Defense Verdict in Favor of Family Practice Physician
3/28/2024Heather Miller and Spencer Bomar obtained a defense verdict in favor of a family practice physician in a wrongful death medical malpractice case after a one-week trial in Cobb County. Plaintiff alleged that the physician failed to recognize signs of infection with the patient at an office visit a week after discharge from a hospitalization involving sigmoidectomy, colostomy, and appendectomy surgeries. The patient died from necrotizing fasciitis days later, but evidence proved that the infection developed subsequent to the office visit at issue.