Aiken v. Newton Health System

Summary

Plaintiff Ron Aiken underwent gall bladder surgery performed by Dr. Steven Whitworth. Apparently the gall bladder was nicked during surgery and blood accumulated in the plaintiff's abdomen. Plaintiff alleges Dr. Whitworth did not notice this fluid which was revealed in a CAT scan and didn't take action quickly enough. Eventually, plaintiff had to have a colon ileostomy.

Outcome

Verdict for the defense.

Case Information

Attorneys

Witnesses

Plaintiff: Aiken, William
Defense: Newton Health System, Inc.

Judge: Eugene Benton
Jurisdiction: Superior Court of Georgia, Newton County
Court: GA-Superior Court of Georgia, Newton County-Newton County Judicial Center

Case Number: 2011-SU-CV-2533-1
Industry: Health care
Practice Area: Malpractice, Negligence

Plaintiff

Aiken, William

Represented By:
Cromwell, William (Carter Cromwell Law Group)
Carter, James (Carter Cromwell Law Group)

Defense

Newton Health System, Inc.

Represented By:
Huff, Daniel (Huff, Powell & Bailey, LLC)

Expert Witnesses

Lay Witnesses

Sessions

Attorney

Witness

Type

Description

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

9 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Carter, James	Porter, Dr. John M.D.	In Person
00:14:40	Witness Cross Examination	Huff, Daniel	Porter, Dr. John M.D.	In Person
00:46:40	Break
00:47:16	Witness Cross Examination	Huff, Daniel	Porter, Dr. John M.D.	In Person
00:47:16	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Carter, James	Porter, Dr. John M.D.	In Person
00:59:35	Witness Direct Examination	Carter, James	Aiken, Sherri	In Person
01:36:47	Break
01:53:58	Witness Direct Examination	Carter, James	Galloway, Dr. John M.D.	Video Recording
02:47:31	End of Session

SEP

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

7 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Carter, James	Aiken, William	In Person
00:53:09	Witness Cross Examination	Huff, Daniel	Aiken, William	In Person
01:01:24	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Carter, James	Aiken, William	In Person
01:04:10	Break
01:04:27	General Case Activities
01:05:59	Witness Direct Examination	Huff, Daniel	Whitworth, Dr. Steven M.D.	In Person
02:41:05	End of Session

PM Session

Defense Witness(es)

6 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Cross Examination	Cromwell, William	Whitworth, Dr. Steven M.D.	In Person
00:38:25	General Case Activities
00:41:52	Break
00:42:07	Witness Direct Examination	Huff, Daniel	Craddock, Dr. Garnet M.D.	In Person
01:33:12	Witness Cross Examination	Cromwell, William	Craddock, Dr. Garnet M.D.	In Person
01:52:08	End of Session

SEP

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

8 Chapters

PM Session

Closings

6 Chapters

PM Session

Verdict

3 Chapters

OCT

Recording Disclaimer: This proceeding was recorded in full.

Aiken v. Newton Health System

Summary

Outcome

Sessions

AudioCaseFiles

Essentials

Training Libraries

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:02:32	Witness Direct Examination	Cromwell, William	Ioffe, Dr. Olga M.D.	Transcript Reading
00:43:25	Break
00:44:02	Witness Direct Examination	Huff, Daniel	Lyons, Dr. Jo M.D.	Transcript Reading
01:06:06	General Case Activities
01:16:29	Break
01:17:19	Witness Direct Examination	Cromwell, William	Woodward, Scott	In Person
01:23:15	End of Session

	Description	Attorney
00:00:00	Closing Statement	Carter, James
00:14:10	Closing Statement	Huff, Daniel
00:55:00	Break
01:03:17	Closing Statement	Carter, James
01:39:39	General Case Activities
02:01:06	End of Session

			Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
		00:00:00	Reading of the Verdict
		00:01:47	General Case Activities
		00:03:22	End of Session