Georgia Appeals Court Upholds $1.53 Million Award For ER Doctor’s Negligence

(October 8, 2018, 9:17 PM EDT) -- ATLANTA — A Georgia appeals court on Sept. 28 affirmed a jury verdict holding an emergency room physician liable for 34 percent of a $4.5 million award, or $1.53 million, in a medical malpractice suit alleging that a plaintiff was paralyzed from the waist down due to the delay in diagnosing a problem with his recently implanted spinal-cord stimulator (Southwestern Emergency Physicians, P.C., et al. v. Douglas L. Quinney, et al., No. A18A0871, Ga. App., 4th Div., 2018 Ga. App. LEXIS 538)....

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