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Gary Gansar, MD, FACS, AMFS Senior Medical Director

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|VIDEO| The Testimony Central to $11M GA Crash Case Verdict | AMFS Expert Commentary

Posted by Gary Gansar, MD, FACS, AMFS Senior Medical Director on May 31, 2019 6:33:56 PM

 


As part of CVN's partnership with American Medical Forensic Specialists, Dr. Gary Gansar analyzes testimony from Dr. Angela Ashley, whose testimony proved instrumental in securing an $11 million verdict at trial against Papa John's Pizza over a crash with one of its delivery drivers. The full analysis can be found at the AMFS site. You can watch extended video, along with the analysis, on CVN Essentials.

The Trial: Williams v. Papa John’s Pizza, a 2016 Georgia trial in which a driver involved in a crash with a Papa John’s pizza delivery driver contended she suffered a traumatic brain injury.

The Expert: Dr. Angela Ashley, an Atlanta-based neurologist and professor at Emory University, testifying for the plaintiff on the severity of the plaintiff’s brain injury and delivering an opinion on its cause.

The Verdict: $11 million.

Dr. Angela Ashley, an Atlanta neurologist and professor at Emory University, testifies in a 2016 Georgia trial over a traumatic brain injury a driver claims she suffered in a rainy night crash with a Papa John’s Pizza delivery driver.

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Topics: Georgia, AMFS

|VIDEO| AMFS Expert Commentary on Testimony Key to Defense Win in GA Med Mal Trial Over Vacuum-Assisted Delivery

Posted by Gary Gansar, MD, FACS, AMFS Senior Medical Director on Oct 3, 2018 9:47:04 AM

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Topics: Georgia, Cantrell v. Moore, AMFS

|VIDEO| AMFS Expert Analyzes Testimony Central to $52.9M CA Truck Crash Verdict

Posted by Gary Gansar, MD, FACS, AMFS Senior Medical Director on Sep 21, 2018 11:02:49 AM

As part of its partnership with American Medical Forensic Specialists, Dr. Gary Gansar analyzes testimony from Dr. Harris Fisk, whose opinion played a key role in a $52.89 million total verdict at trial over injuries two brothers suffered in a head-on crash with a semi-truck. The full analysis can be found at the AMFS site. You can watch extended video, along with the analysis, on CVN Essentials.


The Trial: Lennig v. CRST, et al., a California damages-only trial over injuries two brothers suffered in a head-on collision with a semi-truck.

The Expert: Dr. Harris Fisk, a neurologist, testifying for the plaintiff on the traumatic brain injury, post-traumatic stress disorder, and other complications one of the brothers suffered as a result of the crash.

The Verdict: $52.89 million total.

The testimony given by Dr. Harris Fisk during this California trial on damages was crucial to the $53 million verdict delivered to two brothers who were injured in a big rig trucking accident. Fisk calmly takes the jury through discussions of traumatic brain injury, post-traumatic stress disorder, sleep disorder, and stress-anxiety-depression disorder. These pathologies from different medical fields are brought together by the presentation from this distinctive, experienced neurologist testifying about cutting-edge issues.

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Topics: California, Lennig v. CRST

|VIDEO| AMFS Expert Examines Testimony Central to a $6M Med Mal Verdict

Posted by Gary Gansar, MD, FACS, AMFS Senior Medical Director on May 29, 2018 6:35:18 PM

As part of its new partnership with American Medical Forensic Specialists, Dr. Gary Gansar analyzes testimony from Dr. Hugo Cheng, whose opinion played a key role in a $6 million verdict for the family of a hospital patient who died while being treated for a bowel obstruction. The full analysis can be found at the AMFS site. You can watch extended video, along with the analysis, on CVN Essentials.


The testimony of Dr. Hugo Cheng was pivotal in obtaining a $6 million verdict for the family of a woman who died following complications from a bowel obstruction. Scoggins v. Smith, et al., 15A56505E4.

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Topics: Medical Malpractice, Georgia, Scoggins v. Smith, AMFS

AMFS Expert Analysis of the Testimony That Helped Key a $46M Med Mal Verdict |VIDEO|

Posted by Gary Gansar, MD, FACS, AMFS Senior Medical Director on May 2, 2018 11:24:54 AM


As part of its new partnership with American Medical Forensic Specialists, Dr. Gary Gansar analyzes testimony from Dr. Katharine Wenstrom, an expert on obstetrics, whose opinion played a key role in a nearly $46 million verdict for the family of a mother who suffered catastrophic brain damage in a post-partum collapse. The full analysis can be found at the AMFS site. You can watch extended video, along with the analysis, on CVN Essentials.

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Topics: Medical Malpractice, Georgia, Trabue v. Atlanta Women's Specialists LLC, AMFS