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Lawrenceville, GA—Trial opened Tuesday over whether a doctor bears responsibility for the ultimately fatal heart attack a patient suffered after being disconnected from heart monitoring equipment at a Georgia hospital. Herrington v. Tree Lane Inpatient Services, LLC., 16C00703-4.
Topics: Medical Malpractice, Georgia, Herrington v. Tree Lane Inpatient Services
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Bartow, FL—A state court jury Tuesday awarded $4.9 million for the medical negligence it found cost a Florida man his lower leg.Gray v. Iakovidis, 2015CA003137.
Topics: Medical Malpractice, Florida, Gray v. Iakovidis
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Bartow, FL— Attorneys debated Tuesday whether an unreasonable delay in appropriate treatment cost a hospice worker his lower leg, as trial began against the vascular surgeon who treated him. Gray v. Iakovidis, 2015CA003137.
Topics: Medical Malpractice, Florida, Gray v. Iakovidis
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Fort Pierce, FL—Jurors last week handed down a $3 million verdict against R.J. Reynolds for the role it played in the lung cancer death of a Florida man who had quit smoking 11 years before developing the disease. Burgess v. R.J. Reynolds, 2009-CA-009060.
Topics: tobacco, Florida, Burgess v. R.J. Reynolds
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Miami— R.J. Reynolds was cleared Friday of responsibility for the death of a South Florida grandmother who smoked for more than 40 years. Cohen v. R.J. Reynolds, 2014-CA-018677.
