$77 Million Verdict for Death of Discharged Patient

A man with substance abuse issues and bipolar disorder, died on a Georgia highway days after being released from a MARR Addiction Treatment Center in the Atlanta area. His parents sued the center, and a jury awarded them approximately $77 million. The patient had been managing his bipolar disorder with lithium and Seroquel. Despite warnings from his family and therapist, a doctor at MARR discontinued his lithium medication. After his disappearance, he was found deceased on Interstate 85, with no illegal drugs or alcohol in his system. The verdict included $10 million for the patient’s pain and suffering, $55 million for the value of his life, $1 million in punitive damages, and the remainder for legal fees and costs.

$37 Million Verdict for Death of 3-Year Old

In 2016, a three-year-old boy undergoing treatment for Burkitt Lymphoma at Augusta University Medical Center died due to a severe reaction to the drug Allopurinol. The boy developed Stevens-Johnson Syndrome, a known side effect of the drug, which led to extensive skin and mucous membrane damage. Despite clear warnings to discontinue Allopurinol at the first signs of adverse reactions, multiple physicians failed to identify the drug as the cause of the boy’s deteriorating condition and continued its administration. This oversight resulted in the boy’s death. In a trial held in 2024, the jury awarded the family $37 million in damages, including $22 million for the value of the child’s life, $10 million for his pain and suffering, and $5 million for the parents’ emotional distress. The Augusta University Medical Center is now known as Wellstar Health.

$75 million verdict for Stroke Malpractice

A patient suffering from a brainstem stroke was left with permanent paralysis due to alleged negligence by his care team. Despite emergency imaging indicating a stroke, definitive diagnosis and treatment were delayed until his second day in the hospital. This delay, argued the patient’s attorneys, led to severe brain damage and “locked-in syndrome,” leaving him unable to control any voluntary muscles except his eyes. A Georgia jury found an ER physician and a radiologist 60% and 40% responsible, respectively, while clearing other clinicians. The jury awarded the patient $46 million in general tort damages and $29 million in medical expenses.

$30 million verdict in Georgia

A Georgia jury awarded $30 million to Eulanda and Jason Threat after their daughter, January, sustained severe brain injuries during her birth in 2017 due to alleged negligence by nurse Gina Sasso and obstetrician Dr. Kendra Gamble-Webb. The plaintiffs claimed that the medical staff failed to properly monitor January’s vital signs and delayed a necessary cesarean section. Eulanda also suffered severe bleeding and required an emergency hysterectomy due to rapid contractions induced by medication. The defense argued that an unpreventable amniotic fluid embolism caused Eulanda’s complications. However, the jury sided with the plaintiffs, attributing 20% of the responsibility to Dr. Gamble Webb and 80% to Monroe HMA LLC, Sasso’s employer. January, who is non-verbal and relies on a feeding tube, received $29 million of the award, while Eulanda received $1 million for her injuries.

$26 Million Verdict in Muscogee County

A patient was awarded $26 million by a Muscogee County jury arising from medical malpractice. After a routine neck surgery at St. Francis Hospital in Columbus in 2012, Williams returned with neck pain and difficulty swallowing. Despite being admitted to the ICU early in the morning, she wasn’t seen by the admitting physician until almost noon. The jury found that the hospital’s physician was negligent in treating the patient for a post-operative neck hematoma that blocked her trachea and prevented oxygen from reaching her brain. Plaintiff alleged that the doctor failed to review her neck x-rays, which showed the hematoma, and failed to treat her quickly enough to prevent catastrophic injury. The patient now suffers from brain damage, is blind, and confined to a wheelchair.

$15 Million Awarded to Patient Who Fell from Exam Table

The patient went in for a routine physical exam on.  During a blood draw, he lost consciousness and fell from the examining table, suffering a cervical spine injury that rendered him a C5-8 quadriplegic. The defendants admitted they were negligent by allowing him to fall.  The jury awarded the patient $12,000,000 and his wife $3,000,000.

$31 Million Verdict for Botched Circumcision

A jury in Clayton County awarded a $31 million verdict in a botched circumcision case. The boy, 18 days old at the time of the incident, had a portion of his penis severed due to a nurse midwife’s error.  Despite several corrective surgeries, he will endure mental anguish and physical pain from chronic scabbing. The $31 million was apportioned among the nurse midwife (50%), a supervising obstetrician (30%), and the clinic’s owner and the boy’s pediatrician (20%). The latter two were accused of negligence for not recommending emergency surgery. The jury also awarded $125,000 in punitive damages.

$18 million medical malpractice verdict in Chatham County

The patient was admitted to a Savannah hospital with back pain and signs of an infection. Physicians belonging to the same medical group failed to diagnose and treat her spinal abscess, a serious complication of a spinal infection, on a timely basis, leading to paralysis in both legs.

$38.6 Million Verdict for Death of 20-year Old Patient

A jury in the Atlanta area awarded a $38.6 million jury verdict over the death of a 20-year-old heart transplant patient, Tre’von Falson. Lawyers for the family alleged that the medical team failed to perform a standard pre-transplant CT scan, which would have revealed a displaced part of the patient’s mechanical heart pump. The patient died due to massive blood loss and organ failure after surgeons inadvertently cut into the displaced pump. The jury awarded $30 million for the value of the patient’s life value, $6 million for his pain and suffering, and $2.6 million for medical expenses.

$12 million Verdict in Houston County

A Houston County jury awarded $12 million in total damages to a woman who suffered permanent brain injuries after she accidentally received the wrong type of insulin while at a hospital in Perry. The jury apportioned 45% of the blame to the hospital and its nurse and 55% against the surgeon.

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