As a lawyer in Atlanta who specializes in dental malpractice and dental nerve injuries, the following struck me as curious: A 72-year-old man could not figure out what was wrong with his throat. Following a minor operation on his abdomen, he had been in pain, coughing up blood and unable to…
Dentists and dental offices in Georgia, and throughout the country are liable for all of the injuries that stem from malpractice. This includes claims for wrongful death that results from dental care that is below the standard of care. I have seen dental patients choking, drowning and bleeding to death…
In a remarkable example of activist interference from the bench, the judge who sat for the jury trial of a police shooting has attempted to set aside the jury’s verdict and reject their award of damages to the family of the victim in the deadly shooting. The judge, last week…
A dental malpractice wrongful death case has been filed against the dentist and dental practice who treated a 2 year-old boy. In a horrible set of circumstances, the toddler was under general anesthesia while having 9 teeth extracted. The oxygen tank that he was hooked up to and which was…
To the surprise of many, a child can be put to sleep for a dental procedure by a dentist who does not have a medical degree. While this should not be a concern in and of itself, when you couple this with the fact that according to the American Dental…
Many teenagers have their wisdom teeth removed. If the extractions are performed while the patient is still young, the procedure is less likely to lead to complications. Tragically, this was not the case according to reports, for the family of a 17 year-old who died from alleged anesthesia complications during…
The official code of Georgia, O.C.G.A. § 51-4-1 governs the measure of damages in a Georgia wrongful death case and states, in pertinent part: ” [The] Full value of the life of the decedent, as shown by the evidence means the full value of the life of the decedent without deducting…
According to a recent study, medical malpractice could be the third-leading cause of death in the United State after cancer and heart disease. Martin Makary, a professor of surgery at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine who led the research, said in an interview that the category includes everything from…
As this recent article detailing the death of a young child as a result of dental care shows, damages from dental malpractice can include serious injuries such as damage to the dental nerves, pain, numbness and even death. After their 6-year-old son died following a dental procedure, a California couple…
Despite Atlanta drivers spending more and more time in their cars, the number of highway deaths in Georgia has decreased to the lowest rate since 1949. According to the Federal Transportation Department, 32,788 occupants of cars were killed in highway accidents during 2010. This is a 3% decrease from 2009…