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Is Your Doctor Really a Doctor?
We are seeing significantly more medical malpractice by midlevel providers, who are also known as “physician extenders.” These are often nurse practitioners or physician assistants who don’t make clear...
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Insights, updates, and legal information from Phillips Law.
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What Is A “Contestability Period” In Georgia Life Insurance?
You bought a life insurance policy to give your family financial security if you die. Unfortunately, the life insurance company will do whatever it can to deny your family’s claim. The “Contestabilit...
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Hospital lawsuit for missed cancer
Georgia hospitals are legally required to provide a safe patient environment, competent doctors, and reasonable medical support services for their patients. If a hospital-employed doctor commits malpra...
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Settlement for nerve injury from a negligent blood draw
On August 25, 2023 we resolved a lawsuit for another client who suffered a nerve injury from a negligently placed needle during what should have been a routine blood draw. It may be surprising just how...
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Life Insurance Payment Denied?
Life insurance companies often deny payments by twisting the words of their insurance applications to rescind, or take back, the insurance policy they issued. This allows them to return whatever premiu...
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Medical Malpractice Compensatory Damages
In Georgia, patients who suffer harm from medical malpractice are entitled to compensatory damages. These damages include medical expenses, lost wages, pain and suffering, and in death cases, the full ...
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Nearly 1 in 4 Hospital Patients Suffer Harm
This week, the prestigious New England Journal of Medicine published a study looking at the medical records of random patients in 11 Massachusetts hospitals in 2018. It found that almost one quarter of...
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Medical Malpractice Misinformation
Misinformation abounds in our news media about medical malpractice lawsuits. We often see stories arguing that the cost of defending malpractice lawsuits and compensating victims is a major component o...
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Georgia Wrongful Death and Estate Claims
When a person dies in Georgia from Medical Malpractice, Hospital, or pharmaceutical errors, or any other wrongful act, two different legal claims are created. First, family members have a “wrongful de...
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What’s the Rush? Georgia’s Medical Malpractice Statute of Limitation, and When it Begins to Run
Georgia medical malpractice lawsuits must be filed within two years of the patient’s “injury or death.” If the patient is younger than five, the lawsuit must be filed by their seventh birthday. In mo...
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What is Medical Negligence in Georgia?
Simply put, it’s negligence by a medical professional. Sounds pretty simple right? Until you unpack the word “negligence” in the medical context. For a layperson, “negligence” just means carelessnes...
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Settlement against hospital for nerve injury from a negligently placed IV.
On March 9, 2022 we resolved a case against a hospital for a wonderful client who suffered a nerve injury from a negligently placed IV. The settlement paid all of her medical bills and much more to c...
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Medical Malpractice in Georgia
As the philosopher said, “Doctors put drugs of which they know little into bodies of which they know less for diseases of which they know nothing at all.” Medical malpractice is unfortunately quite com...