In Atlanta Oculoplastic Surgery, P.C. v. Nestlehutt, 286 Ga. 731 (2010), the Georgia Supreme Court considered whether arbitrary limits to…
Plaintiff filed a malpractice and wrongful death action against the nursing home and other defendants alleging that resident's death was…
A jury awarded $500,000 to the resident's estate for noneconomic damages for predeath pain and suffering, $350,000 to the spouse…
Buie filed a wrongful death action after resident's death. Buie signed an agreement for arbitration on the line for a…
A wrongful death case was removed to federal court on diversity grounds. Defendants alleged fraudulent joinder. Plaintiff's motion to remand…
Suit was brought in the name of a deceased nursing home resident for negligence and carelessness, alleging violations of 42…
In this hospital fall case, after a jury returned a verdict for the estate, Defendants appealed four evidentiary rulings. First,…
"Plaintiff presented expert medical testimony that the cause of Mr. Alston's death was septicemia, or an infection which entered into…
Plaintiff, the estate of a 92 year old resident sued for neglect. The resident was wheelchair bound and had Parkinson's,…
Summary judgment was affirmed in part and reversed in part. The statute of limitations for underlying acts of negligence applies…