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Decatur, GA—Jurors Wednesday awarded $500,000 to a woman who shattered her leg in a house deck collapse, after they found the home’s owner largely responsible for the crash and cleared the property manager of responsibility. Conover v. Three Options Realty, 16A59190.
Topics: Premises Liability, Georgia, Conover v. Martin and 3 Options Realty
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Decatur, GA—Jurors Monday cleared one doctor but hit another with a $6 million verdict after finding him solely responsible for the death of a patient suffering from bowel obstruction. Scoggins v. Smith, et al., 15A56505E4.
Topics: Medical Malpractice, Georgia, Scoggins v. Smith
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Decatur, GA—Attorneys argued whether medical malpractice or rare, unexpected complications led to the death of a Georgia grandmother from a bowel obstruction, as trial began against two doctors who treated her. Scoggins v. Smith, et al., 15A56505E4.
Topics: Medical Malpractice, Georgia, Scoggins v. Smith
Using an analogy to paint your opponent’s case in simple, stark contrast to your own can serve as a powerful introduction to a closing argument. In closings of a malpractice trial against a physician accused of negligence during a vacuum-assisted childbirth, Robert Monyak cleared his client by vividly detailing two conflicting “worlds” he believed the jurors saw. Cantrell v. Moore, 13-A-49232.
Topics: Medical Malpractice, Georgia, Cantrell v. Moore
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Decatur, GA—An Atlanta-area obstetrician was cleared of responsibility last week for the childbirth-related shoulder injury that has left a girl without the use of her right arm. Cantrell v. Moore, 13A49232.
Topics: Medical Malpractice, Georgia, Cantrell v. Moore
