• Coto et al. v. Trustees of Bridges of Hope Charitable Trust et al.

    Publication Date: 2020-04-23
    Practice Area: Health Care Law | Wrongful Death
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Coomer
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Andrew Lavoie, Gerald Edenfield, Susan Cox, (Edenfield, Cox, Bruce & Classens, PC), Statesboro, Ray Smith, (Attorney at Law), Richmond Hill, for appellant.
    for defendant: Warner Fox, Joseph Wieseman, (Hawkins Parnell Thackston & Young, LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A19A2159

    Wrongful Death Plaintiff Seeking Confidential Treatment Facility Information Failed to Comply With Federal Regulatory Notice Requirement

  • Baker v. Atlantic States Insurance Company

    Publication Date: 2020-04-21
    Practice Area: Discovery | Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kathryn Gentle, (Lloyd & Hogan PC), Birmingham, Eric Maxwell, (Attorney at Law), Fayetteville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Samantha Mandell, Michael Kendall, (Kendall Mandell LLC), Douglasville, for appellee. Sylvia Cobb, (Law Offices of Andrews and Manganiello/Geico Staff Counsel), Tucker, for other party.

    Case Number: A19A2337

    Trial Court Retained Jurisdiction to Enter a Written Sanction Award After Announcing Decision to Grant Attorneys' Fees and Costs at Hearing

  • 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

  • Lynn v. Lowndes County Health Services, LLC

    Publication Date: 2020-04-15
    Practice Area: Dispute Resolution | Government | Medical Malpractice
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Miller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christopher Connor, (Connor & Connor LLC), Augusta, Kenneth Connor, Anne Moore, (Connor & Connor LLC), Aiken, Scott Gwartney, (Brooks Leboeuf Foster Gwartney Leace & Hobbs), Tallahassee, for appellant.
    for defendant: Alphonso Howell, Gregory Talley, (Coleman Talley LLP), Valdosta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A19A2057

    Parent Lacked Authority to Enter Into Arbitration Agreement on Behalf of Her Disabled Son

  • Rhoades v. McCormack et al.

    Publication Date: 2020-03-13
    Practice Area: Medical Malpractice
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McMillian
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: George Phillips, (Dozier Law Firm), Macon, Michael Hill, (Mayo Hil), Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: John Autry, Matthew Coles, (Coles Barton LLP), Lawrenceville, for appellee.

    Case Number: A19A1751

    Court affirms directed verdict in favor of a surgeon in a medical malpractice case due to lack of evidence of a specific negligent act

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  • Giddens v. The Medical Center of Central Georgia

    Publication Date: 2020-03-11
    Practice Area: Medical Malpractice
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Laura Shamp, Joshua Silk, (Shamp Speed Jordan Woodward), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Roy Meeks, Amanda Speier, (Taylor English Duma LLP), Atlanta, for appellee. Michael Bailey, (Huff, Powell & Bailey, LLC), Atlanta, for other party.

    Case Number: A19A2439

    Nurses Had a Duty to Assure That Patient Received Antibiotic Before Surgery; Court Reverses Grant of Summary Judgment to Medical Center on Professional Negligence Claim

  • United Cerebral Palsy of Georgia, Inc. et al. v. Georgia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities et al.

    Publication Date: 2020-01-24
    Practice Area: Health Care Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Barnes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lawrence Bracken, Eric Taylor, Laura Wagner, Ra Amen, (Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP), Atlanta, Daniel Millman, (Hunton & Williams LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jason Alloy, Joshua Belinfante, Alexander Denton, Joseph Saul, (Robbins Ross Alloy Belinfante Littlefield, LLC), Atlanta, Christopher Carr, (Attorney General), Atlanta, Annette Cowart, (Georgia Department of Law), Atlanta, Shalen Nelson, (Senior Assistant Attorney General), Atlanta, Michelle LeGrande, (Assistant Attorney General), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A19A2203

    Department of Community Health Needs to Clarify its Rationale for Decision in Dispute Over Medicaid Reimbursements to Service Providers

  • Seay et al. v. Valdosta Kidney Clinic, LLC et al.

    Publication Date: 2020-01-23
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Wrongful Death
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Mercier
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Steven Beard, (Steven L. Beard, PC), Atlanta, Charles Cork, (Attorney at Law), Decatur, Robert Howell, (Attorney at Law), Moultrie, for appellant.
    for defendant: Alphonso Howell, Gregory Talley, (Coleman Talley LLP), Valdosta, Andrew Wilkes, Irving Drought, (Oliver Maner LLP), Savannah, for appellee.

    Case Number: A19A1992

    Plaintiff can be added to a wrongful death claim after expiration of statute of limitations when that plaintiff's claim relates back to the original complaint

  • Cobb Hospital, Inc. d/b/a Wellstar Cobb Hospital et al. v. Department of Community Health et al.

    Publication Date: 2020-01-16
    Practice Area: Administrative Law
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Armando Luis Basarrate, David Boone Darden, Elizabeth M. Kitchens, (Parker Hudson Rainer & Dobbs, LLP), Atlanta, Robert D. Ingram, David Patrick Conley, (Moore, Ingram, Johnson & Steele, LLP), Marietta, appellant.
    for defendant: Isaac Byrd, Daniel Stephen Walsh, Forrest Geoffrey Pearce, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Roxana Dehnad Tatman, Rachel L King, (Georgia Department of Community Health), Atlanta, Frank Berry, (Department of Community), Atlanta, Robert Charles Threlkeld, Elliott Leigh Coward, (Morris Manning & Martin, LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S19G1007

    Hospital entity had properly preserved its constitutional challenge to an administrative body's ruling by raising it during the administrative proceedings

  • Ortho Sport & Spine Physicians Savannah, LLC v. Chappuis et al.

    Publication Date: 2020-01-09
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Yasha Heidari, Yenniffer Delgado, (Heidari Power Law Group LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thurbert Baker, Mark Trigg, Uchenna Ekuma-Nkama, Mark Silver, (Dentons US LLP), Atlanta, Scott Bonder, Joseph White, Matthew Kahn, (Fried & Bonder, LLC), Atlanta, Richard Sanders, (The Sanders Law Firm, P.C.), Atlanta, Jeffrey Mustari, (Southern Health Lawyers, LLC (a Sanders & Mustari Law Firm)), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A17A1408

    Court remands case for evaluation of motion to strike scandalous matter under the correct legal standard