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Emory Healthcare Faces Trial Over Hospital Patient's Severe Brain Injury

Posted by Arlin Crisco on Jun 8, 2022 3:57:16 PM

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Decatur, GA— Trial is slated to open this week against The Emory Clinic and Emory Healthcare over claims that medical negligence caused a Georgia woman’s catastrophic brain damage during a 2015 hospital stay. Tatum v. The Emory Clinic and Emory Healthcare, Inc., 16A60933. 

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Topics: Medical Malpractice, Georgia, Tatum v. The Emory Clinic, et al.

Med Mal Trial Begins Against Nurse Practitioner & Dr. Over Patient's Death Hours After ED Discharge

Posted by Arlin Crisco on May 5, 2022 3:40:05 PM

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Topics: Medical Malpractice, Georgia, Arnold v. Lee, et al.

Med Mal Trial Set to Begin Over Patient's Death After Emergency Department Discharge

Posted by Arlin Crisco on May 2, 2022 3:37:24 PM

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Lawrenceville, GA— Trial is expected to begin this week against a nurse practitioner and her supervising physician over the death of a Georgia woman, hours after her discharge from a hospital emergency department. Arnold v. Lee, R.N.P., et al. 17-C-07323-S2. 

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Topics: Medical Malpractice, Georgia, Arnold v. Lee, et al.

Concrete Co. Faces Claim That Mixer's Crash Into Big Rig Ended Trucker's Career, as GA Trial Opens

Posted by Arlin Crisco on Apr 25, 2022 4:11:58 PM

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Atlanta, GA— Whether a 2016 big rig crash ended a Georgia trucker’s career, and the reaction of another trucker to his post-crash drug testing were key issues Wednesday as a damages trial opened against a concrete supplier and one of its drivers. Love, et al. v. Ready Mix USA, LLC, et al., 18EV003461.  

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Topics: Georgia, Transportation, Trucking

Update: GA Private-Plaintiff Opioid Trial Continued

Posted by Arlin Crisco on Mar 21, 2022 2:27:36 PM

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Editor's note: This article has been updated to reflect a continuance in the case. 

Brunswick, GA— What would have likely been a first in-the-nation state court trial over private plaintiffs’ claims related to the opioid epidemic was continued on Monday, when jury selection was scheduled to begin. Trial in the case is now expected no earlier than the second half of 2022. Poppell, et al. v Cardinal Health Inc., et al., CE19-00472. 

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Topics: Products Liability, Georgia, Poppell, et al. v. Cardinal Health, et al.