Gross Negligence Caused Urban Planner's Fatal Brain Damage, Attorney Says as Trial Against ER Docs Opens
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.
Sep 21, 2016
In this medical malpractice case, plaintiffs claim defendant health care providers failed to meet the appropriate standard of care inangio treating Elmyra Jemison, who died after her emergency room admission allegedly suffering from angioneurotic ...
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Aug 2, 2016
Plaintiff Brittany Hickman alleged that she was nearly paralyzed in 2012 when DJ Steve Aoki leapt from above the stage onto an inflatable raft held up by fans in the audience, trapping her underneath and knocking her unconscious. Hickman, who was ...
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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 11, 2016
In this medical malpractice suit, Sandra Harper, claims defendant healthcare providers failed to meet their applicable standard of care, which caused the death of Kenneth Harper.
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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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Wilson, et al. v. Chapman, et al.
Jun 27, 2016
The family of Reba Golden, who died in 2007 at the age of 67 while undergoing a supposedly routine procedure to treat back pain, sued in 2013 accusing Synthes, surgeon Jens Chapman and the University of Washington of knowingly engaging in off-lab...
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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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.
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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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