Cox v. Fatemi, et al.

Summary

Jurors cleared a physician of responsibility for the heart attack-related death of a long-time Turner Broadcasting sports director.

Tom Cox, 61, a director of remote operations for Turner Sports, died in August 2010 after suffering a heart attack while in Wisconsin to cover a golf tournament for the network. Coxs widow, Gina Cox, claims Dr. Arezou Fatemi, working for Comprehensive Internal Medicine of Alpharetta, was negligent in diagnosing Cox with a virus and failing to order heart tests when Cox saw her days before the heart attack, complaining of weakness, nausea, sweating, and pain.

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Outcome

Verdict for the defense

Case Information

Attorneys

Witnesses

Plaintiff: Cox, Gina
Defense: Fatemi, Arezou

Judge: Myra Dixon
Jurisdiction: State Court of Georgia, Fulton County
Court: Justice Center Tower

Case Number: 15EV001192
Industry: Health care
Practice Area: Health Law, Malpractice

Plaintiff

Cox, Gina

Defense

Fatemi, Arezou

Represented By:
Bailey, M. (Huff, Powell & Bailey, LLC)
Mackenzie, David (Huff, Powell & Bailey, LLC)

Expert Witnesses

Lay Witnesses

Sessions

Attorney

Witness

Type

Description

PM Session

Openings

6 Chapters

	Description	Attorney
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:06:14	Opening Statement	Grant, Wayne
01:11:35	Opening Statement	Bailey, M.
01:57:23	Break
02:16:30	General Case Activities
02:17:30	End of Session

AUG

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

5 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Grant, Wayne	Patterson, Dr. Winston "Cam" M.D.	In Person
01:21:54	Break
01:46:22	Witness Direct Examination	Grant, Wayne	Patterson, Dr. Winston "Cam" M.D.	In Person
01:51:00	Witness Cross Examination	Bailey, M.	Patterson, Dr. Winston "Cam" M.D.	In Person
02:34:04	End of Session

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

8 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Grant, Wayne	Brewer, Marquita	Video Recording
00:45:25	Break
01:43:35	Witness Direct Examination	Grant, Wayne	Hall, Dr. Karen M.D.	In Person
02:13:08	Witness Cross Examination	Bailey, M.	Hall, Dr. Karen M.D.	In Person
02:43:44	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Grant, Wayne	Hall, Dr. Karen M.D.	In Person
02:48:05	Break
03:08:32	Witness Cross Examination	Grant, Wayne	Fatemi, Dr. Arezou M.D.	Video Recording
03:38:19	End of Session

AUG

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

9 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Grant, Kimberly	Bahin, Jim	In Person
00:12:43	Witness Direct Examination	Grant, Kimberly	Cox, Taylor	In Person
00:31:02	Witness Cross Examination	Mackenzie, David	Cox, Taylor	In Person
00:37:48	Witness Direct Examination	Toth, Wayne	Woolard, Dr. Robert M.D.	In Person
01:29:52	Break
01:57:12	Witness Cross Examination	Mackenzie, David	Woolard, Dr. Robert M.D.	In Person
02:38:41	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Toth, Wayne	Woolard, Dr. Robert M.D.	In Person
02:48:55	Witness Re-Cross Examination	Mackenzie, David	Woolard, Dr. Robert M.D.	In Person
02:49:24	End of Session

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

12 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Grant, Kimberly	Cox, Gina	In Person
00:29:17	Witness Cross Examination	Bailey, M.	Cox, Gina	In Person
00:50:23	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Grant, Kimberly	Cox, Gina	In Person
00:51:22	Witness Direct Examination	Grant, Kimberly	Smith, Lisa	In Person
01:00:04	Break
01:25:22	Witness Direct Examination	Grant, Wayne	Adams, Dr. Arnold Ph.D.	In Person
01:52:32	Witness Cross Examination	Bailey, M.	Adams, Dr. Arnold Ph.D.	In Person
02:00:22	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Grant, Kimberly	Cox, Gina	In Person
02:01:43	Witness Direct Examination	Grant, Kimberly	Robinson, Royla	In Person
02:15:20	General Case Activities
02:17:42	General Case Activities
02:21:06	End of Session

AUG

AM Session

Defense Witness(es)

7 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities	Bailey, M.
00:01:34	Witness Direct Examination	Mackenzie, David	Onn, Dr.	Transcript Reading
00:29:50	Witness Direct Examination	Bailey, M.	Pearson, Dr. Jacqueline M.D.	In Person
01:27:12	Witness Cross Examination	Grant, Wayne	Pearson, Dr. Jacqueline M.D.	In Person
02:36:48	Break
02:57:00	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Bailey, M.	Pearson, Dr. Jacqueline M.D.	In Person
03:01:20	End of Session

AUG

AM Session

Defense Witness(es)

6 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Bailey, M.	Rogers, Dr. William M.D.	In Person
00:57:08	Witness Cross Examination	Toth, Wayne	Rogers, Dr. William M.D.	In Person
02:14:41	Break
02:45:22	Witness Cross Examination	Toth, Wayne	Rogers, Dr. William M.D.	In Person
03:04:34	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Bailey, M.	Rogers, Dr. William M.D.	In Person
03:07:34	End of Session

PM Session

Defense Witness(es)

9 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Bailey, M.	Inwood, Dr. Kevin M.D.	In Person
00:40:58	Witness Cross Examination	Grant, Wayne	Inwood, Dr. Kevin M.D.	In Person
01:15:57	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Bailey, M.	Inwood, Dr. Kevin M.D.	In Person
01:20:41	Witness Re-Cross Examination	Grant, Wayne	Inwood, Dr. Kevin M.D.	In Person
01:24:30	Break
02:08:50	Witness Direct Examination	Mackenzie, David	Dibernardo, Dr. Louis M.D.	In Person
03:04:19	Witness Cross Examination	Toth, Wayne	Dibernardo, Dr. Louis M.D.	In Person
03:33:42	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Mackenzie, David	Dibernardo, Dr. Louis M.D.	In Person
03:34:18	End of Session

AUG

AM Session

Defense Witness(es)

4 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Mackenzie, David	Stubbs, Dr. Joseph M.D.	In Person
00:19:16	Witness Cross Examination	Grant, Wayne	Stubbs, Dr. Joseph M.D.	In Person
01:04:01	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Mackenzie, David	Stubbs, Dr. Joseph M.D.	In Person
01:04:42	End of Session

PM Session

Defense Witness(es)

2 Chapters

			Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
		00:00:00	Witness Cross Examination	Grant, Wayne	Fatemi, Dr. Arezou M.D.	In Person
		01:31:49	End of Session

AM Session

Defense Witness(es)

3 Chapters

AUG

PM Session

Verdict

3 Chapters

AM Session

Closings

6 Chapters

AUG

Recording Disclaimer: This proceeding was recorded in full.

Cox v. Fatemi, et al.

Summary

Outcome

Sessions

AudioCaseFiles

Essentials

Training Libraries

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:00:23	Witness Direct Examination	Bailey, M.	Fatemi, Dr. Arezou M.D.	In Person
01:09:39	End of Session

			Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
		00:00:00	Reading of the Verdict
		00:01:32	General Case Activities
		00:02:32	End of Session

	Description	Attorney
00:00:00	Closing Statement	Toth, Wayne
01:19:56	Closing Statement	Bailey, M.
02:19:46	Closing Statement	Grant, Wayne
03:06:47	Break
03:19:43	General Case Activities
03:42:22	End of Session