CVN cameras were in the courtroom for key defense wins in major trials throughout Florida in 2016. The winners of the CVN Florida's Defense Attorney of the Year distinguished themselves with a hard-fought win in a medical malpractice trial with up to $75 million at stake.
Topics: Medical Malpractice, Florida, Dadi v. Sharma, Florida Defense Attorneys of the Year
Georgia's top defense attorneys won high-stakes, CVN-covered trials across the state this year. CVN Georgia's 2016 Defense Attorney of the Year earned the honor with a critical win in an eight-figure medical malpractice trial.
Topics: Medical Malpractice, Georgia Attorney of the Year, Palacios v. Kaufman
Bruce Ramsey, left, and Gregg Hollander, right, deliver opening statements at trial against Boca Raton Regional Hospital over the paralysis Kathleen Silkworth, represented by Hollander, claims was caused by medical negligence.
West Palm Beach, FL—Attorneys sparred over whether a car accident or medical negligence paralyzed a South Florida woman, as trial opened Monday against the hospital that treated her following her late-night crash. Silkworth v. Boca Raton Regional Hospital, 2013CA013276.
Topics: Negligence, Medical Malpractice, Florida, Silkworth v. Boca Raton Regional Hospital
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Decatur, GA—Trial is scheduled to begin Monday against an Atlanta-area anesthesiologist accused of negligence that led to the death of a woman after her knee replacement. Smith v. Introna, 11A36980.
Topics: Medical Malpractice, Georgia, Smith v. Introna
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West Palm Beach, FL—Jurors Wednesday cleared a South Florida psychiatrist of responsibility for the brain damage a cardiologist says he suffered as the result of electroshock treatments the psychiatrist delivered without proper consent. Dadi v. Sharma, 2011CA16027.
Topics: Negligence, Medical Malpractice, Florida, Dadi v. Sharma
