VALDOSTA — A jury cleared two medical practitioners and their employer Wednesday in a lawsuit claiming a child was left disabled due to negligence. The jury in Lowndes County Superior Court returned a verdict clearing Dr. Wilfredo Rios, Physician’s Assistant Bryan Shiver and Emergency Medicine South Wednesday...
Craig Brookes said an upsurge in litigation against his long-term care clients and insurers prompted his team to join Huff Powell Bailey for more resources. Hanks Brookes has merged with a larger litigation defense firm, Huff Powell Bailey, prompted by an uptick in work in the boutique’s practice...
Some of Georgia’s best defense attorneys won high-stakes, CVN-covered trials throughout the state this year. However, CVN Georgia’s 2017 Defense Attorney of the Year set himself apart with a pair of wins in medical malpractice cases this summer. The trials: Moradov v. Atlanta Radiology Consultants and Cox...
The trial: Palacios v. Kaufman. The verdict: After more than 12 hours of deliberations, jurors cleared Powell’s clients, a pair of anesthesiologists accused of medical malpractice, in the $27 million trial. The details: Esmeralda Palacios, a former loan officer with a history of asthma, suffered catastrophic brain...
This summer the Atlanta Journal-Constitution (AJC) published the results of its widespread investigation into the sexual abuse of patients by physicians. e AJC expose was widely read, and it even received national attention on NBC’s Today Show. e investigation revealed that thousands of doctors in...
