In a medical malpractice trial, a defense attorney often faces a difficult hurdle convincing jurors to look beyond the tragic, emotionally-charged circumstances surrounding a case in order to evaluate a doctor's care. In Graham v. Hendrix, Downey & Cleveland’s W. Curtis Anderson delivered an opening that keyed a defense win in an 8-figure suit against Wellstar Health System and one of its physicians.

W. Curtis Anderson delivers his closing argument for the defense at trial over the death of Justin Graham. Jurors found for the defendants in the wrongful death suit. 

Marietta, GA—Jurors last week cleared a Wellstar Health Services administrator and a jailhouse physician of responsibility for the liver failure death of a former jail inmate. Graham v. Hendrix, et al.

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Marietta, GA—Medical negligence at a Georgia jail brewed a “perfect storm” that ultimately killed a 25-year-old man, an attorney for the man’s family told jurors as trial opened Tuesday against the private healthcare company and its jailhouse doctor who treated him. Graham v. Hendrix, et al., 08-1-2819-34.