More Case Results Achieved by Atlanta Medical Malpractice Lawyers

$675,000 lump sum cash settlement / medical malpractice / vicarious liability / wrongful death / failure to treat and diagnose acute heart failure

A Georgia hospital, an ER physician, and a cardiologist agreed to settle a malpractice lawsuit involving the cardiac-related death of a patient who was negligently discharged from the Emergency Room despite clinical signs of acute coronary conditions which later caused the patient’s death.

$475,000 lump sum cash settlement / medical malpractice / wrongful death of unborn child / failure to treat diabetes

During mediation, a pretrial settlement was reached in a malpractice lawsuit involving the wrongful death of a fetus because hospital nurses negligently failed to administer insulin to a diabetic pregnant patient.

$470,000 (present value) structured settlement / medical malpractice / child wrongful death / failure to treat bowel obstruction

Pretrial mediation resulted in a structured settlement of a wrongful death lawsuit against a Georgia hospital and its pediatric intensivist who failed to properly treat a child’s bowel obstruction. Under the terms of the structured settlement, the parents will receive nearly $1 million in present and future payments over a 25 year period.

$400,000 (present value) structured settlement / medical malpractice / wrongful death / failure to diagnose impending heart attack

At mediation, a primary care physician and cardiologist agreed to settle a wrongful death lawsuit involving their failure to diagnose and treat acute coronary conditions that led to the patient’s heart attack and death. The decedent’s spouse agreed to accept a lump sum amount plus future periodic payments totaling more than $600,000.

$400,000 lump sum cash settlement / medical malpractice / failure to properly treat suicidal patient

At a pretrial mediation, the State of Georgia agreed to settle a malpractice lawsuit brought on behalf of a severely injured psychiatric patient who attempted suicide after receiving inadequate psychiatric treatment and being prematurely released from state mental health facilities.

$365,000 lump sum cash settlement / medical malpractice / negligent hernia surgery

An Atlanta general surgeon agreed to settle a malpractice lawsuit after an improperly performed hernia surgery resulted in various complications.

$362,500 lump sum cash settlement / medical malpractice / negligent sinus surgery / blindness

An ENT surgeon in south Georgia agreed to settle a malpractice lawsuit filed by a patient who suffered blindness following a negligently performed endoscopic sinus surgery.

$360,000 lump sum cash settlements / medical malpractice / negligent cosmetic surgery

A plastic surgeon agreed to settle two malpractice lawsuits involving negligent cosmetic procedures and allegations that he had improper sexual contact with the female Plaintiffs while serving as their doctor.

$350,000 (present value) structured settlement / medical malpractice / wrongful death / vicarious liability / radiology error / misread x-ray

Spouse will receive a lump sum plus future benefits totaling more than $500,000 after reaching a pretrial settlement of a malpractice lawsuit which alleged that a radiologist misread a chest x-ray resulting in the delayed diagnosis of her husband’s lung cancer.

$300,000 lump sum cash settlement / medical malpractice / medication error / internal bleeding and hospitalization

Mediation achieved settlement of a malpractice lawsuit against an internist who wrote and a pharmacy that filled a prescription for an NSAID medication that was contra-indicated for an elderly patient resulting in internal bleeding and hospitalization.

$300,000 lump sum cash settlement / medical malpractice / wrongful death / failure to diagnose evolving myocardial infarction

A hospital in southwest Georgia agreed to settle a malpractice lawsuit involving an older man who was discharged from the Emergency Room with an undiagnosed evolving myocardial infarction which caused his death several hours later.

$275,000 lump sum cash settlement / medical malpractice / negligent gall bladder surgery

Mediation resulted in the pretrial settlement of a malpractice lawsuit in northwest Georgia against a surgeon who caused a bile duct injury during laparoscopic gall bladder removal.

$275,000 lump sum cash settlement / medical malpractice / failure to diagnose and treat compartment syndrome / permanent hand injuries

Immediately after a malpractice lawsuit was filed, an orthopaedist requested mediation where he agreed to settle with a patient whose compartment syndrome following fracture of her wrist was not timely diagnosed or treated thereby causing permanent disabilities to her hand.

$230,000 lump sum cash settlement / medical malpractice / pharmaceutical liability / medication error / stroke

A family practice physician and a large pharmacy chain agreed at mediation to settle a north Georgia malpractice lawsuit which alleged that medication errors (involving an ACE inhibitor) resulted in a stroke.

$225,000 lump sum cash settlement / medical malpractice / failure to diagnose eye infection

Pretrial settlement of an Atlanta malpractice lawsuit was reached with an optometrist who failed to diagnose an eye infection which damaged the patient’s cornea and led to a corneal transplant.

$200,000 lump sum cash settlement / medical malpractice / wrongful death / choking on food / Federal Tort Claim Act

Prior to the filing of a lawsuit, the federal government agreed to settle a wrongful death claim involving an elderly veteran hospital patient who choked on steak negligently given to him despite his known dysphagia (difficulty swallowing) and physician orders that he have a pureed diet only.

$190,000 lump sum cash settlement / medical malpractice / failure to diagnose post operative complication / toe amputation

Mediation produced a pretrial settlement of a malpractice lawsuit against a podiatrist who failed to recognize complications following a bunionectomy which led to a toe amputation.

$150,000 lump sum cash settlement / medical malpractice / vicarious liability / retained foreign object / intra-abdominal infection

On the eve of trial, an Atlanta hospital agreed to settle a malpractice lawsuit which claimed that errors by operating room nurses caused a laparotomy sponge to be retained after a cesarean section thereby causing complications due to infection and the need for operative removal of the foreign body.

$150,000 lump sum cash settlement / medical malpractice / improper orthopaedic surgery

During mediation, an orthopaedist and his practice group agreed to settle a malpractice lawsuit involving negligent performance of sacroiliac joint surgery and resulting hip disability.

$125,000 lump sum cash settlement / medical malpractice / improperly performed partial colectomy

During mediation, a general surgeon in northwest Georgia agreed to settle a malpractice lawsuit involving the surgical removal of the wrong part of a patient’s colon.

$115,000 lump sum cash settlement / medical malpractice / failure to diagnose complications from spinal surgery / partial paralysis

An Atlanta orthopaedic physician agreed to settle a malpractice lawsuit involving failure to diagnose and treat complications after spinal surgery and resulting spinal cord injury.

$68,000 lump sum cash settlement / medical malpractice / failure to diagnose osteomyelitis / toe amputation

Orthopaedist and his corporate practice group settled a malpractice lawsuit involving negligent failure to diagnose a bone infection that led to amputation of the patient’s toe.

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