cunningham, Michael Profit, (Hall Booth Smith, P.C.), Atlanta, Randolph Powell, Alexander Vey, (Huff Powell & Bailey), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Tracey Dellacona, (Dellacona Law Firm), Macon, Caleb Walker, Katherine McArthur, Lindsey Macon, (McArthur Law Firm), Macon, for appellee; Jason Bring, (Arnall, Golden, Gregory), Atlanta, William Rissler, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, Lisa Churvis, (Waldon Adelman Castilla Heistand & Prout), Atlanta, for AM.
    Case Number: A24A0378

    Court affirms $9.2 million jury verdict for medical malpractice and wrongful death, rejecting defendants' arguments as to causation and excess damages

  • Estate of Tomlinson et al. v. Houston Healthcare

    Publication Date: 2024-09-16
    Practice Area: Health Care Law | Medical Malpractice
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Barnes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: N/a
    for defendant: N/a
    Case Number: A24A0704

    Court of partially reverses and partially affirms dismissal of an Estate's claims under the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA) and other causes of action

  • Reddy v. Belton et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-09-13
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Medical Malpractice
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Gobeil
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: N/a
    for defendant: N/a
    Case Number: A24A0816

    Court reverses partial summary judgment on the issues of duty and breach in a medical malpractice case because those issues were not properly raised or litigated in the motion

  • Wilson v. Arnold

    Publication Date: 2024-09-13
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Watkins
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: N/a
    for defendant: N/a
    Case Number: A24A0661

    Court vacates custody modification order in a child custody dispute because trial court found no material change in circumstances that would warrant modification

  • In the Matter of Anthony O. Van Johnson

    Publication Date: 2024-09-11
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lori Epps Anderson, Paula J. Frederick, Andreea N. Morrison, William Dallas NeSmith, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Michael John Puglise, (Puglise Law Firm PC), Snellville, for appellee; Samuel Jeffrey Rusbridge, (Dyer Rusbridge Argo, P.C.), Canton, for other party.
    Case Number: S24Y1070

    Court accepts Georgia attorney's voluntary petition for surrender of his law license in view of attorney's separate serious violations of the Georgia Rules of Professional Conduct

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  • Kathy Boone et al v. Vascular Surgical Associates, P.C., et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-09-04
    Practice Area: Medical Malpractice
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kristopher Alderman, Darren Summerville, (The Summerville Firm, LLC), Atlanta, Daniel Moriarty, (Green Sapp & Moriarty, LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: C. Childers, (Childers, Schlueter & Smith, LLC), Atlanta, Anna Fretwell, Mikell Reynolds, (Huff Powell Bailey), Atlanta, Robert Monyak, (Peters & Monyak, LLP), Atlanta, Neil Edwards, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, Max Wallace, (Conway Eader LLLP), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A0749

    Court affirms verdict in favor of medical professionals in a medical malpractice suit, upholding the validity of expert testimony and jury instructions

  • Wilson et al. v. Inthachak et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-08-21
    Practice Area: Medical Malpractice
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Markle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James Hudson, (Attorney), Douglas, Ranse Partin, William Owens, James Cox, (Conley Griggs Partin LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: William Dekle, Sandra Foster, Wiley Wasden, (Brennan, Wasden and Painter, LLC), Savannah, for appellee; Michael Bailey, (Huff, Powell & Bailey, LLC), Atlanta, Jarome Gautreaux, (Gautreaux Law, LLC), Macon, John Loftin, Gainesville, for other party.
    Case Number: A23A0398

    Court vacates summary judgment in medical misdiagnosis case, citing factual questions on emergency care and causation

  • Golden v. Floyd Healthcare Management, Inc. d/b/a Floyd Medical Center

    Publication Date: 2024-08-20
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Medical Malpractice
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice McMillian
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael Brian Terry, Jane D. Vincent, (Bondurant Mixson & Elmore, LLP), Atlanta, William Sims Stone, Ryals Drayton Stone, Michael George Regas, II, (The Stone Law Group – Trial), Atlanta, C Sutton Connelly, (Cook & Connelly), Summerville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Julius Winfrey Peek, Jr., Robert Thomas Monroe, Jason Bradley Sanker, Benjamin Pleas Stell, (McRae, Smith, Peek, Harman & Monroe, LLP), Rome, for appellant.
    Case Number: S24G0008

    Court reverses dismissal of medical malpractice renewal action, holding that COVID emergency orders tolled statute of repose.

  • In the Matter of Susan Michele Brown.

    Publication Date: 2024-08-19
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Teresa Elizabeth Lazzaroni, Lupo, (Hawkins Parnell & Young, LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paula J. Frederick, Jenny K. Mittelman, William Dallas NeSmith, Andreea N. Morrison, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23Y1211

    Court rejects attorney's petition for voluntary discipline because her actions in her role as a trustee were outside of her legal practice and GRPC scope does not extend to her fiduciary actions.

  • Altine v. Eastside Medical Center, LLC

    Publication Date: 2024-08-16
    Practice Area: Evidence | Medical Malpractice
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Markle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Willard Bullock, Charles Cork, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, Wayne Grant, Kimberly Grant, (Grant Law Office), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Brian Mathis, Randolph Powell, Mikell Reynolds, Rachel Reed, Alexander Vey, (Huff Powell Bailey), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A0088

    Court affirms verdict favoring medical center, concluding that admission of evidence of a settlement with a surgeon was harmless