• Ferguson et al. v. Kennestone Hospital, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2024-04-09
    Practice Area: Medical Malpractice
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge Mercier
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Maxine Ferguson, Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: William Gordon, (Downey & Cleveland, LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A23A1589

    Court affirms dismissal of medical malpractice claims due to plaintiff's failure to include a professional affidavit with the complaint, but reverses judgment on a battery claim related to consent

  • Statham v. Quang et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-04-05
    Practice Area: Medical Malpractice
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Markle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael Horner, (Middle Georgia Access to Justice Council, Inc.), Atlanta, W. Reynolds, Bradley Survant, (Reynolds, Horne & Survant), Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Julye Johns, (Huff Powell & Bailey, L.L.C.), Atlanta, David Nelson, Norman Pearson, (Chambless, Higdon, Richardson, Katz & Griggs, LLP), Macon, for appellee.

    Case Number: A23A1419

    Court affirms order that surgeons are not vicariously liable for medical student's errors during surgery, but notes that surgeons may bear direct liability for negligent supervision

  • McGhee v. Publix Super Markets, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2024-04-04
    Practice Area: Medical Malpractice
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Land
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Alexander Repasky, (Attorney At Law), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert Marcovitch, (Sinton Scott Minock & Kerew), Atlanta, Stephen Sparwath, (Bendin, Sumrall & Ladner, LLC), Atlanta, for appellee; Akins Doherty, (The Doherty Law Firm), Atlanta, for other party.

    Case Number: A23A1291

    Court affirms dismissal or professional malpractice claim against dispensing pharmacy for failure to include an expert affidavit, but reverses dismissal against supervising physician

  • Andreana Williams, Conservator v. Regency Hospital Company, LLC et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-02-22
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Medical Malpractice
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice McMillian
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael B. Hill, (Mayo Hill), Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: David Norton Nelson, (Chambless, Higdon, Richardson, Katz & Griggs, LLP), Macon, Sharonda Boyce Barnes, (Huff Powell & Bailey, LLC), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S24A0312

    Concluding that it lacked jurisdiction to hear a direct appeal, Supreme Court transfers medical malpractice case involving constitutionality of non-tolling statute for mentally incompetent plaintiffs

  • White et al. v. McGouirk et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-02-15
    Practice Area: Medical Malpractice
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Russell Davis, (Downey & Cleveland), Marietta, David Hanson, (The Hanson Firm LLC), Atlanta, Zachary Fuller, (Hanson Fuller, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Derek Nuce, (Pasley, Nuce, Mallory & Davis, LLC), Thomaston, James Sadd, Daniel Epstein, (Slappey & Sadd, LLC), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A23A1548

    Court affirms $10.1 million verdict in a medical malpractice case, rejecting defendants' arguments regarding improper comments by plaintiffs' counsel and excessive size of award

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  • Fuller Life Chiropractic Center, P.C. et al. v. Threadgill et al.

    Publication Date: 2023-12-27
    Practice Area: Medical Malpractice
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Barnes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Heather Ware, Courtney Walker, (Hall Booth Smith, PC), Atlanta, Claire Sumner, (Lueder, Larkin & Hunter, LLC), Atlanta, Jason Deere, (Copeland, Stair, Kingma & Lovell, LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Alex Dixon, (Alex L. Dixon, P.C.), Lagrange, for appellee.

    Case Number: A23A1225

    Court reverses denial of a motion to dismiss a chiropractic malpractice action, concluding that the action is subject to the five-year medical malpractice statute of repose

  • Carole Maso et al. v. Brian Zeh et al.

    Publication Date: 2023-12-11
    Practice Area: Health Care Law | Medical Malpractice
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Pinson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael Brian Terry, Jane D. Vincent, (Bondurant Mixson & Elmore, LLP), Atlanta, Andrew Bentley Cash, David Najeeb Krugler, Wendy Goodwin Huray, Laura Lynne Voght, (Cash, Krugler & Fredericks, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Randolph Page Powell, Jr., Alexander Collins Vey, (Huff, Powell & Bailey, LLC), Atlanta, Laura M. Shamp, Joshua Forrest Silk, (Shamp Silk), Atlanta, Rosser Adams Malone, (Malone Law Office), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S23C0765

    Physician Assistant Act Does Not Create Vicarious Liability for Supervising Physicians For Medical Acts of Their Physician Assistants

  • Resurgens, LLC et al. v. Ervin et al.

    Publication Date: 2023-11-23
    Practice Area: Medical Malpractice
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Gobeil
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael Bailey, Randolph Powell, Mikell Reynolds, Devon Zawko, Alexander Vey, (Huff Powell and Bailey), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Meri Benoit, Rosser Malone, (Malone Law Officde), Atlanta, Michael Terry, (Bondurant Mixson & Elmore), Atlanta, for appellee; Andrew King, (Watkins Lourie Roll Chance PC), Atlanta, Michelle King, (Speed & King LLC), Atlanta, for other pary.

    Case Number: A23A0892

    Court affirms denial of defendants' motion to dismiss a medical malpractice action, finding that they were not immune from liability under the COVID-19 Pandemic Emergency Executive Order

  • Sampson et al. v. The Medical Center, Inc. et al.

    Publication Date: 2023-11-20
    Practice Area: Medical Malpractice
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Land
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kristopher Alderman, Darren Summerville, Meghan Hatfield Yanacek, (The Summerville Firm), Atlanta, Meredith Kincaid, (Cross Kincaid), Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul Ivey, Robert Martin, (Hall Booth Smith, P.C.), Columbus, Lauren Dimitri, (Attorney at Law), Columbus, for appellee.

    Case Number: A23A1014

    Court reverses summary judgment award in favor of defendants in medical malpractice case because trial court used wrong standard to evaluate opinion of plaintiff's expert

  • Leggat et al. v. Navicent Health, Inc. et al.

    Publication Date: 2023-10-23
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Medical Malpractice | Wrongful Death
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Fuller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jeffrey Banks, (Banks & Riedel, PC), Eastman, for appellant.
    for defendant: Hunter Allen, Joscelyn Hughes, Jennifer Bellis, (Bendin Sumrall & Ladner), Atlanta, Samuel Lucas, Stephen Moseley, (Brinson, Askew, Berry, Seigler, Richardson & Davis, LLP), Rome, Jo Jagor, Mikell Reynolds, (Huff Powell Bailey), Atlanta, Austin Atkinson, Mitchell Walker, (Hall Booth Smith PC), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A23A0631

    COVID Emergency Order Did Not Support Medical Malpractice Plaintiff's Claim For Additional Time to File Expert Affidavit