By Greg Land | February 6, 2018
The jury rejected the family's claims that the three days the deceased man spent with a dental bridge stuck in his throat contributed to his death from complications of Parkinson's disease several months later.
By Greg Land | January 29, 2018
The jury found the nursing home liable for only 20 percent of the award, but plaintiffs attorney Ken Connor said that because the panel found both professional and ordinary negligence—a claim for which the defense had not sought apportionment—he would seek the entire award.
By Jonathan Ringel | Amanda Bronstad | December 5, 2017
The American Tort Reform Foundation placed the Georgia Supreme Court on a "Watch List" in its annual "Judicial Hellhole" report on jurisdictions "where judges in civil cases systematically apply laws and court procedures in an unfair and unbalanced manner, generally to the disadvantage of defendants."
By Katheryn Tucker | November 28, 2017
The story begins eight years ago, when William Glynn was hurt in devastating wreck on his way to the airport. He had emergency spinal surgery. Then, while recovering in the hospital, he alleged, nurses broke his neck again.
By Greg Land | November 20, 2017
Huff, Powell & Bailey partner led a defense victory in an Albany medical malpractice trial, then returned to assist a firm partner who another med-mal trial in Fulton County.
By Katheryn Tucker | November 8, 2017
The decision reverses Glynn County State Court Judge Bart Altman's dismissal of the lawsuit against Psychiatric Solutions, owner of Focus by the Sea.
By Greg Land | October 17, 2017
The Georgia Supreme Court heard arguments Monday over whether a $22 million verdict against a pain specialist should be reversed because the jury was allowed to consider ordinary negligence.
By Greg Land | October 4, 2017
A DeKalb County jury awarded $6 million in a medical malpractice case involving an elderly woman's death several days after surgery, but it cleared a co-defendant emergency room doctor of liability.
By Katheryn Hayes Tucker | September 18, 2017
Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr today said Monday he has joined a bipartisan coalition of 37 states and territories urging health insurance companies to use their power to discourage doctors from prescribing opioids.
By Katheryn Hayes Tucker | August 28, 2017
A medical malpractice defense attorney mainly representing doctors insured by MagMutual has handled some personal injury cases for plaintiffs over his 18 years of practice, but all of them settled—until this month, when he tried a car wreck case in Troup County Superior Court before Judge Jack Kirby. The result: a $2 million verdict for a two-and-a-half day trial. The jury deliberated for 15 minutes.
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