Banks v. Rezaimiri

Summary

Michael Banks died of a severe respiratory infection shortly after Dr. Rezaimiri operated on him. His widow brought suit against the doctor's medical practice, South Atlanta Neurosurgery, after the doctor failed to return her telephone calls the day after her husband was released from the hospital and began displaying symptoms.

Outcome

Verdict for Plaintiff of $3,500,000

Case Information

Attorneys

Witnesses

Plaintiff: Banks, Pamela
Defense: Rezaiamiri, Shahram
Hall, Tashara
Verdict: $3,500,000

Judge: Michael Garrett
Jurisdiction: State Court of Georgia, Clayton County
Court: GA-State Court of Georgia, Clayton County

Case Number: 2008 CV 8001
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Practice Area

Plaintiff

Banks, Pamela

Defense

Rezaiamiri, Shahram

Represented By:
Bazinet, Jeffrey (Peters & Monyak, LLP)

Defense

Hall, Tashara

Represented By:
Peters, Jonathan (Peters & Monyak, LLP)

Expert Witnesses

Lay Witnesses

Sessions

Attorney

Witness

Type

Description

AM Session

Openings

4 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Opening Statement	Edmond, Roderick
00:41:25	Opening Statement	Bazinet, Jeffrey
01:08:50	Witness Direct Examination	Atkins, William	Banks, Pamela	In Person
01:51:51	End of Session

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

2 Chapters

			Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
		00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Atkins, William	Banks, Pamela	In Person
		00:15:54	End of Session

JUL

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

5 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Atkins, William	Banks, Pamela	In Person
00:16:46	Witness Cross Examination	Peters, Jonathan	Banks, Pamela	In Person
00:40:20	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Atkins, William	Banks, Pamela	In Person
00:49:20	Witness Direct Examination	Edmond, Roderick	Schaefer, Dr. John M.D.	In Person
02:04:21	End of Session

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

15 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Edmond, Roderick	Schaefer, Dr. John M.D.	In Person
00:13:04	Witness Cross Examination	Bazinet, Jeffrey	Schaefer, Dr. John M.D.	In Person
00:15:02	Witness Direct Examination	Lindsay, Keith	Rezaiamiri, Dr. Shahram M.D.	In Person
01:18:33	Break
01:49:44	Witness Direct Examination	Lindsay, Keith	Rezaiamiri, Dr. Shahram M.D.	In Person
02:36:37	Witness Cross Examination	Peters, Jonathan	Rezaiamiri, Dr. Shahram M.D.	In Person
02:37:37	Break
03:24:46	Witness Cross Examination	Peters, Jonathan	Rezaiamiri, Dr. Shahram M.D.	In Person
03:33:04	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Lindsay, Keith	Rezaiamiri, Dr. Shahram M.D.	In Person
03:35:52	Witness Direct Examination	Bazinet, Jeffrey	Dretler, Dr. Robin M.D.	In Person
04:08:17	Witness Cross Examination	Edmond, Roderick	Dretler, Dr. Robin M.D.	In Person
04:27:25	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Bazinet, Jeffrey	Dretler, Dr. Robin M.D.	In Person
04:30:12	Break
04:50:38	Witness Direct Examination	Atkins, William	Rezaiamiri, Nazie	In Person
05:01:03	End of Session

JUL

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

6 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Edmond, Roderick	Gowitt, Dr. Gerald M.D.	In Person
00:53:08	Break
01:12:55	Witness Direct Examination	Edmond, Roderick	Gowitt, Dr. Gerald M.D.	In Person
01:41:03	Witness Cross Examination	Bazinet, Jeffrey	Gowitt, Dr. Gerald M.D.	In Person
02:10:58	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Edmond, Roderick	Gowitt, Dr. Gerald M.D.	In Person
02:14:01	End of Session

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

10 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Atkins, William	Ruffin, Morris	In Person
00:15:42	Witness Direct Examination	Lindsay, Keith	Hall, Tashara	In Person
00:30:35	Break
01:13:08	Witness Direct Examination	Lindsay, Keith	Hall, Tashara	In Person
01:44:01	Break
02:05:32	Witness Direct Examination	Lindsay, Keith	Hall, Tashara	In Person
02:13:25	Witness Direct Examination	Edmond, Roderick	Cruz, Dr. Edwin M.D.	Video Recording
03:18:50	Break
03:51:53	Witness Direct Examination	Edmond, Roderick	Cruz, Dr. Edwin M.D.	Video Recording
04:23:49	End of Session

JUL

AM Session

Defense Witness(es)

4 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Atkins, William	Douglas, Torsha	In Person
00:16:45	Break
00:49:21	Witness Direct Examination	Peters, Jonathan	Hall, Tashara	In Person
01:33:10	End of Session

PM Session

Closings

9 Chapters

PM Session

Other

2 Chapters

PM Session

Verdict

2 Chapters

JUL

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Banks v. Rezaimiri

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